What’s the difference between credit card fraud and identity theft?

What’s the difference between credit card fraud and identity theft?

Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. Have you ever been contacted by your credit card issuer about a suspicious transaction? This typically means a “fraud alert” has been triggered and your bank needs to confirm whether the activity is legitimate. If you didn’t attempt the … Read more

Historic bitcoin theft tied to Connecticut kidnapping, luxury cars, $500K bar bills

Historic bitcoin theft tied to Connecticut kidnapping, luxury cars, 0K bar bills

Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Two young men accused of committing one of the largest person-to-person crypto thefts in U.S. history went on a brazen spending spree that included buying exotic cars and a $2 million wristwatch, renting mansions and running up nightclub tabs of hundreds of thousands … Read more

Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers

Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers

Michael Shvartsman walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, U.S. July 20, 2023.  Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors are asking a New York federal court judge to sentence two brothers to years in prison for their admitted insider trading in a blank-check company’s securities … Read more

The bitcoin ATM has emerged as one of cryptocurrency’s biggest threats

The bitcoin ATM has emerged as one of cryptocurrency’s biggest threats

Bitcoin ATMs are a rapidly growing presence in the United States and, some experts say, a rapidly growing cybercrime menace. ATMs dealing in bitcoin are similar to their cash cousins: there are PINs to punch and withdrawal fees, just like any other ATM. Unlike cash ATMs, though, the high value of … Read more

Short seller Andrew Left of Citron charged with fraud by prosecutors, SEC

Short seller Andrew Left of Citron charged with fraud by prosecutors, SEC

Federal prosecutors have criminally charged the activist short seller and analyst Andrew Left with securities fraud related to allegedly using his public platform to illegally profit to the tune of at least $16 million from manipulating stock market activity contrary to positions he presented to the public from 2018 through … Read more

How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise and lost access to bank accounts

How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise and lost access to bank accounts

Natasha Craft, a 25-year-old FedEx driver from Mishawaka, Indiana. She has been locked out of her Yotta banking account since May 11. Courtesy: Natasha Craft When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The … Read more

Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here’s what to know

Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here’s what to know

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he is attending a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, in New York City on March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Donald Trump has used every … Read more

Shvartsman brothers plead guilty to insider trading on Trump Media merger plans

Shvartsman brothers plead guilty to insider trading on Trump Media merger plans

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Two Florida brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York federal court to insider trading charges related to their purchase and sale of securities of the company that eventually merged with former President Donald Trump‘s social media firm. The brothers, Michael Shvartsman and Gerald … Read more

Creditors demand Rudy Giuliani sell his $3.5 million Florida condo to pay debts

Creditors demand Rudy Giuliani sell his .5 million Florida condo to pay debts

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 15, 2023. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Creditors want to force Rudy Giuliani to sell his $3.5 million Florida condo to help pay his … Read more

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