Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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June 3, 2026

U.S. prison official sentenced to jail for collecting bribe

Ms Torres, 50, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber to one year and one day in federal prison for receiving a bribe as a public official.

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May 22, 2026

Canada’s Jacob Butler arrested by international authorities, charged with KimWolf DDoS botnet attacks

A criminal complaint has been unsealed charging a Canadian man with operating the KimWolf Distributed Denial of Service Internet of Things botnet.

hacker attack
May 21, 2026

U.S. indicts Cuba’s Raúl Castro over 1996 aircraft downing

Prosecutors accused Mr Castro and others of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens.

Raúl Castro
May 19, 2026

Samuel ‘Putsammy’ Ugberease: From multimillion-dollar romance scam, lavish lifestyle, colourful wedding to FBI net

The Force spokesperson said that Mr Ugberease’s extradition was coordinated in collaboration with the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja.

Samuel Ugberease aka 'Putsammy,' 'Putput,' 'Sammy.'
April 22, 2026

FBI declares convicted fugitive Nigerian fraudster Emuobosan Emanuella Hall wanted

According to U.S. Department of Justice, Ms pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud mostly older women in a romance scam.

Ms Hall's Wanted Poster
April 16, 2026

Yahoo Boys Akinade Raheem, Abayomi Eletu nabbed over $100 million identity fraud

Two fraudsters, Akinade Raheem and Abayomi Eletu, have been charged with a stolen-identity tax fraud that sought over $100 million from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Dollars and IRS agents
April 15, 2026

Prolific Bangladeshi smuggler extradited from Brazil to face trafficking charges in U.S.

Court documents claimed Mr Islam facilitated the movement of migrants, coordinating routes across multiple countries before directing them to the U.S. southern border.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
April 15, 2026

U.S. begins compensation process for victims of $4 billion OneCoin crypto fraud

The group, through OneCoin, marketed a fake cryptocurrency via a global multi-level marketing network, deceiving millions of investors worldwide.

Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood; OneCoin
April 9, 2026

Russia exploiting vulnerable routers in Nigeria, other countries to steal sensitive government information: FBI

According to the FBI, theAitM attacks will allow the actors to see users’ traffic unencrypted.

Masked FBI agents and a network of computers
March 31, 2026
Saheed Sunday Owolabi