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White-collar crime

Elon Musk alleged that a "massive cyberattack" was responsible for intermittent outages on the X platform (formerly Twitter) on Monday.

Elon Musk Blames 'Massive Cyberattack' for Outages at X

US Charges 12 Chinese Nationals in Global Hacking Operation

Blatter, Platini Return to Court for Retrial in FIFA Fraud Case

Social Security Cuts $800M, Plans 7K Job Cuts

White House Expands DOGE Powers, Reveals New Acting Administrator

Fraud and swindling

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly agreed in principle to dismiss its lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which it had accused of operating as an unregistered securities broker. The final decision is pending commissioner approval.

Coinbase Says SEC to Drop Crypto Lawsuit

Multiple Lawsuits Target DOGE Government Access

NBA Star Rozier Under Federal Sports Betting Probe

Bannon Pleads Guilty in Border Wall Fraud

New York AG Rejects Trump's Plea to Drop $454M Fraud Case

Bribery

Federal prosecutors in New York have indicted Indian businessman Gautam Adani, one of the world's wealthiest individuals, with charges of securities fraud and conspiracy related to a massive solar energy project.

US Dept. of Justice Charges Indian Billionaire in $265M Bribery Scandal

Haiti's Transitional Council Replaces Prime Minister

US Court Sentences Former Mexican Security Chief Over Cartel Bribes

Peru: Ex-President Toledo Given 20 Years in Prison for Corruption

Singapore: Ex-Minister Gets a Year in Jail in Graft Case

Cybercrime

A dark web user operating under the pseudonym "emirking" has claimed possession of more than 20M OpenAI account credentials, posting the announcement in Russian and offering to sell the complete dataset for a nominal price.

OpenAI Probes Claims of 20M User Account Data Breach

US Treasury Accuses China of Hacking Its Workstations

Canada: Court Orders Release of LifeLabs Data Breach Report

Japan Airlines Hit by Cyberattack

UK Minister Warns of Russian AI Cyberattacks

Tax evasion

The US Dept. of the Treasury released a new 603-page proposal on how it will enforce the 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which was passed by Congress as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

US Treasury Prepares New Rules to Enforce 15% Corporate Tax

Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to Nine Tax Offenses

Panama Papers Trial Begins for 27 Defendants

Hunter Biden's Motion to Dismiss Tax Evasion Case Rejected

Judge Rejects Hunter Biden's Dismissal Request

Perjury

Baltimore Prosecutor Indicted on Federal Charges

Allen Weisselberg, the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Trump Organization, Monday agreed to plead guilty to two counts of perjury in state court in Manhattan in relation to former Pres. Donald Trump's civil fraud trial.

Ex-Trump CFO Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Perjury

Embezzlement

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the end of her 14-year marriage to Peter Murrell on Monday through an Instagram post, claiming they had been separated for some time.

Scotland's Ex-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Ends Marriage

France: Le Pen Embezzlement Trial Begins

New York Times Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Alleged Copyright Infringement

French Prosecutors Probe Marine Le Pen Over Campaign Funding

US, UK, Canada Sanction Lebanon's Former Central Bank Governor

Securities & commodities violati

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to establish a panel to aid an ongoing probe by the country's market regulator into allegations of fraud by billionaire Gautam Adani's business group.

India's Top Court Refuses New Fraud Probe into Adani Group

SEC Sues Kraken for Running Unregistered Crypto Exchange

Coinbase Granted Approval to Allow Crypto Futures Trading

US Treasury Cracks Down on Crypto Mixer

Binance Halts US Dollar Deposits Amid SEC Suit