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Romance scammers have used a Mississippi man’s stolen photos to fool victims out of roughly $1.4 million. Hunter Bigham, a sales executive and father of three in Tupelo, is not the scammer, reports The Independent. For more than eight years, fraudsters have used his pictures to build hundreds of fake profiles. The scammers often cast
A PNC Bank supervisor has been accused of stealing more than $86,000 from her employer and spending it on gambling. Jacqueline Clinton, 48, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, allegedly misused her position as Bank Reconcilements Operations Supervisor at PNC Bank to make false credit adjustments and direct the money to her personal account, the Allegheny County District
BNY will offer Ethereum and Solana staking via Figment in its custody platform, with fees, timing and Galaxy’s role still undisclosed.
Patients affected by a data breach at a Massachusetts community health center can claim up to $2,000 for documented losses or an estimated $40 payment, plus two years of medical identity monitoring, under a $750,000 class action settlement. The agreement resolves allegations that DotHouse Health failed to safeguard patient information during a 2022 cyberattack, according
INJ price bounced off $7.33 as Injective stakers vote on Veyra, an upgrade built to bring fund-style trading and settlement on-chain.
Zcash crashed 27% in a week and its RSI is now oversold, as the founders push a vote to pull 50,000 ZEC from the community grants fund.
Hyperliquid Open Interest hit a record $18.1B in Q3 as market share rose to 11.7, with HYPE facingresistance at $75 and downside risk toward $61.
Cardano risks falling below $0.156 as ADA heads for six weekly losses, with negative funding and whale selling pressure weigh on recovery.
Federal prosecutors have secured convictions against two brothers for running a $240 million cattle investment scam that defrauded thousands of investors across the country. Joshua Robert Link of Strafford, Missouri, and Jason Allen Link of Herington, Kansas, were found guilty on charges including wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering after a six-day trial
Solana price drops toward its $69.60 support on the monthly chart, while DTCC’s plan to connect its tokenization service to Solana waits until 2027.
A convicted cybercriminal serving time in Scotland orchestrated an attempted £2 million cryptocurrency heist by directing accomplices to break into victims' homes and install remote access software, but the plot was foiled; he received an 8-year sentence while two others got 4 and 5 years.
Jensen Huang’s Nvidia exit pushed Bitcoin toward $71K and wiped out $637M in crypto longs. Can dip buyers beat a December Fed hike?
