The Department of Justice is moving to drop the charges against Matthew Goettsche, who ran a bitcoin mining operation that ...
In my 23 years in law enforcement, I’ve seen many people scammed. Most schemes involved hiding behind computer screens, ...
The Town of Edisto Beach said it was the victim of a computer fraud scheme in early 2026 that resulted in financial theft.
Financial abuse cost older victims nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, according to incidents reported to the Federal Trade ...
A former Pennsylvania corrections officer who admitted to having sexual relationships with multiple inmates while running an identity theft scheme from inside a state prison has been sentenced, ...
The IRS Security Summit campaign warns tax pros about fake IRS messages, social media tax myths, new-client phishing schemes, ...
This is an example of a type of social engineering fraud. More generally, social engineering fraud refers to schemes in which bad actors ...
A Winnebago County, Wisconsin, woman lost more than $400,000 in retirement savings after scammers used a fake computer pop-up ...
Did you authorize a $2,400 transfer? Reply NO to stop it.” You reply, and seconds later a calm “fraud agent” calls, knows your name and the last four digits of your card, and walks you through ...
A Greece man is facing federal charges for allegedly submitting thousands of false claims for payouts from class action lawsuit settlements. Philip DiGennaro, 38, is accused of taking in $1.3 million ...
A single compromised email account can trigger millions of dollars in losses. But does that necessarily mean insurance ...
The fraud losses in South Carolina’s executive branch dropped since last year, according to an annual state Inspector General ...