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Online scammers using fake FBI message to demand money
WASHINGTON — The FBI warned computer users on Thursday to ignore a fake message, purportedly from its officers, that freezes people’s screens and demands that they pay a fine for visiting inappropriate websites. “We’re getting inundated with complaints,” said Donna Gregory from the US Internet Crime Complaint Center, referring to…
Watch live: FBI discusses Sikh temple shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation held a press conference on Wednesday regarding the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The FBI has said that the shooting, in which suspect Wade Michael Page entered the Sikh temple during services and shot six people before police shot and killed Page himself,…
Missouri mosque destroyed in suspicious fire
For the second time in about a month, a mosque in Joplin, Missouri caught fire on Monday, but this time it was burned to the ground. KODE first reported that firefighters responded to a fire at the Islamic Center of Joplin, but the flames quickly spread and engulfed the building.…
FBI probe targets ‘Islamic extremists’ in U.S. Army
The FBI is investigating more than 100 suspected Islamic extremists in the US military, following the 2009 “lone wolf” attack by an alleged Al-Qaeda sympathizer that killed 13 people at a Texas army base, a news report said. About a dozen of the cases are considered “serious” threats involving suspects…
Online scams cost $485 million in U.S. in 2011: survey
WASHINGTON — Online scams including identity theft schemes, “advance fee” and “romance fraud” cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday. The Internet Crime Complaint Center annual report said the number of complaints about online fraud rose 3.4 percent to 314,246. The most…
FBI informant in Ohio bomb plot had criminal past
The FBI’s key informant in the recent Ohio bomb plot had a long criminal history and faced multiple indictments even as he cooperated with authorities, court documents revealed this week. Shaquille Azir, 39, was indicted twice for writing bad checks in July and December 2011, and he’d previously faced that…
FBI: Five arrested in plot to blow up Ohio bridge
Five self-described anarchists have been arrested in a plot to blow up a bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, but the public was never in any danger, the FBI said Tuesday. The anarchists spent months planning several different attacks but did not realize that they were being closely monitored and had purchased…
New York police open new leads on child missing 33 years
NEW YORK — New York police and the FBI dug into a Manhattan basement Thursday to pursue new leads in a child disappearance case that shocked the city 33 years ago. Swarms of officers gathered outside the building where agents hoped they might finally get to the bottom of the…
FBI’s top cyber cop admits that hackers are winning
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is losing its battle with computer hackers, according to Shawn Henry, the agency’s top cyber cop. Henry said during a press conference Wednesday morning that over the course of numerous investigations, the FBI has obtained the private data of corporations that were targeted by…
U.S. acted to conceal evidence of intelligence failure before 9/11: UK
Operation Foxden, delayed by turf war between the FBI and the CIA, given green light three days before the al-Qaida attacks. The US government shut down a series of court cases arising from a multimillion pound business dispute in order to conceal evidence of a damning intelligence failure shortly before…
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