A North Carolina man was found guilty of extorting a D.C.-based technology company while still being employed as a data ...

The Edmonton Police Service said it began to see a small resurgence in alleged extortion incidents after Project Gaslight concluded in 2024.

MUMBAI -The underworld appears to be tightening the noose around the country’s entertainment capital. After the firing incident outside the house of superstar director Rohit Shetty, Bollywood actor ...

Organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by ...

You open your inbox and see a message that instantly makes your stomach drop. Someone claims they have your passwords, your files, your credit card details and your ...

It's National Consumer Protection Week, and 7 On Your Side is helping consumers dodge fraud. According to the most recent data available, the Federal Trade Commissioner says the number of scams ...

Amid rising political tensions and violence, the mayor of the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, announced a crackdown against extortion operations tied to organized crime. The announcement sparked ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Victims of sexual extortion know the trauma all too well, although others may have never heard of that term. As the parents of the late 15-year-old Bryce Tate know, however, ...

A Las Vegas man has been arrested for allegedly extorting Palm Beach billionaire Steve Wynn, the founder of Wynn Resorts, through threatening emails and packages demanding money.Your neighborhood: ...

On February 6, more than a dozen members of Congress—Republicans and Democrats alike—sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling for robust enforcement of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act ...

It began innocuously enough. A stock analyst pulled data on betting results to argue that users of booming prediction markets were losing money faster than on traditional gambling apps. Then it ...

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