Cybercrime

For attempting to defraud victims of more than $25 million through internet scams, a Nigerian, Onyekachi Emmanuel Opara, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a United States court in New York. He was also ordered to pay $2.5 million as restitution. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New

Almost five million people had money stolen from their bank or credit card account last year, at a cost of around £840 each, according to shocking new figures. More than £2bn has been snatched from about one in 10 British adults, new data from Compare the Market has revealed, and online payments are the weakest

A bitcoin investor is suing AT&T for $240m after it allegedly ported his phone number to a hacker, allowing the criminal to steal $24m in cryptocurrency. Michael Terpin is suing the phone giant [PDF] for the value of the three million electronic coins plus $216m in punitive damages after he claims an AT&T employee at a store

Two cyber criminals have been sentenced for committing offences against the National Lottery following a National Crime Agency investigation. Daniel Thompson, 27, and Idris Kayode Akinwunmi, 21, were jailed for eight months and four months respectively at Birmingham Crown Court in relation to the 2016 attack. The men used an online application to bombard the