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Opinion

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.

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Threat Intelligence

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.

3 min read
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Identity & Access

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.

3 min read
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Policy & Regulation

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.

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