New York Woman and Co-Conspirator Drain $252,672 From Elderly Neighbor: DOJ
An elderly New York resident has lost more than $250,000 after a trusted neighbor and an accomplice drained nearly all...
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Justice Department Sues California City Over ‘Unconstitutional’ $1,600 Gun Permit Fee
The U.S. Justice Department has sued the City of San Jose and its police department for imposing what officials call...
CenterPoint Energy Breach Claims Hit Nearly 7,490,000 Customer Records as Lawsuits Mount
Claims of nearly 7.5 million customer records stolen from a utility company have already triggered multiple lawsuits. In a filing...
Bitcoin treasuries buy just 5.9K BTC in three months as paper losses linger
Bitcoin corporate treasuries remained at an unrealized loss on their holdings as the price fell below $80,000 and fresh capital...
Oregon Man Admits Role in Scheme to Pass Army Secrets to China
A former U.S. Army soldier from Oregon has admitted conspiring with active-duty troops to collect and pass sensitive military information...
California Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Ponzi Scheme Defrauding 93 Victims
Federal prosecutors have secured a nine-year prison sentence against a California man who ran a Ponzi scheme for more than...
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Jamaican Lottery Scam
Federal prosecutors have obtained a guilty plea from a Missouri man who helped operate a Jamaican lottery scam that defrauded...
Avalanche’s Helicon upgrade cuts validator lockups from 14 days to 48 hours
Avalanche’s Helicon upgrade is scheduled to give validators shorter, auto-renewing commitments while raising the uptime cutoff for rewards and reducing...
Ethereum’s client diversity picture fractures under incompatible estimates
Ethereum validators rely on independently built consensus clients to agree on the chain, and that diversity is a safety feature....
Circle opens Arc mainnet as it seeks an edge for USDC utility
Circle has scheduled the public launch of Arc for Sept. 16, giving USDC a network where the same dollar balance...
ECB opens merchant applications for controlled 2027 digital euro pilot
The European Central Bank has opened applications for online merchants to join a controlled pilot of the digital euro, its...
FCA Clears Crypto Rulebook, but UK Banks Can Still Block Transfers
The FCA has published final guidance defining which crypto businesses will need authorization under the U.K.’s incoming regulatory regime. The...
How $230M in Crypto for Venezuelan Oil Vanished on USB Drives
Poland’s state energy company Orlen lost hundreds of millions of dollars after a covert plan to buy discounted Venezuelan crude...
7 Democratic Senators Vow to Keep Pushing CLARITY Act After Setback
A group of Democratic senators says the failed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act will not end efforts to establish...
Ripple Says XRP Is Not a Security, Recognized as Digital Commodity
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty says XRP’s U.S. regulatory status remains clear following years of litigation and federal agency...
