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Growing Risk of Ransomware Attacks in Mass.
At least one in six communities in Massachusetts was infected with ransomware last year, and at least 10 used taxpayer money to unlock files.
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Texas Man Charged in Plot to Bomb Data Center in Virginia: FBI
A Texas man accused of trying to blow up an Internet data center has been arrested in an undercover FBI sting.
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Unemployed NJ Electrician Accused of Being at Forefront of US Capitol Siege
An out-of-work electrician with a 2-month-old child has become the latest tri-state area arrest in connection to the deadly U.S. Capitol siege that took place Jan. 6, according to federal prosecutors.
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New Autopsy Finds Kansas Black Man's 2004 Death Was Homicide
The case of a Black man who died following a party in rural Kansas more than 16 years ago has been ruled a homicide after his body was exhumed as federal authorities investigate his death as a possible hate crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that a new autopsy on the body of Alonzo Brooks concluded the cause…
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FBI Enlisted Proud Boys Leader to Inform on Antifa Before Capitol Riot, Lawyer Says
A defense attorney says FBI agents recruited a Proud Boys leader to provide them with information about anti-fascist activists several months before he was charged with joining other members of the far-right extremist group in storming the U.S. Capitol
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Former Boston Police Captain Charged in Overtime Fraud Scheme
A former Boston police captain has been arrested on charges that he collected more than $12,000 in an overtime pay fraud scheme at the department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Richard Evans, 62, of Hanover, faces charges including conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. He is scheduled to…
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US Waives FBI Checks on Caregivers at New Migrant Facilities
The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers
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Tambourine-Playing Ex-NYPD Cop Latest to Face Charges for Alleged Role in Capitol Riot
A retired NYPD cop is the latest to face criminal charges in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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North Korean Man Extradited to US in Sanctions Case
A North Korean citizen was taken into U.S. custody on Saturday after being extradited from Malaysia to face money laundering charges, making him the first North Korean extradited to the U.S. to face trial
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4 Men Linked to Proud Boys Charged in Plot to Attack Capitol
Four men described by prosecutors as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been indicted on charges that they planned and carried out a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory
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FBI Releases Videos, Seeking Help to ID 10 in ‘Most Violent' Attacks During Capitol Riot
The FBI has released new videos from the Capitol riot, asking for the public’s help to identify and locate 10 more people in connection with violent assaults on police officers
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FBI Releases New Videos of Assaults on Officers in Capitol Riot
The FBI’s Washington Field Office has released new video footage and information in hopes of identifying suspects in the “most egregious assaults on federal officers.”
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Mayorkas Confirms FBI Investigating Atlanta Shootings
During a House Homeland Security committee hearing on Wednesday, DHS Secy. Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed that the FBI is investigating the shooting spree that left 8 dead in Atlanta, Ga.
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FBI Arrests 6 Over NH Cryptocurrency Business
Six people were arrested in FBI raids in New Hampshire Tuesday as part of a crackdown on an allegedly unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange business based in Keene, authorities said. Federal prosecutors say the New Hampshire residents operated a virtual currency exchange, in which people exchange cryptocurrency like Bitcoin for fiat currency like the U.S. dollar, but did so in violation...
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FBI, Police Ask for Help Finding NH Mom of Three Missing Over a Year
A mother of three has been missing from Nashua, New Hampshire, for more than a year, and the FBI and local police on Monday asked for the public’s help in what they called the “suspicious disappearance.”
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Airline Passenger Accused of Refusing Mask, Then Urinating
A Colorado man accused of disrupting an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Denver by refusing to wear a mask and then standing up and urinating in the cabin faces a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew and attendants that carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine. The FBI arrested 24-year-old…
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FBI Releases New Video of Suspect Planting Bombs Before Capitol Riot
The FBI has released new video showing someone placing two pipe bombs outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees the night before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Watch: FBI Video Shows DC Pipe Bomb Suspect
The FBI released new videos of the person suspected of planting two pipe bombs the night before the January riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Mass. Man Arrested for Allegedly Hitting Officer During Capitol Riot
A Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly assaulting a police officer at the U.S. Capitol as violence broke out there following a pro-Trump rally in January, according to court documents and the FBI.
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Emails: FBI Was Looking for Gold at Pennsylvania Dig Site
The FBI was looking for an extremely valuable cache of U.S. government gold when agents excavated a remote site in Pennsylvania three years ago this month.