Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike

Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike

The crypto sector, thriving in several parts of the world, was struck with several hack and scam attacks this year. Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API…

FBI warns criminals using low-profile rideshares to abduct kids in alarming ‘trend’
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FBI warns criminals using low-profile rideshares to abduct kids in alarming ‘trend’

Criminals are carrying out a disturbing trend where they are using ride-sharing vehicles to abduct minors, according to one of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.  “It’s affected my school life, my friends, my family,” one 15-year-old girl who was a victim of an attempted abduction said in 2019, according to…

Bidens’ $5M China loan part of ‘pay-to-play’ scheme: Sen. Grassley
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Bidens’ $5M China loan part of ‘pay-to-play’ scheme: Sen. Grassley

A $5 million interest-free loan the Biden family received from a Chinese energy conglomerate in 2017 should have been probed by the FBI as part of a possible “pay-to-play” plan, Sen. Chuck Grassley told top law enforcement officials last week. In an Oct. 13 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland,…

Director Christopher Wray’s use of FBI jet amounts to ’embezzlement,’ current, ex-agents allege
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Director Christopher Wray’s use of FBI jet amounts to ’embezzlement,’ current, ex-agents allege

Former and current FBI agents are fuming about Director Christopher Wray’s use of the FBI’s private jet, which originally was intended by Congress only to be used for counterterrorism purposes.  A lot of other Americans would like to know why Wray cut short a Senate oversight hearing on Aug. 4…

Donald Trump says there’s no formal declassification process
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Donald Trump says there’s no formal declassification process

Former President Donald Trump in a Wednesday night interview again insisted he had declassified the records seized by the feds at Mar-a-Lago — and said there’s no definitive document declassification process for US heads of state. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that aired…

US Gunman Posted ‘Call to Arms’ on Truth Social After FBI Searched Donald Trump’s Home: Reports

US Gunman Posted ‘Call to Arms’ on Truth Social After FBI Searched Donald Trump’s Home: Reports

An armed man who fled after attempting to breach an FBI office in Ohio appears to have posted a “call to arms” on Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform after federal agents searched the ex-president’s home, US media reported Friday. An account bearing the name of 42-year-old suspect Ricky Shiffer, identified…

OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List

OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List

Ruja Ignatova, the Bulgarian mastermind behind the infamous “One Coin” ponzi scheme, has been added to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Ten Most Wanted list. Ignatova, who is also known as the self-appointed “crypto queen,” has been accused of scamming her victims out of $4 billion (roughly Rs….