Four Americans and one Ukrainian national have pleaded guilty to participating in an international scheme that helped North Koreans pose as remote IT workers inside U.S. companies, ultimately funneling millions …
cybersecurity
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A former City of Birmingham employee, Amber Nicole Pettway, 33, has been arrested and charged with felony computer tampering after allegedly accessing the city’s internal computer systems without proper authorization. …
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Online and TechRansomware & Malware Scams
Daniil Kasatkin Arrested in France Over US Ransomware Case
Russian Basketball Star Daniil Kasatkin Arrested in France Over U.S. Ransomware Allegations Paris, France – Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, 26, has been arrested in France at the request …
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A Chinese national, Xu Zewei, has been arrested and charged with hacking into U.S. university systems to steal COVID-19-related research, according to federal authorities. He is named in a nine-count …
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Nigerian Artist Chinedu Opute Indicted in $500K Email Scam Targeting Ohio City PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — A Nigerian national living in Georgia has been federally indicted after allegedly defrauding the …
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GREENBELT, Md. – Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded U.S. companies and enabled foreign …
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In a cybercrime case that could easily be the plot of a Bollywood thriller, fraudsters “digitally arrested” a 71-year-old woman from Matunga, staged a fake online court trial, and extorted …
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Government Impersonation ScamsPersonal
Suffolk Woman Warns of Scam Threatening Arrest and Deportation
SUFFOLK, NY — A Suffolk woman is warning others after scammers posing as Border Patrol agents threatened her with arrest and deportation during a phone call last Thursday. The woman, …
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BANGKOK — A Singaporean man, Chia, was arrested by Thai police on Wednesday after a joint operation with Singaporean authorities. Chia, 39, is suspected of conducting cyber attacks on more …
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Bank scam
Hyderabad Police Arrest 3 Bank Officials for Aiding Cyber Fraudsters with Mule Accounts
by Ananya MehtaIn a significant crackdown on cyber fraud, the Hyderabad police have arrested three senior bank officials for allegedly helping cyber criminals open mule accounts. These accounts, which are used for …
by Ananya Mehta