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 Offer to Get It Back
A $36 million scheme posed as attorneys and targeted people who had already lost money. Its organizer pleaded guilty this month.
A Government Permit Invoice Scam Crosses County Lines
Two county governments this month reported the same phishing mechanism — a real case number, a fake domain, a demand to pay by wire.
A Six-Year Sweepstakes Scheme Ends in a 66-Month Sentence
What a Brooklyn courtroom confirms this month about how prize-fraud schemes get built to last