Federal authorities have charged a Phoenix resident with helping divert millions in public funds from an Ohio charter school into personal luxuries including luxury vehicles and a high-end Miami rental. Jonathan Larry Ballew, 62, of Phoenix allegedly teamed up with the school’s former operator to submit phony invoices from shell companies for services that were …
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Pennsylvania Woman Allegedly Writes 24 Bad Checks on Husband’s Bank Accounts, Triggering $56,000 in Losses
First Commonwealth Bank has lost over $56,000 after a customer allegedly wrote dozens of bad checks drawn on her husband’s accounts. The transactions involved 24 checks that attempted to take $82,710 before the bank absorbed the shortfall, reports CBS News Pittsburgh. Ngoc Phuongthi Le, 54, of Churchill is accused of using both personal and business accounts to …
Coldcard third-wave attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin
Galaxy said 82% of Bitcoin stolen across all Coldcard attacks remains in the original addresses, with 18% moved in apparent laundering. The exploiter behind the third wave of the Coldcard wallet hack has moved about 45% of their Bitcoin (BTC) haul, routing the funds through THORChain or into CoinJoin transactions, according to Galaxy Research. In …
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Fomo overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue on Solana
Fomo generated $1.76 million on Friday, beating Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, though the memecoin launchpad remains ahead over 30 days. Social trading platform Fomo generated more daily revenue than memecoin launchpad Pump.fun on Friday. Fomo generated $1.76 million in daily revenue on Friday, compared with Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, according to DefiLlama data. Pump.fun remains ahead over …
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‘White hats’ take 4000 BTC from Liquid, ETFs see best inflows of 2026: Hodler’s Digest
Purported white hat hackers have taken 4000 Bitcoin from the Liquid sidechain in a major security breach. The Bitcoin ETFs see the best three weeks of inflows in 2026. A shade under 4000 Bitcoin worth $319 million has been taken from Liquid Network — with purported “white hat” hackers claiming responsibility. An unverified OP_RETURN message …
Bitcoin (BTC) Spot ETFs Post Record $730,000,000 Inflow Matching Pre-Top Patterns
Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are recording their largest daily inflow in nearly eight months. Analyst TedPillows tells his 314,300 followers on X that the funds bought $730.87 million worth of Bitcoin on September 3rd. He warns that on the two prior occasions when daily ETF inflows topped $700 million, Bitcoin formed a local …
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Dallas Nonprofit Breached, Placing Data of 12,490 People Nationwide at Risk: Report
A Dallas nonprofit is notifying people across the country about a data breach that put sensitive personal and health information at risk. The incident at Resource Center of Dallas exposed names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial details, health insurance and medical records belonging to 12,490 individuals, reports The HIPAA Journal. Unauthorized access occurred between February 4th and …
US Added 162,000 Jobs in August, Fueling President Trump To Push for Lower Interest Rates Amid Trade Deficit Warnings
Robust hiring figures in the most recent employment report have prompted President Trump to spark fresh demands for Federal Reserve interest rate reductions. Employers added 162,000 positions in August, surpassing economist forecasts of 55,0000 by nearly three times and marking a sharp rebound from prior weakness, reports The Kobeissi Letter. The unemployment rate held steady …
Elderly Texans Lose $1,200,000 in $40,000,000 Timeshare Resale Fraud Scheme
Scammers have drained tens of millions of dollars from elderly American timeshare owners through an elaborate international resale fraud operation. Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza, also known as Jose Mario Ochoa Rodriguez, of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and his wife Brenda Tamayo Corona also known as Jazmin Oliva Chacon, of Mexico, …
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Fraud Probe Spans California and Arizona As Authorities Discover Boxes of Stolen Credit Cards and Passports
San Diego County sheriff’s investigators say they’ve arrested two suspects after uncovering evidence of identity theft in a sprawling fraud probe. Detectives seized boxes of forged documents, stolen credit cards and passports during the operation, reports FOX 5 San Diego. Katie Ann Rhew, 44, of Temecula and Michael Sundstrom, 46, of San Marcos were arrested after searches …
Tennessee Bank Teller Accused of Stealing $60,000 From Customers Using Old Withdrawal Slips
Memphis authorities are accusing a bank teller accused of draining customer accounts through unauthorized cash withdrawals using old slips. The Memphis Police Department arrested Demeries Coplin Brooks, 24, this week on charges of theft of property, forgery, criminal simulation and fraudulent use of marks and logos, reports WREG. Brooks worked as a teller for First Bank on …
DOJ Expands Beef Price Probe to Walmart, Amazon, Costco and Other Major Retailers
The U.S. Department of Justice has broadened its antitrust probe into high beef prices by seeking six years of records on retail sales, wholesale costs, profit margins and pricing strategies from eight major grocery chains. The letters go to Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Kroger, Publix, Albertsons, Aldi and Ahold Delhaize USA, says the U.S. Department of Justice. Associate …
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Major US Bank Sued Over Alleged Privacy Violations From Website Tracking Pixels
A US financial giant is accused of secretly intercepting the online communications of its website visitors through embedded tracking technologies. Plaintiff Franceska Herrera filed the suit against Citigroup Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, reports Top Class Actions. The complaint alleges the bank and financial services firm deployed third-party tracking …
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President Trump Pledges Up to $500,000,000 from Super PAC for Midterms
President Trump is pledging to allocate up to $500 million from his super PAC to support Republican candidates in the November midterms. He delivered the comments while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, reports CNBC. “I think I have like close to a billion dollars in the super PAC, and I’m allocating probably four …
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Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags $7M custody gap
Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody. Orionx, a Chilean crypto exchange backed by USDt stablecoin issuer Tether, is shutting down after uncovering a multimillion-dollar issue linked to asset custody. The exchange said it began a permanent closure process …
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