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7 stories taggedwire fraud.
Florida Ransomware 'Expert' Charged With Secretly Paying the Hackers He Promised to Beat
Zohar Pinhasi, owner of MonsterCloud, is accused of billing victims millions while quietly funding the criminals who locked their files.
Six Black Axe Members Extradited from South Africa Over $6 Million Romance Scam
Six Nigerian nationals landed in the United States on September 11, 2026, to face federal fraud charges after five years in a Cape Town jail. Their alleged network drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women through fake online romances.
Man Posed as NFL Player to Steal $1.3 Million from 26 Women Across Four States
Federal prosecutors say Daejon Love used dating apps, fake investment accounts, and a made-up San Francisco 49ers identity to run a romance fraud that took over a million dollars from victims in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California.
A Local Housing Authority Lost $1 Million to Email Fraud. Here Is What It Did Next.
A cybersecurity consultant's account of how a small government agency rebuilt its defences after criminals silently rerouted a wire transfer offers a practical road map for the thousands of local bodies running on skeleton IT crews.
Ghanaian Influencer Extradited to US Over $8 Million Romance Scam Targeting Elderly Americans
Frederick Kumi, known online as Abu Trica, allegedly used AI-generated fake identities to defraud older Americans out of more than $8 million. His extradition is now the subject of a constitutional dispute in Ghana.
Former College Basketball Player Charged With $2.2 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fake Identities
Kerr Kriisa, who played at Arizona, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, faces five counts of wire fraud after allegedly posing as his own mother and a made-up person to extract money from two victims over four years.
Farage Ally With US Fraud Conviction Gave Undeclared Support, Reports Say
A Sunday Times investigation claims Reform UK leader Nigel Farage accepted staffing, security help, and use of a London property from George Cottrell, a friend convicted of wire fraud in 2017, without registering it with Parliament. Reform says no rules were broken.