A former Wagner mercenary says the brutality he witnessed in Ukraine ultimately pushed him to defect, in an exclusive CNN interview on Monday. Wagner fighters were often sent into battle with little direction, and the company’s treatment of reluctant recruits was ruthless, Andrei Medvedev told CNN’s Anderson Cooper from Norway’s Read more…
Lawyers want to bring in SBF’s parents for questioning SBF’s security incident at his parents’ house Legal representatives for the victims of accused crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried “SBF” are arguing that the defendant’s parents and brother should be subpoenaed to answer questions and provide accountings regarding their assets and any Read more…
As a second batch of classified government documents popped up in the garage of President Joe Biden’s Delaware home, Republican lawmakers want answers for the kind of records handling that got former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home raided. The latest records revelation came Thursday after classified materials first found Read more…
A New York-based law firm says it has begun an investigation into whether Bitcoin miner Core Scientific and its leadership potentially engaged in “securities fraud and other unlawful business practices” which led to its stock price falling on several occasions. According to securities class action firm Pomerantz LLP, the investigation was prompted Read more…
The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, U.S. and Bahamian authorities said Monday. The arrest was made Monday after the U.S. filed criminal charges that are expected to be unsealed Tuesday, according to U.S. Read more…
Former Republican Rep. David Rivera of Florida was arrested in Atlanta on Monday on federal charges that include failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Department of Justice. The eight-count indictment alleges that Rivera and a co-defendant, Esther Nuhfer, met Read more…
News involving crypto and fraud is ubiquitous in the white-collar crime sphere and, perhaps more worryingly, these fraudulent activities in the crypto sector are not limited to a single type of crime. Diverse and distinct yet with one common thread, these crimes involve real money and crypto investors are the Read more…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges today against 10 defendants in multiple states in connection with multiple business email compromise (BEC), money laundering, and wire fraud schemes that targeted Medicare, state Medicaid programs, private health insurers, and numerous other victims and resulted in more than $11.1 million in total Read more…
Stage set for scam Who is the real Mohammed? Tens of millions lost to catfishing scams Romance scam red flags It all started with a simple friend request on Facebook in June last year. Tasmanian single mum Amanda* didn’t hesitate to accept the invitation from the man, who called himself Read more…