Topic: financial crimes
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Ransomware Gangs Extorted $2.1B in Two Years: FinCEN
Ransomware extortion surged, with criminals collecting over $2.1 billion from 2022-2024, nearly matching the total from the previous eight years. While 2023 was a peak year, ransom payments dropped sharply in 2024, largely due to successful law enforcement actions against major gangs like ALPHV/B...
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Trump Family's Potential Gains from CZ Pardon Revealed
The presidential pardon for Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao highlights a pattern of transactional relationships between tech leaders and government officials, where political funding enables favorable treatment and policy influence. Zhao's pardon removes professional restrictions from his fel...
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