The SEC sued Linqto former executives William Sarris and Joseph Endoso on October 9, 2026, accusing them of defrauding retail investors of over $430 million by misrepresenting pre-IPO equity investments through false pricing, fake scarcity claims, and operating unregistered securities sales. The defendants allegedly falsely claimed algorithmic pricing while manually setting prices and violated investment company regulations while publicly claiming compliance.
The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, an executive at Canadian cybersecurity firm CyberSteward, in Pennsylvania in connection with the ShinyHunters hacking group that stole sensitive FBI data. Dubrovsky, who specializes in ransomware negotiations, was arrested on cyber extortion and conspiracy charges, with the investigation now centralized at an FBI field office in Texas.
The FBI arrested Edward Dubrovsky, co-founder of Canadian cybersecurity firm CyberSteward, on suspicion of assisting the ShinyHunters hacking group, which recently stole sensitive FBI data. Dubrovsky, a ransomware negotiation specialist, was arrested in Pennsylvania while attending a cyber insurance conference; he faces charges of cyber extortion and conspiracy. The investigation is now centralized at an FBI field office in Texas.
Daniel Sanchez Estrada, a Texas green card holder and artist, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in June for moving a box of zines following an ICE detention center protest. Prosecutors characterized the literature as criminal evidence in what critics describe as a government crackdown on immigration activism and free speech, with his wife Maricela Rueda facing 70 years for similar charges.
Anthropic accused Chinese AI developers of systematically extracting capabilities from Claude through fraudulent accounts and proxy networks to reduce their own development costs, with the NSA, FBI, and CISA corroborating similar concerns. While some analysts find the claims credible given US chip restrictions on China, others question the attribution and evidence, noting that third-party proxies rather than Chinese firms themselves may be responsible.
China is conducting widespread espionage operations across the US, recruiting at least 10 people in the past year through its Ministry of State Security, according to FBI arrests and intelligence officials. Recent cases include a Southern California realtor, a journalist, a former Navy sailor, and activists who spied on dissidents, with Beijing targeting businesses, military sites, academic research, and political figures. Intelligence experts describe the campaign as operating on an "industrial scale" with increasing sophistication and brazenness.
Kishu Inu founder Alexander Sisemore has been charged with three counts of telecommunications fraud for allegedly conducting a $9 million rug pull scheme, in which he secretly sold his allocated tokens while deceiving investors. The FBI is now seeking out affected investors.