Online observers noted that the sudden collapse bore the hallmarks of what is known as a “rug pull” — similar to a ...

The workers came from all over the world: Namibia, Russia, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, France. Some Chinese scammers were paid, ...

A new report by Chainalysis finds that AI-enabled crypto scams are more efficient, profitable, and harder to stop.

Scam exploits Pi payment requests, draining tokens after users approve transfers. One wallet linked to over 4.4 million Pi in ...

He ran a booth at the Red Barn Flea Market in Bradenton, where he didn’t deliver promised coins. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

A Manatee County judge sentenced Seth Felipe Lutz, 64, to 10 years in state prison and an additional 10 years of probation after he pleaded no contest in multiple theft cases involving money taken for ...

Police in eastern North Carolina took down a $2.8 million gold scam this week during a “controlled gold drop” outside a ...

Holiday phishing attempts surge every year, and scammers know people juggle subscriptions, gifts and billing changes. That makes a fake alert feel real for a split second. Stacey P. emailed to tell us ...

A Bradenton coin dealer accused of scamming customers out of thousands at a popular local flea market will spend the next decade in prison. A Manatee County judge sentenced Seth Felipe Lutz, 64, to 10 ...

A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime. A recently divorced Bitcoin investor lost ...

DETROIT — Twenty-seven years after the most infamous coin-toss incident in NFL history, in the same city and against the same team, the Pittsburgh Steelers once again were involved in a ...