July 22, 2025

Crime

Investment

California man indicted after allegedly stealing more than $4 million in investment scheme – The Mercury News

A Redondo Beach man was charged last week in North Carolina after he allegedly posed as an investment adviser and defrauded victims of more than $4 million over the course of several years. Jon Patrick Kubler, 52, was indicted on charges of securities fraud and transactional money laundering  after he allegedly provided investment planning and

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Crypto

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a van. All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from

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Crypto

Minnesota woman falls trap to Bitcoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

President Trump establishes Bitcoin Reserve — here’s what it means President Trump signed an executive order establishing a reserve of bitcoin the government already owns. An Elk River woman lost over $8,700 in a potential cryptocurrency scam involving a Telegram group chat. The woman invested in Bitcoin through a crypto.com account with the help of

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Funds

Federal worker alleges financial improprieties at major union chapter

A union representing 150,000 federal workers faces allegations of financial improprieties at one of its chapters. In an era of mass federal layoffs, here’s why it matters. The labor union that represents more than 450 train engineers for New Jersey Transit walked off the job after contract talks stalled. The labor union that represents more

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Crypto

Kidnapped cryptocurrency holder highlights “wrench attacks” for digital assets

“Criminal groups already comfortable with using violence to achieve their goals were always likely to migrate to crypto,” Ariss said. Some of the crypto’s key characteristics help explain why wealthy individuals who hold a lot of digital assets can be ripe targets for such attacks. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories

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Investment

‘We need serious investment’ – West Midlands Police Chief joins stark warning as prisoners are released early

Chief Constable Craig Guildford is among six of the UK’s most senior police chiefs who say they needed a larger workforce and called for “serious investment”.  He joins Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, NPCC chairman Constable Gavin Stephens, and the chiefs of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire police in citing the “increasing public

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Crypto

Another Crypto Investor Arrested in Connection to Bizarre Chainsaw Torture Episode

Yet another white-collar crypto investor has been arrested in connection to a bizarre and violent criminal case involving an Italian crypto millionaire. Last week, Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, 28, reportedly broke loose from a ritzy apartment in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood and alerted a traffic agent to his imprisonment and torture at the home over a

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Crypto

Protecting Your Crypto Assets Before Scammers Strike

William Jones  |  Contributor Even in 2025, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) receives more than 6,000 reports of crypto scams daily. If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you or someone close to you has fallen victim. With losses totaling tens of billions each year due to digital fraud, the prospect of recovering stolen

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Crypto

Crypto Investor Arrested After Being Accused of Kidnapping and Torturing Italian Tourist

A crypto investor from Kentucky was arrested in New York City this week after being accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist. John Woeltz, 37, was taken into custody after his alleged victim, a 28-year-old man, broke loose from Woeltz’s ritzy Nolita apartment and alerted a nearby traffic agent, telling them that he had

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Investment

Jail for man who siphoned more than S$12.5 million of investor funds through fake wine investment scheme

SINGAPORE: A man behind a multimillion-dollar wine investment scheme that caused investors to lose more than S$14 million (about US$10.9 million currently) was jailed for seven years and two months on Thursday (May 22) after being on the run for 13 years.  Eldric Ko, 51, was the CEO of Premium Liquid Assets (PLA), which he

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