Crime Stories for 2022

Software Engineer Charged For Theft Inspired By the Movie 'Office Space' 99
FTX Diverted $200 Million of Customer Money For Two Venture Deals, SEC Says 26
US Charges Fraud in Mango Crypto Manipulation Case 6
Lawyer Fees Mount in Crypto Bankruptcies 36
Americans Duped Into Losing $10 Billion By Illegal Indian Call Centres in 2022 159
Six Arrested After Manipulating Gas Station Pumps To Steal 30,000 Gallons of Gas 72
Alameda's Caroline Ellison, FTX's Gary Wang Plead Guilty To DOJ Fraud Charges 21
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried To Be Released on a $250 Million Bond Package While He Awaits Trial 46
Sam Bankman-Fried's Extradition Approved by Judge 27
OneCoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty To $4 Billion Fraud 31
Swatters Used Ring Cameras To Livestream Attacks, Taunt Police, Prosecutors Say 98
UK Govt: Netflix Password Sharing Is Illegal and Potentially Criminal Fraud 70
How Scammers Took a Winnipeg Town For $430K Using Bitcoin 37
How an Unlikely Subpoena to Google Helped Solve a Complex International Missing Person Case 46
US Authorities Charge 8 Social Media Influencers In Securities Fraud Scheme 25
Secret Software Change Allowed FTX To Use Client Money 62
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested 171
UK Arrests Five For Selling 'Dodgy' Point of Sale Software 23
FCC Orders Telecoms To Block Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers 20
Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani Sentenced To Nearly 13 Years In Prison 73
Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars 34
Chinese Hackers Stole Millions Worth of US COVID Relief Money, Secret Service Says 28
Torrent Site User Who Transferred 120TB of Pirated Content Avoids Prison 45
Police Tracked Traffic of All National ISPs To Catch Pirate IPTV Users 68
Feds Arrest Russians Accused of Running the Largest Pirated E-Book Library 73
Italy Outlaws Facial Recognition Tech, Except To Fight Crime 24
Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Prison Sentence for Theranos' Elizabeth Homes, $800M Restitution 112
After Ransomware Gang Releases Sensitive Medical Data, Australia Vows Consequences 58
FTX Crypto Wallets See Mysterious Late-Night Outflows Totalling More than $380M 59
Police Use DNA Phenotyping To Limit Pool of Suspects To 15,000 50
US Attorney Announces $3.36 Billion Crypto Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud 58
'The Disturbing Rise of Amateur Predator-Hunting Stings' 228
Domains for Z-Library eBook Site Apparently Seized By US Department of Justice 63
The Execs Behind the MoviePass Debacle Are Now Facing Criminal Charges 19
The NYPD Joins Amazon's Ring Neighbors Surveillance Network 26
Could Data Destruction + Exfiltration Replace Ransomware? 40
Huawei Investigation Was Targeted by Chinese Spies, US Alleges 27
Interpol Launches 'First-Ever Metaverse' Designed For Global Law Enforcement 19
Hacker Jailed For Stealing Ed Sheeran's Unreleased Music 28
$3 Billion In Cryptocurrency Stolen This Year. So Far. 59
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Found Guilty of Fraud 23
Prison Inmate Accused of Orchestrating $11 Million Fraud Using Cell Cellphone 75
FBI Warns About Counterfeit Batteries 63
Ransomware Attack Delays Patient Care at Several Hospitals Across the US 30
How 'MythBusters' Helped a Wrongly Convicted Man Prove His Innocence 127
Former Uber Exec Joe Sullivan Found Guilty of Concealing 2016 Data Breach 10
Fraud, Scam Cases Increasing on P2P Payment Service Zelle, Senate Report Finds 54
NSA Employee Leaked Classified Cyber Intel, Charged With Espionage 69
Oracle Pays $23 Million To SEC To Settle Bribery Charges 17
Interpol Issues Red Notice For Terra Founder Do Kwon 29
Hackathon Finds Dozens of Ukrainian Refugees Trafficked Online 50
Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition To US 42
UK Police Arrest Alleged 'GTA VI' Hacker 20
23-Year-Old 'Crypto King' Has Luxury Cars Seized After $35 Million of Investor Money Vanishes 49
Charter Must Pay $1.1 Billion After Cable Technician Murdered Customer 121
Judge Overturns Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of 'Serial' Podcast 16
South Korean Prosecutors Say Do Kwon 'Obviously on the Run', Ask Interpol To Issue Red Notice 10
GPS Jammers Are Being Used to Hijack Trucks and Down Drones 83
Serial Thief Steals Thousands Using Cellphones (and Credit Cards) from Gym Locker Rooms 71
South Korea Issues Arrest Warrant for Do Kwon 16
Woman Whose Rape Kit DNA Led To Her Arrest Sues San Francisco 188
Coinbase Exec's Brother Pleads Guilty In Crypto Insider Trading Case 16
A Quarter of Healthcare Orgs Say Ransomware Attacks Result In Patient Deaths 61
How Can You Transact Safely in Person with a Stranger from the Internet? 55
Five Men Indicted For Uploading Movies, Then Extorting 'Pirate' Downloaders 24
Islamic State Turns To NFTs To Spread Terror Message 45
Attacks on Linux Servers Rose 75% Over Last Year, Warn Security Researchers 70
Crypto CEO Behind $2.5 Billion 'Rug Pull' Arrested, Faces 40,564 Years In Prison 45
Walmart Lists a 30TB Portable SSD for Just $39. It's a Scam 122
Criminals Posting Counterfeit Microsoft Products To Get Access To Victims' Computers 23
Former Apple Engineer Accused of Stealing Automotive Trade Secrets Pleads Guilty 10
AirTag Leads To Arrest of Airline Worker Accused of Stealing $15K Worth of Items From Luggage 73
Saudi Arabia Sentences Woman To 34 Years In Prison For Tweeting 258
Losses From Crypto Hacks Surged 60% To $1.9 Billion From January To July, Chainalysis Says 26
Police Used a Baby's DNA To Investigate Its Father For a Crime 74
Thieves Stole $23 Million in One of the Largest YouTube Royalties Scams Ever 38
Netflix Airs Episode on Kansas 'Swat' Perpetrator, While Victim's Family Sues Policeman 44
Suspected Developer of Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Arrested 37
Facial Recognition Smartwatches To Be Used To Monitor Foreign Offenders In UK 15
Forsage Crypto Executives Charged With Running $300 Million Ponzi Scheme 12
US Crypto Firm Nomad Hit By $190 Million Theft 30
Australian Teenager Sold Remote-Access Spyware To 14,500 People, Earned $300,000 22
NJ Police Used Baby DNA To Investigate Crimes, Lawsuit Claims 91
New Orleans OKs Some Police Use of Facial Recognition 34
Charter Told To Pay $7.3 Billion In Damages After Cable Installer Murders Grandmother 231
Uber Avoids Federal Prosecution Over 2016 Breach of Data on 57M Users 16
War Crimes Prosecutors Rely on Social Media Posts. Will TikTok Share Ukraine Footage? 25
Tech CEO Arrested In 1992 Mountain View Cold Case Slaying After DNA Breakthrough 70
What Happened to the Teen Who Stole $23.8M in Cryptocurrency? 67
Arizona Makes It Illegal For Bystanders To Record Cops At Close Range 154
CEO Arrested for Selling $1 Billion in Fake Cisco Hardware on Amazon, eBay 23
Ex-Theranos President Sunny Balwani Found Guilty of Fraud 13
More Dogs In the Neighborhood Often Means Less Crime 150
Former Top Apple Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading 26
British Army's Twitter and YouTube Accounts Compromised to Promote Crypto Scams 16
School Recovers Ransomware Paid in Bitcoin - Makes a Profit 51
Reuters: 'How Mercenary Hackers Sway Litigation Battles' 7
Police Tactic of Sweeping Google Searches To Find Suspects Faces First Legal Challenge 149
New Algorithm Can Predict Future Crime a Week In Advance, With 90% Accuracy 114
Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud -- Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder 25
Celebrity-Endorsed Crypto Scams Soaring in UK, Santander Says 24
Ex-Amazon Employee Convicted Over Data Breach of 100 Million CapitalOne Customers 61
FBI Says Fraud on LinkedIn a 'Significant Threat' To Platform and Consumers 19
Crypto Fraud is Growing Exponentially 86
Stolen Goods Sold on Amazon, eBay and Facebook Are Causing Havoc for Major Retailers 106
US Anti-Hacking Law Tested in Trial Over 2019 Capitol One Data Breach 39
Nintendo Wanted Hacker's Prison Sentence To Turn Heads 66
New Linux-Based Ransomware Targets VMware Servers 36
Dutch Police Create Deepfake Video of Murdered Boy In Hope of New Leads 43
Can Tech Firms Prevent Violent Videos Circulating on the Internet? 116
Avoiding Sanctions with Cryptocurrency? US Govt Files First Criminal Charges 30
Angry IT Admin Wipes Employer's Databases, Gets 7 Years In Prison 83
Gunman Livestreams Killing of 10 On Twitch - After Radicalization On 4chan 481
DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal 31
'Crypto Muggings': Thieves in London Target Digital Investors By Taking Phones 68
Mining Capital Coin CEO Indicted for Allegedly Running a Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme 23
Russia May Force Tech-Savvy Prisoners To Perform Low-Cost IT Work For Companies, Report Says 78
D.C. Shooter Shared Video of His Attack on 4chan, Then Edited Wikipedia Page 198
Virginia Police Routinely Use Secret GPS Pings To Track People's Cell Phones 59
'How Cryptocurrency Gave Birth to the Ransomware Epidemic' 47
Ethereum Dev Imprisoned For Helping North Korea Evade Sanctions 36
Cop Admits To Playing Copyrighted Music Through Squad Car PA To Keep Videos Off YouTube 127
T-Mobile Secretly Bought Its Customer Data From Hackers To Stop Leak. It Failed 25
US Extradites Man Who Allegedly Sold Backdoored Phones For The FBI 27
Inside the Bitcoin Bust of the Web's Biggest Child Abuse Site 73
Hackers Stole More Than $600 Million in Crypto. Laundering It Is the Tricky Part. 60
Germany Shuts Down Servers For Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra 9
Ubiquiti Files Case Against Security Blogger Krebs Over 'False Accusations' 32
Twitter User Sentenced To 150 Hours of Community Service In UK For Posting 'Offensive' Tweet 108
Former Yale Employee Admits She Stole $40 Million In Electronics From University 76
Amateur Detectives are Now Crowdfunding DNA Sequencing to Solve Murders 54
How 'Crazy Eddie' Electronics Chain Scammed America 68
Microsoft Whistleblower Claims He Was Fired for Exposing Corruption 25
UK Police Arrest 7 People In Connection With Lapsus$ Hacks 9
Former Employee Accused of Defrauding Apple Out of $10 Million 21
Tech Execs Could Face Jail Time Under Revised UK Online Safety Bill 60
Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook 21
US Extradites REvil Ransomware Member To Stand Trial For Kaseya Attack 14
Ormeus Coin's John, Tina Barksdale Scammed Investors, Feds Say 16
Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It's Not Their Problem. 63
BitConnect's Indicted Founder Kumbhani Has Disappeared, SEC Says 27
BitConnect Founder Indicted Over $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme 31
Surveillance Firm Says Apple Is 'Phenomenal' For Law Enforcement 34
3 Men Plead Guilty In Plot To Attack US Power Grid 157
Missouri Governor's Office Responsible For Teacher Data Leak 30
The Elaborate Con That Tricked Dozens Into Working for a Fake Design Agency 57
Whistleblower Leaks Secret Details on 30,000 Credit Suisse Accounts Worth $108 Billion 85
A Crucial Clue in the $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist: A $500 Walmart Gift Card 70
SFPD Puts Rape Victims' DNA Into Database Used To Find Criminals, DA Alleges 132
Does a $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Prove How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto? 76
'A Hacker Group Has Been Framing People for Crimes They Didn't Commit' 28
NSO Group Gave Pegasus Spyware Demo To the NYPD 12
Feds Seize $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin Stolen From Bitfinex Hack 78
North Korea Stole Millions in Cryptocurrency to Fund Its Missile Program, Says UN Report 80
Amazon Warehouse Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing $273K of Computer Parts 51
Free Covid Tests Provide Latest Venue for Suspected Fraudsters 25
'Anonymous' Hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld Said To Be Held In Solitary Confinement 132
DeFi Platform Qubit Finance Begs Hacker To Return $80 Million In Stolen Funds 70
DeepDotWeb Co-admin Sentenced To 8 Years in Prison 36
Felony Charges Are 1st In a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot 142
Italian Mafia Fugitive Arrested In Spain After Google Street View Sighting 47