Intelligence Brief
The Story Is the Costume
What twenty-four federal romance and pig-butchering prosecutions in Larigent's case database say about how the money actually moves, who gets prosecuted, and where a professional could have stopped it
The Person With the Keys
In the elder-fraud prosecutions we track, cases built on a stranger's phone call now sit beside a larger group built on access someone was given.
A Nevada Case Shows Scam Couriers Now Collect Gold, Not Just Cash
A pig-butchering scheme moved a victim's savings through cash and bullion handoffs across two states
California Turns a Fraud Safeguard Into Law, Not a Checklist Item
Senate Bill 255 requires every county to mail a deed-and-mortgage alert within 30 days, closing a gap that used to depend on someone remembering to enroll
What H.R. 2478 Actually Does
The bill the House passed 414 to 2 reaches mutual fund redemptions through transfer agents. Most summaries of it describe bank withdrawals.
A Credit Union Board Seat, a Power of Attorney, and $1 Million
An indictment returned this week is a difficult case for anyone who assumes the safeguards were missing