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Dutch police dismantle €100m-a-month investment scam run out of 20 call centres
A 46-year-old suspected hacker allegedly built the tech backbone of a fraud operation that duped tens of thousands of savers worldwide.
U.S. Takes Down Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-Based Scam Bazaar
The Justice Department seized channels, froze $52.8 million in crypto, and sent a strike team to Madagascar to break up 13 scam compounds tied to Chinese organized crime.
Three Australians Plead Guilty to Helping Overseas Scammers Strip Victims of Life Savings
The trio acted as local foot soldiers for foreign criminals running fake investment schemes that robbed Australians of millions of dollars.
AI Is Writing the Publishing Scam Emails That Authors Have Always Dreamed Of Receiving
Criminals are using AI tools to generate convincing, personalised pitch emails that mimic famous editors and publishers. First-time authors are losing tens of thousands of dollars.
Cybercriminals Now Run Like Franchises. Law Enforcement Still Fights Like It's 2015.
At Black Hat 2026, a former White House cybersecurity adviser laid out why coordinated ransomware gangs and scam networks are winning, and what it would take to actually slow them down.
New York Duo Charged With Laundering $43 Million From 'Pig Butchering' Investment Scams
Federal prosecutors say Zhuoying Chen and Haojie Zhang ran a shell-company money mule network that moved victim funds from Queens and Brooklyn bank accounts to China.
236,000 Sites Run Pig-Butchering Templates Built on DCloud Uni-App
Infoblox researchers tie a sprawling fake-exchange and wallet-drainer ecosystem to a legitimate Chinese cross-platform dev framework.
DOJ Seizes HuiOne Cloud Account, Treasury Sanctions Prince Group Network
Cambodia-based conglomerates accused of laundering proceeds from pig-butchering and cyber-enabled fraud face coordinated U.S. action.