SEC charges Virgil Capital and its 23 years old CEO Stefan Qin with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an emergency enforcement action against Virgil Capital LLC, its affiliated companies, and 23-year-old CEO Stefan Qin, for...
FBI PIN warns that ransomware attackers are calling to threaten their victims
DoppelPaymer ransomware victims are receiving phone calls from the hackers after their systems are infected by the malware and ransom demands are made.
Cybersecurity...
Shipchain, Founded by John Monarch, Gets Shutdown via SEC Enforcement Action
đ¨ Alert 3/7/21𨠠John Monarch, who is facing trial for his alleged role in a bitcoin blackmail scheme, blames Illya Shpetrik, aka Ilya BLT,...
SEC charges Decision Diagnostics, CEO Keith Berman with fraud over COVID-19 blood testing device
Decision Diagnostics Corp., a biotechnology company based in California, and its CEO Keith Berman, are facing fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and...
Avast lists 28 malware-infected browser extensions, downloaded 3 million timesÂ
Prague-based Avast reported that almost 3 million people have been infected by browser extensions they downloaded for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. The...
FTC announces nationwide crackdown of scammers called Operation Income Illusion
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) together with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners announced Operation Income Illusion, a nationwide crackdown on scammers.
According to...
Miami-based computer repair service provider EasyQuickfix LLC allegedly exploiting seniors
EasyQuickfix LLC, a computer repair service provider based in Miami, Florida is allegedly taking advantage of consumers, particularly senior citizens who are not tech-savvy.
The...
Darknet drug dealers peddling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Drug dealers on the darknet are taking advantage of the news that the United Kingdom approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, touted as...
Scammer Lawrence Schmidt Extradited to the U.S. to face investment fraud charges
Scammer Lawrence Schmidt, the chief executive of Commercial Equity Partners, FutureGen Company, and other investment entities has been extradited from the United Kingdom. He...
Fraud Alert: Watch Out for Holiday Scams
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions and millions of people, businesses, organizations, and many other entities to use various devices and technologies particularly the...