AI, Impersonations Drove Crypto Scam Losses to Record $17 Billion in 2025: Chainalysis
A new report by Chainalysis finds that AI-enabled crypto scams are more efficient, profitable, and harder to stop....
Jan 14Decryptcryptocurrency
Manhattan DA Pushes Criminal Penalties for Unlicensed Crypto Operators
The CRYPTO Act would criminalize unlicensed crypto businesses, with penalties escalating to felony charges and up to 15 years in prison....
Jan 16DecryptcryptocurrencyImpact
17 college basketball players charged in point-shaving scheme: Indictment
Basketball players are charged in a point shaving scheme to fix games in the NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association and rig bets....
Jan 15ABC NewsSports
Germany news: Woman arrested in Berlin over Russian spy case
A German-Ukrainian woman was accused of giving sensitive information to a Russian embassy official. Meanwhile, fewer Germans are drinking alcohol. DW has the latest....
3dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe
The Washington Post says FBI agents have searched a reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of sharing government secrets...
Jan 14ABC NewsPolitics
Arrests made in Berlin and Brandenburg as police target pro-Russian networks
The two men are to be brought before the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice on Thursday, who will decide whether they should be remanded in custody....
2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact
FBI searches Washington Post reporter's home
FBI agents searched Hannah Natanson's home as part of an investigation into sharing secret government information. The paper said investigators told her she was not a focus of the probe....
Jan 14Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact
US authorities accuse a Canadian man of posing as airline staff to fly for free hundreds of times on US airlines
Jim Young/REUTERS A Canadian man identified as Dallas Pokornik was charged with impersonating airline staff. Federal prosecutors allege Pokornik used fake airline IDs to fly hundreds of times for free...
2dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact
Brazilian au pair testifies against former employer and lover in double homicide case
A Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man’s wife...
Jan 14ABC Newscrime
Minnesota: Prosecutors reportedly resign over federal probe
Several state prosecutors have reportedly resigned over the lack of a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The US Justice Department denies the...
Jan 14Deutsche WellecrimeImpact
Luxury real estate brothers face trial Tuesday in sex trafficking case
Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother are scheduled to go on trial on sex trafficking charges Tuesday, just days after their lawyers renewed their request that a New York judge toss out key...
4dABC Newscrime
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of $2.5 million crypto ‘rug pull’ as his NYC Token crashes
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after his new cryptocurrency token crashed just hours following its launch on Monday. As reported by CoinDesk , Adams' "NYC Token" hit a $580 million ma...
Jan 13The VergecryptocurrencyImpact
‘Welcome to hell’: Venezuela’s most notorious torture chamber
Families call for release of political prisoners at the brutal El Helicoide jail...
Jan 14Financial TimesPolitics
US visa freeze begins for 26 African countries
In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...
2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Driver in custody after car crashes into Detroit airport terminal
The car hit a ticket counter inside the terminal and six people were treated at the scene, authorities said....
7hABC NewsaccidentsImpact
Le Pen admits "negligence" in EU fund embezzlement appeal trial
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was questioned for the second day as part of her appeal trial regarding accusations of embezzlement of EU funds by her party for several years. The morning starte...
2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
Indonesia police arrest 9 in Medan baby trafficking case linked to social media
Indonesian police have dismantled an alleged baby trafficking ring that used social media to sell newborns in Medan after neighbours reported suspicious activity at a rented house. Medan police chief ...
3dSouth China Morning PostcrimeImpact
Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...
Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact
WATCH: South Carolina police officer injured in fiery ambush
Surveillance video captured the moment a suspect opened fire at a police vehicle, sending sparks flying. The suspect was later found dead in his vehicle....
Jan 14ABC NewscrimeImpact
One dead and four wounded in Czech town hall shooting, police say
The shooting took place at the Chribska town hall and police said the suspect was fatally shot and there was no further danger to the public....
5dEuronewscrimeImpact