#Financial Fraud

Articles (13)

• 🇺🇸 ‘Gay Grifters’ Scripted Series ‘American Hustlers’ in Development at Hulu, WBTV (EXCLUSIVE) — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  “American Hustlers,” the wild story of the downfall of the so-called “Gay Grifters” crime ring — led by Kaushal Niroula and Danny Garcia — is in development at Warner Bros. Television for Hulu. Niroul...

  Related: #True Crime, #Television Development
• 🇺🇸 Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker's bank account.

  Related: #Cybersecurity, #Critical Infrastructure
• 🇺🇸 Trump asks NY court to toss remnants of 'legally unsound' fraud case — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump has asked New York's highest court to erase what's left of the civil fraud judgment against his business empire that put the state's attorney general, Letitia James, in his crosshairs....

  Related: #Legal Challenge, #Political Lawfare
• 🇺🇸 Suspended broker pleads guilty to defrauding investors through social media group — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  A man who promoted himself on social media as an investment guru pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to defrauding his followers.

  Related: #Social Media Misuse
• 🇺🇸 Tax scams are on the rise. Here's what to know — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, according to the consumer protection bureau of the FTC

  Related: #Cybersecurity
• 🇺🇸 How Recovery Scams Retarget Victims of Fraud — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Many cybercrime victims are retargeted by online scammers posing as lawyers or other professionals who promise they can recover stolen money.

  Related: #Cybersecurity, #Scam Prevention
• 🇬🇧 Romance conman posed as MI6 and BBC worker to scam women out of £50k — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  "Selfish and narcissistic" Rodney Ade Roberts is jailed for more than five years for scamming three women.

  Related: #Romance Scam
• 🇺🇸 Scams could now cost Americans $119 billion a year, study finds — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group

  Related: #Consumer Protection
• 🇬🇧 A scam impersonating dead people may cost us our home — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A BBC investigation has found multiple cases of John Sexton or his associates impersonating dead people to obtain titles.

  Related: #Identity Theft
• 🇺🇸 Kathy Ireland, Supermodel Turned Branding Mogul, Accuses Business Managers of Looting Her Wealth — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Kathy Ireland, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who later made the cover of Forbes as a branding mogul, has accused her former business managers of looting millions of dollars from her and leavin...

  Related: #Celebrity Business
• 🇺🇸 How to protect your loved ones from romance scams — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  New data from AARP reveals nearly one in 10 adults over the age of 50 has experienced an online romance that ultimately led to a request for money or encouragement to invest in crypto currency. Candac...

  Related: #Online Safety
• 🇬🇧 ‘Cleaning Superstore’: warning over missed delivery text scam on WhatsApp — 01/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The text mimics a common fraud, but differs in that criminals appear to have hacked a genuine business account</p><p>John the delivery driver has tried to drop off something at your home from a com...

  Related: #Cybersecurity, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 "Fraud tourists" from Philly plead guilty to defrauding Minnesota programs — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  Two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to Minneapolis after a friend told them the taxpayer-funded programs there presented "a good opportunity to make money," pleaded guilty to wire fraud on...

  Related: #Criminal Justice, #Public Policy