1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (541+ words) Although the financial services industry has gotten better at thwarting fraud, it "squeezes the crime balloon," spurring criminal effort and energy to be directed toward harder-to-detect scams, a Navy Federal Credit Union executive said. "The puzzle for fraud is really…...

10+ hour ago   (332+ words) A 20-year-old Georgia man was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after police say he used artificial intelligence to create fake accounts designed to make phony delivery orders look legitimate. Store managers at a major national retailer noticed something…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (692+ words) Artificial intelligence’s command of online search results played a role in legitimizing the romance scam allegedly perpetrated by phony financial advisor Taylor Chan and Daejon Love, a 35-year-old who pretended to be a wealthy investor and NFL player for the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (343+ words) A legal brief that argued for overturning a murder conviction contained fake testimony from fabricated witnesses, including supposed police officers who do not exist, according to New Mexico’s Supreme Court. Stephen D. Aarons, a lawyer representing convicted murderer Oscar Renee…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (158+ words) bluewin.ch Canadian police are searching for a suspect in a cat costume Police in the western Canadian province of British Columbia are searching for a person wearing a cat costume. Police warn: Even a prank can be a crime....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (247+ words) September 10, 2026 / 7:39 PM PDT / CBS LA A hit-and-run driver was arrested on Thursday for a hit-and-run crash that left a Riverside Poly High School student hospitalized last week. In a news release from the Riverside Police Department, officers said that the…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (501+ words) TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said fraud is up nationwide as scammers find more creative ways to target victims. The PCSD said the scams are different and more complex than in the past, with a lot of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (313+ words) Officer Michael Klews, with the Eugene Police Department, uses advanced crash-reconstruction tools, including 3D scanning, drones, and vehicle data recorders, to digitally recreate crash scenes and help determine what happened in serious collisions, sometimes years later. EUGENE, Ore. - Eugene Police Officer…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (329+ words) (NEXSTAR) – Police in Canada say they’re investigating what appears to be a real-life incident inspired by the concerning “Cat in the Hat” social-media trend. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in West Kelowna, British Columbia, said they received a report that…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (511+ words) A disturbing incident in which someone dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume chased a teenager in West Kelowna, B.C., occurred amid an online trend that twists the popular children's character into something sinister, leading police in some jurisdictions to…...