3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1081+ words) Seventeen years after becoming the most legendary bank robber of the internet age, Anthony Curcio was again inside a federal courtroom facing prison. It was January 17, 2026. Dressed in a casual blue suit and loose tie, the 45-year-old still possessed the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1509+ words) One of New Yorks’ most notorious pimps was finally caged at the end of July, sentenced to 50 years on charges of human trafficking and ordering the murder of a rival. The trial of Omari “Prince” Scott, 45, opened a window into…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (647+ words) The train was sitting just outside a depot in Memphis when the bandits made their move. The November theft was the type railyards had experienced dozens of times over the past few years, but this time, AI-powered cameras were being…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (591+ words) Outside Manhattan Criminal Court last week, Brooklyn Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher called the scourge of shopliftingthat’s set in over the past decade the result of “crimes of poverty, people who are stealing things like toothpaste... And that means if you’re stealing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (400+ words) Numerous scandals this year have sparked a public inquiry into government and military insider trading on prediction markets. In some cases, arrests have been made. But a new investigation by the nonprofit research group Anti-Corruption Data Collective suggests the corruption…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (806+ words) As the White House expands its “war on fraud,” the Justice Department announced criminal charges in recent days against a new symbol of that battle — a food truck in Santa Ana, Calif. Soriano Produce, a weathered white food truck advertising…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (799+ words) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (761+ words) Zhao, a 30-something woman living in Beijing, says she lost over $100,000 in May to a romance scammer who claimed to be a researcher working for Microsoft. After initially chatting Zhao up on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, he asked…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (706+ words) Selena Gomez set out to create “the world’s first mental fitness ecosystem.” Instead, the startup is becoming her own personal headache. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday offers a detailed account of what investors say went wrong at Wondermind — from an…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1496+ words) “Would you like a glass of champagne?” Even though I’m painfully thirsty and nervous beyond belief, I decline the salesperson’s offer. I’m sitting upstairs in Rolex’s flagship London store on Old Bond Street. I’ve just handed over a fake Rolex…...