The scammers affected approximately 800 victims and led to losses of more than half a million dollars, the Justice Department said.

A federal lawsuit claims that Dmitry Belkin and his companies routinely failed to deliver on services to protect customers, generated fake evidence and denied refunds to victims.

Officials said the five individuals concocted various long-running romance scams to trick U.S.-based victims into sending them money.

Derrick Van Yeboah impersonated fake romantic partners and directly interacted with victims for more than nine years.

The move stems from a Trump executive order as the administration continues to pursue cyber-enabled fraud and other crimes.

The anti-fraud crackdown, dubbed Operation First Light, identified more than 142,000 victims of various social-engineering scams.

The executive order finally calls cyber-enabled fraud what it is: transnational organized crime. Now the U.S. has to act like it—and the private sector has to stop…

Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime crackdown dubbed “Operation Contender 3.0” targeted criminal…

Cybercrime hubs in Southeast Asia scammed Americans out of at least $10 billion last year, a 66% increase from 2023, officials said.

The Santa Clara County deputy district attorney has made it her mission to fight back against these scams and the people executing them.