When Robert Brockman, one of the richest people in the country, was visiting his company’s offices near Dayton, Ohio, he stayed at budget motels and ate frozen dinners in his room, a former employee r...
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Nayib Bukele Attributes Tourism Recovery in El Salvador to Bitcoin, Surf, and Crime Reduction – Bitcoin News
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, declared that the speedy recovery of tourism in the country had to do with three elements, including surfing, bitcoin, and overall crime reduction. El Salva...
Ex-Advisor Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme
A former financial advisor was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that swindled $9.3 million from investors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern D...
Sandy Hook Families Accuse Alex Jones of Diverting Funds From Infowars Parent Company
Families of Sandy Hook victims who are suing Alex Jones for defamation accused the conspiracy theorist of siphoning significant amounts of money from Infowars’ parent company before he put the busines...
Alex Jones Puts Infowars’ Parent Company Into Bankruptcy During Texas Defamation Trial
Alex Jones put the company behind his Infowars conspiracy site into bankruptcy on Friday as the broadcast host stands trial in Texas to determine how much he owes the families of Sandy Hook victims fo...
New Book About Crypto Crime Set to Hit Shelves
A new crypto book is coming to store shelves everywhere. The nonfiction work is titled “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.” It is being optioned by a film comp...
U.S. Bank workers opened fake accounts to meet sales goals, feds say
NEW YORK — For more than a decade, U.S. Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’ names in order to meet unrealistic sales goals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
UK National Crime Agency Seizes $33 Million in Cryptocurrency – Regulation Bitcoin News
The British National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that it has seized £26.894 million ($32.75 million) in cryptocurrency. “Criminals increasingly exploited financial technology and crypto assets” th...
Do not leave any paper trail: how a group of sovereign citizens used a phony credit repair business to amass a real estate empire
Bad credit? No problem. A group of alleged scam artists have been charged with running a fraudulent credit repair business and then using their clients’ identities to get mortgages on millions of doll...
Users of payment services like Zelle need better scam protection, Dems tell CFPB
It should be easier for consumers defrauded via popular instant payment services like Zelle to seek redress, since money-transfer scams are reportedly growing more common, a group of Democratic lawmak...
People Aren’t Moving For Better Opportunities—But Maybe They Should
A young couple moving. getty Many cities have terrible crime problems, most having rising home prices, and a few still have limited job opportunities. So why aren’t people moving to better locales? Th...
China Fines Ride-Hailing Giant Didi $1.2 Billion, Citing Cybersecurity Breaches
SINGAPORE—Chinese authorities fined ride-hailing company Didi Global the equivalent of about $1.2 billion, bringing an end to a yearlong investigation into the company’s cybersecurity practices. The f...
CFTC ends case against the deceased McAfee’s pump-and-dump schemes by fining former bodyguard
The US civil cases against the elusive and now deceased John McAfee have come to an end. On July 18, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a settlement and injunction against Jimmy Gale W...
Man Fatally Shot While Working For ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ In NYC
Topline A man working for the police show Law & Order: Organized Crime was shot and killed Tuesday while enforcing a parking ban for the production, a New York City Police Department detective tol...
3M Earplugs Fight Stems From Self-Made Legal Battle
A long-running legal battle over allegedly defective earplugs made by 3M arose after the company initiated a separate dispute against a smaller competitor, court documents showed. 3M’s effort to prote...
Fastly Cloud Computing Traffic Bumped Higher. That Should Boost the Stock.
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
Ukraine seizes $3 million in cash, other assets from crypto traders accused of funneling Russian funds
Ukrainian authorities have broken up what they say was a crypto trading desk that illegally funneled money for Russians. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office on July 12 announced the seizu...
Starbucks is set to close these 16 U.S. stores over safety concerns
Starbucks will close 16 U.S. stores, mostly on the West Coast, by the end of July because of safety concerns, according to the company. Most of the stores set to close are in the Los Angeles and Seatt...
Endo Moving Toward Bankruptcy Filing Without Opioid Settlement Deal
Endo International PLC is moving toward a bankruptcy filing, potentially setting off intense conflicts with state and local governments that have sued the pharmaceuticals company for its alleged role ...
NIO conducts own probe into Grizzly short-seller report, retains forensic accounting firm
NIO Inc. said Monday that it has formed a committee to look into recent allegations that the China-based electric vehicle maker is using an affiliate battery maker to boost financial results. Short-se...
Twitter Stock Is Downgraded. Analyst Needs Just One Sentence to Explain Why.
Text size Twitter stock is downgraded given uncertainty over the company’s pending acquisition by Elon Musk. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Twitter stock received another downgrade on Friday, fuel...