The scam involves stock manipulation, where criminals target United States investors through online engagement via social media advertisements or messages promoting an “investment club” of fellow investors, some of which may be bots or fake accounts.

Senate Appropriations Committee approves an amendment that would only allow funding to be used to build a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized control of one of the best-known Nintendo Switch piracy sites. The home page for Nsw2u--which once hosted numerous Switch ROMs--now redirects to a message announcing the site's takedown.

Social media posts and Nigerian news websites have claimed that a Nigerian-based scammer conned United States President Donald Trump out of $250,000. But the claim is misleading; it was actually a donor aiming to contribute to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee who was scammed by an impostor that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) traced to Nigeria.

A federal judge gave Lt. Shane Lamond an 18-month sentence for leaking details of an investigation to Enrique Tarrio, the far-right group’s former leader, and lying about it later. By Isabella Kwai

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) told his colleagues on the Appropriations Committee that they should reject the administration’s request “to snatch” money Congress already designated for a different project.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching for a twelfth suspect in connection with what was described as an organized attack against the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4.

Nintendo Switch piracy had been rampant early in the console generation. Now, the FBI has just taken down a major piracy site.

The FBI opened an investigation into a man that claimed his laptop was a bomb in the middle of a flight, forcing an emergency landing.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters are targeting U.S. stock investors at an increased rate in 2025 compared to previous years.