Crime

Virginia lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday that will make organized retail theft a Class 3 felony, with a prison sentence of as many as two decades.

The Federal Trade Commission released data showing that American consumers reported losing $8.8 billion to scammers in 2022, an increase of more than $2 billion from a year ago.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has filed a third, superseding indictment against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, adding further charges.

The Metropolitan Police Department said that more than $4,300 of Lululemon pants and jackets were stolen on Monday morning from a Washington, D.C. store.

Two California men were sentenced for their roles in a $44 million scheme to file fraudulent tax returns on behalf of professional athletes and phony PPP loan applications.

JPMorgan Chase executives repeatedly flagged troubling sex abuse allegations against their client, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new report.

Law enforcement agents seized fake sports memorabilia that is worth millions. They confiscated more than 600 fake championship rings across four major U.S. pro sports leagues.

A Mississippi woman was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for making false statements on her tax return. She was ordered to pay $231,636 in restitution.

Scammers pretending to be a romantic interest tricked some 73,000 Americans out of a record $1 billion in 2022, despite the number of reported victims declining

A federal judge on Tuesday shot down disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's attorneys' request to cancel a hearing on modifying the conditions of his bail.

The two unknown guarantors who helped Sam Bankman-Fried secure bail may have their identities revealed as early as Tuesday following a federal judge's ruling.

A Florida woman is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted on federal charges after she allegedly used fraudulent forms to obtain $381,000 in COVID-19 relief.

Last year was the biggest year in history for cryptocurrency hacking, according to a new report from the software company Chainalysis. It said $3.8 billion had been stolen in 2022.

Target announced that its store in Omaha, Nebraska, where a gunman opened fire before being shot and killed by police will be closed until further notice.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX founder who is scheduled to face a criminal trial in October, has been blocked by a judge from reaching out by himself to current and former staff.

The founder of My Big Coin Pay Inc. was sentenced to eight years in prison for cheating investors out of millions. The founder claimed the currency was backed by gold, but it wasn't.

The legal cannabis brand launched by the late Grateful Dead star Jerry Garcia has ceased operations in California amid a thriving black market and difficult business climate.

The House passed the bipartisan Financial Exploitation Prevention Act that aims to protect elderly and vulnerable Americans from being scammed out of their savings.

Lowe's Innovation Labs has developed a proof-of-concept system called Project Unlock, which is geared towards tackling the ongoing issue of organized retail crime.

Federal prosecutors are trying to block FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from communicating with current or former employees of FTX over witness tampering concerns.