Crime

Chainalysis' latest crypto crime trends report shows illicit transaction volume declined marketly last year, but warns alarming new trends have emerged.

A serial thief has stolen around $39,000 worth of merchandise from multiple Target stores across Southern California, police said in a social media post.

Walmart has been working with the government to crack down on victim-assisted gift card fraud incidents. Thousands of consumers have already been made whole.

British police announced six arrests in an alleged plot by pro-Palestine activists who hoped to disrupt the operations of the London Stock Exchange on Monday.

Hunter Biden defended his decision to include his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on business phone calls with Ukrainian associates during an exchange with FOX Business.

Court documents released Monday include testimony that Jeffrey Epstein provided women and girls with Victoria's Secret bikinis when they were brought to his private island.

New data shows thefts of Hyundai and Kia vehicles have risen tenfold since 2020, after a TikTok social media challenge exposed the cars' vulnerabilities.

Several prominent business figures were named in a document release in a lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Jumbo, a grocery chain operating in the Netherlands and Belgium, reported that shoplifting losses will outpace profits in 2023 amid an increase in theft.

Billionaire hotel magnate Tom Pritzker was among the influential figures named by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre in unredacted court documents from a sex trafficking lawsuit.

Epstein Files: A hotel tycoon, a billionaire hedge fund manager, a hair stylist and a pioneering retail CEO are among the names listed in court docs related to the disgraced financier and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Not only is locking up retail items an obstacle for thieves, but also for quality customers, ex-Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli warns as he predicts shrink losses will increase in 2024.

Return fraud has already cost retailers hundreds of billions of dollars in 2023, and experts warn that the problem isn't likely to go away anytime soon.

Cryptocurrency has increased in popularity, which has led to more frequent— and sophisticated — schemes in recent years as scammers look to take advantage of investors.

Prosecutors have decided that the public interest in speedy resolution of Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal proceedings outweighs the benefits of putting the disgraced crytpo mogul through a second trial.

Three employees at the Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Louisiana were terminated after responding to a shoplifter who stole a pistol.

Gift cards are more vulnerable to bad actors than some expect. There are ways that consumers can fight back against the gift card-draining scams that are out there.

The FTC and Rite Aid announced a settlement banning Rite Aid from using AI-powered facial recognition technologies for 5 years after the pharmacy chain's prior system lacked safeguards.

The point-in-time homelessness count released by HUD found over 650,000 people experienced homeless on a single night in January 2023, an increase of 12% from 2022.

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truckmaker Nikola, has been sentenced to four years in prison after a jury found him guilty of misleading investors.