A massive crackdown on fake cryptocurrency investment scams has just wrapped up, with over 270 arrests worldwide after a months-long investigation. Authorities say these scams, known as "pig-butchering, " tricked Americans into sending their savings by pretending to be friends or romantic interests
Lester T. Jones Jr. once held a fancy title: senior vice president of finance for the Atlanta Hawks. His real job was to manage corporate credit cards and handle expense reports. Between March 2016 and June 2025, he had full access to team money. Instead of sticking to basics, Jones turned the franc
AI-generated videos of famous singers like Taylor Swift and Rihanna are popping up on TikTok, but they’re not real. Scammers are behind these clips, using fake celebrity voices and faces to push sketchy offers. Most of these ads pretend to be interviews or red carpet events, but the real goal is to
Sri Lanka just added another missing payment to its growing list of financial troubles. A $625, 000 transfer, meant for the U. S. Postal Service, vanished without a trace. Local reports say the money disappeared weeks ago, and U. S. officials only noticed it was gone when they checked where the paym
Swiss police have taken ten people into custody, most of them Nigerian-born, on suspicion of running high-tech scams from within Switzerland. The group stands accused of tricking people online out of millions in Swiss francs through fake romance stories and other digital cons. Europol confirms the a
A federal team has pulled back $700 million that had been siphoned by a Chinese‑run fraud ring operating from a compound in Burma. The money was trapped on blockchain networks, but new tools let authorities freeze and redirect it back to those who lost their savings. The operation was led by a joint
Cyber‑security experts have found a new way that fraudsters trick people into sending dozens of text messages overseas, making the scammers money from phone companies. The scam began in June 2020 and uses fake “I am not a robot” tests that force users to text secret numbers. The messages go to 60
A tech founder nearly lost his crypto wallet after a fake Microsoft Teams call that looked totally real. The call included a face and voice he recognized—someone he’d spoken with before from the Cardano Foundation. Two other people joined, making the setup feel normal. When the video froze, a prompt
Peru’s upcoming presidential runoff is shaping up to be a nail-biter. Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and leftist rival Roberto Sanchez are locked in a tie at 38% each, according to the latest Ipsos Peru poll. The vote count has dragged on since the first round, fueling accusations of foul play
Evan Tangeman, 22, from Newport Beach, got 70 months in prison for helping move more than $263 million in crypto. He admitted to laundering at least $3. 5 million for a group that used online games as a front. The gang pulled the money by hacking databases, calling targets and breaking into ho
