Six men tied to the Black Axe criminal network landed in U.S. custody Friday after spending five years in a South African jail, accused of running online romance scams that drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women. South African police handed the six Nigerian nationals over to FBI and U.S. Secret Service […] The post Six Nigerian nationals extradited to U.S. after allegedly swindling American women out of $6 million in romance scams appeared first on American Almanac .
Six men tied to the Black Axe criminal network landed in U.S. custody Friday after spending five years in a South African jail, accused of running online romance scams that drained more than $6 million from over 100 American women. South African police handed the six Nigerian nationals over to FBI and U.S. Secret Service agents at Cape Town International Airport on September 11, 2026, closing out a lengthy extradition process that began with their arrest in Cape Town in 2021. The men face wire fraud and money laundering charges in the United States, where federal authorities will now prosecute the case. South African police spokesperson Katlego Mogale told CBS News : "Through the coordination of Interpol South Africa, the six will today…Open
A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The […] The post New background-check tool lets online daters vet matches for scams, criminal records, and secret spouses appeared first on American Almanac .
A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The site pulls from publicly available records, address histories, bankruptcy filings, and other data points, and packages them with color-coded red and green flags and what the company calls "compatibility readouts." The pitch is simple: find out whether the person on the other end of a dating app is who they claim to be before you ever meet them in person. CEO Amber Higgins told the New York Post …Open
The IRS is sounding the alarm over AI scams that target senior citizens. MS NOW Investigative Reporter Marc Santia spoke with the chief of criminal investigation for the IRS and joins Stephanie Ruhle to share more details.
AI-fueled cyber scams targeting seniors are on the rise and an unlikely government agency is stepping in: the Internal Revenue Service. MS NOW's Marc Santia talks to the IRS force going out into communities across the country in hopes of deterring fraud before it starts.
Doctors and patients exclusively tell their stories dealing with scammers using deepfake videos to defraud people with false medical information on "Sunday Agenda."
AI:Scammers are increasingly utilizing sophisticated deepfake technology to impersonate medical professionals in fraudulent videos designed to deceive unsuspecting patients. These digital impostors spread false medical information to facilitate various forms of fraud, targeting vulnerable individuals through highly convincing, AI-generated misinformation that mimics legitimate doctors. This emergence of medical-themed deepfakes represents a dangerous new frontier for cybercrime and healthcare deception.Open
‘Over $20.8 billion was stolen from Americans in 2025 from cyber-enabled crime’
AI:The White House has officially authorized a bold new strategy to hunt down the predators behind massive global fraud operations, effectively green-lighting private sector "raiders" to disrupt criminal networks using aggressive digital tactics. This decisive move comes in response to the staggering reality that Americans were robbed of over $20.8 billion by cyber-enabled crime in 2025 alone—a catastrophic figure that highlights the total failure of previous, passive security postures. While leftist agitators and the establishment media would rather frame these proactive measures as anything other than necessary defense, this authorization allows American companies to strike back against the scam centers operating in Southeast Asia that…Open
Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud.
Israel is home to droves of international criminals accused or found guilty in a second country of various crimes
Among the most notorious figures protected by Israel is Tomás Zerón, accused mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of 43 Mexican students in Ayotzinapa. This article was originally published by ¡DoNotPanic! and features additional editing by The Grayzone. Israel has become a haven for international criminals. Many are dual-nationals who have taken advantage of their ability to move seamlessly between Israel and their second country of citizenship to commit crimes and, in some cases, evade justice. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The scale of the criminality, and the volume of cases (relative to the population of Israel), is astonishing. Among…Open
