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Seattle: Prison inmate and his Nigerian accomplice indicted for calling the Veteran’s Administration supposedly on behalf of seriously ill veterans and having benefits redirected to themselves

New UN report on the International Organized Crime and Scam Centers in Southeast Asia

  • Between $18 and $37 billion in losses in 2024
  • Extensive money laundering efforts
  • Building services for other scam gangs; grown to “industrial proportions”
  • Convergence with drugs, illegal gambling, pornography
  • Rely on crypto, especially Tether and Stablecoin

Rapidly developing use of AI and deepfakes

Full report here