Pennsylvania county will remove drop boxes for November election to prevent fraud
Election officials in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, have stopped using ballot drop boxes in elections due to safety and cost concerns. Luzerne County Administrator Romilda Crocamo announced the decision Wednesday, arguing that safety and financial concerns made the removal necessary. “This lack of oversight raises serious concerns about the potential for unauthorized access and misuse.” “We […]
NYC Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud Scheme, Faces Prison
A New York-based lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in an immigration fraud scheme to illegally speed up refugee status applications. Kofi Amankwah, 70, a Bronx lawyer, circumvented loopholes in the system by getting asylum seekers in the city to claim they were victims of domestic violence and collect up to $6,000. Federal prosecutors have […]
Venezuela’s election fraud threatens the stability of the Western hemisphere
The chances of a fair election being held in Venezuela were always low, but many hoped it would bring a positive outcome to the dire situation created by the dictatorial regime of President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition, led by María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, knew how unlikely this was to happen, so they implemented […]
Ron DeSantis declares war on widespread ballot petition fraud
Election integrity is a top concern for many Republicans, but despite their frustration, few Republicans have taken any significant action. Florida stands out: Instead of relying on phony advertising, press conferences and memes, Governor Ron DeSantis has established an election integrity unit within the state's law enforcement agencies and has aggressively pursued election integrity. Criminal […]
Crypto fraud losses surge to $5.6B in 2023: these states were hit hardest
See what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. According to the FBI, the amount of money that scammers scammed people out of cryptocurrency-related scams in 2023 was staggering. When it came to these losses in the U.S., some states were hit harder than others, the FBI study found. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), total […]
$5.6B lost to cryptocurrency fraud schemes last year: FBI
According to the FBI, Americans lost more than $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency-related scams in 2023. The agency is In a report released on Monday, The bureau said it received more than 69,000 complaints last year from victims of financial fraud linked to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether, amounting to approximately $5.6 billion in […]
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-lover Caroline Ellison begs to stay out of jail for FTX fraud
Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman Freed, has asked a federal judge not to send her to prison for stealing $8 billion from clients of the bankrupt FTX exchange. In a court filing just before midnight on Tuesday, Ellison's lawyers told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan that the former […]
Trump Claims FBI’s Report of Lower Violent Crime is a ‘Fraud’
The claim: During Tuesday's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump claimed that an FBI report that violent crime is declining is a “fraud.” Verdict: It's true: The FBI report doesn't include the thousands of police departments that don't report crime data to the federal agency. On June 24, 2024, Breitbart […]
‘Fraud, failure, and illegality’: Cruz, other senators demand end to ‘flawed’ immigration program under Biden-Harris
A group of senators led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday calling on the administration to put an end to the “fundamentally flawed” CHNV program. The program, which was recently reinstated despite findings of fraud, allows 30,000 people each month […]
Taxpayers lost more than $100B to COVID unemployment insurance fraud, committee finds
First appeared on FOX: The House Oversight Committee reported that American taxpayers have lost more than $100 billion to fraud and improper payments as a result of the temporary unemployment insurance program created in response to COVID-19. Fox News Digital obtained the House Oversight Committee report following a months-long investigation looking into fraud in the […]