A federal jury in Austin convicted an Indian national on Monday for his role in a scheme that scammed elderly Americans out of more than $150 million in cash and gold.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Recovery Asset Team has denied more than $1 billion in attempted cyber theft since January 2025, which is a 16 percent increase over the same period under the previous administration, the bureau told Breitbart News on Thursday.
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Scammers have reportedly been attempting to dupe celebrities by posing as famous podcast hosts with the aim of shaking them down for money.
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A federal jury convicted a Georgia man of laundering more than $2.7 million stolen from victims through online fraud schemes.
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) lost nearly $29,000 to an email scammer posing as newly installed Chairman Ken Martin, according to a report published Tuesday.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is still looking for a Pennsylvania woman who faked a terminal cancer diagnosis to swindle friends and family out of thousands of dollars.
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An elderly couple was found dead at their home in Bermuda Dunes, California, and the case may have a possible link to a person posing as a famous actor.
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A coordinated effort to target international cryptocurrency scammers resulted in about 276 people being arrested, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced April 29.
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A former Chick-fil-A worker allegedly stole a huge sum of money from the restaurant in Grapevine, Texas, through a macaroni and cheese scam.
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The Trump administration is targeting the "entire chain" of foreign scammers, Tommy Pigott, principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
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Even Mount Everest is not immune from fraudsters as a new report has revealed that guides have been using scare tactics, including secretly lacing climbers’ food to sicken them and trigger costly helicopter rescues and hospitalization, as part of a $45 million insurance scam.
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