Boston Prosecutors Charge 30 in Law-Firm Insider Trading Case
Federal prosecutors in Boston have unsealed charges against 30 people accused of running a decade-long insider-trading network built around stolen M&A intelligence. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the scheme generated tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits by taking confidential information from law-firm systems and trading ahead of public deal announcements.
FBI and Indonesian police dismantle W3LL phishing network tied to $20 million in attempted fraud
A joint U.S.-Indonesian operation has dismantled one of the more industrialized phishing services in recent years, cutting off a platform that enabled cybercriminals to steal credentials at scale and attempt more than $20 million in fraud. The takedown targeted W3LL, a phishing kit and marketplace that turned credential theft into a low-cost commercial service, complete […]
DOJ and FBI unmask international wash-trading network; 10 foreign nationals indicted
Ten foreign nationals are facing federal charges after a U.S. undercover investigation exposed what authorities describe as coordinated wash trading and pump-and-dump activity tied to four crypto market-making firms. The case marks one of the clearest signals yet that U.S. enforcement is expanding beyond token issuers and into the infrastructure that shapes trading activity itself.