New Jersey Kidnappers Threatened to Cut Victim’s Fingers Off If Ransom Not Paid
NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger has announced the arrest and charging of two men in a harrowing kidnapping case in Paterson, New Jersey. Julio Cesar Paniagua, 27, and Joel…
‘Fool’s Errand’: Biden Admin’s ‘Ransom’ Payment Will Only Embolden Iran, Experts Say
‘Fool’s Errand’: Biden Admin’s ‘Ransom’ Payment Will Only Embolden Iran, Experts Say Jake Smith on August 14, 2023 The Biden administration signed a deal last Friday to transfer $6 billion to Iran…
U.S. Energy Dept gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victims
By Timothy Gardner and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility…
Former Employee Of Technology Company Pleads Guilty To Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICKOLAS SHARP pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to multiple federal crimes in connection with a…
U.S. seizes $500,000 in ransom paid to North Korean hackers, official says
NEW YORK – The United States has seized around $500,000 in ransom paid last year by a hospital in Kansas and others to North Korean cyber attackers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco…
Botched Philadelphia Kidnapping, Ransom Suspect Convicted of Murder in Federal Court
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia man John Perkins, 34, is heading to prison after being convicted in federal court of a botched kidnapping and ransom plot that turned deadly. According to United States…
Two Los Angeles Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Collecting Ransom Payments for Brutal Kidnap-for-Ransom Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – Two Los Angeles men were sentenced today to federal prison terms for collecting ransom payments for a criminal conspiracy in which multiple victims were kidnapped near the United…
Former Employee Of Technology Company Charged With Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom While Posing As Anonymous Attacker
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced…
Two L.A.-Area Men Found Guilty of Federal Charges for Collecting Ransom Proceeds for Cross-Border Kidnapping Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – A federal jury today found two Los Angeles-area men guilty of collecting ransom payments for a criminal conspiracy in which multiple victims were kidnapped near the United States-Mexico…
Ransom pleads guilty to killing NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen
QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Christopher Ransom, 30, has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the February 2019 death of New York City Police Detective Brian…
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