On a regular Friday morning in Middleborough, Massachusetts, something unusual caught the attention of the local animal control officers. They stumbled upon a house on Precinct Street bursting with animals living in awful conditions. Seems like the owner wasn't doing her job. There were 17 dogs, alo
Imagine stealing money meant for government work to fund luxurious vacations. That's what Chantelle Boyd and Thomas Bouchard did. Boyd, a Maryland woman, was sentenced for conspiring to defraud the government out of thousands of dollars. Her boyfriend, Bouchard, hired her for a "no-show" job at the
You know Bob Lee, right? He was the big boss at MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency company, and one of the founders of Cash App. Sadly, he died last year. It was a shock to the tech world. Now, a guy named Nima Momeni is on trial for stabbing him. Prosecutors say Momeni had a dispute with Bob over his sis
A year and a half after the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee, a tech consultant named Nima Momeni is going on trial. Lee was found severely injured on a San Francisco street, and sadly, he passed away at the hospital. He was well-known in the tech community for his brilliance and generosity. Momen
Imagine this: a 25-year-old from Athens, Alabama, gets caught up in a plot to trick the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The plan? Hack into the SEC's X account and post fake news about Bitcoin. In January, this young man, Eric Council Jr. , did just that. He helped some unknown friends hac
Imagine someone sending a fake tweet that makes Bitcoin prices shoot up by over $1, 000 in an instant. That's what happened when a 25-year-old Alabama resident named Eric Council Jr. hacked into the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Twitter account. He posed as the SEC Chair Gary Gensler an
In Alabama, a man named Eric Council Jr. was recently arrested for his role in a hacking scheme that sent the bitcoin market into a rollercoaster ride. The Justice Department revealed that Council and his accomplices hacked into the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) account on the X platfor
Imagine this: someone tricks your cell phone provider and takes over your number. Scary, right? This is what's called a SIM swap. Now, let's talk about how this happened to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and how it affected Bitcoin. A clever attacker pulled off a SIM swap to gain cont
You might know the name Rodney Alcala, a serial killer who appeared on a 1978 episode of The Dating Game. The new Netflix movie, Woman of the Hour, directed by Anna Kendrick, brings his story into the spotlight. Daniel Zovatto plays Alcala, and Tony Hale is the fictional Dating Game host. The film t
A guy named Ryan Wesley Routh, who's accused of trying to shoot former President Donald Trump with a rifle at a Florida golf course, thinks the judge in his case should step down. This judge, Aileen Cannon, was randomly picked for Routh's case last month. Interestingly, she also decided to dismiss T
