Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from March 20, 2026 OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a fraud scheme after a resident lost over ...

The victim told deputies he installed an app on his computer.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES, March 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With Bitcoin returning to and surpassing its all-time high price breaking $70,000 USD ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Last year, Mellissa McKie wired Isanti County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tom Leatham as much money as she could get her hands on in a day. She thought paying $2,000 through cryptocurrency kiosks, in ...

OKALOOSA COUTY, Fla. -- An Okaloosa County resident lost more than half a million dollars to a cryptocurrency scam.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sheriff’s detectives used the victim’s personal information and financial records to track the money, and had help from Jackson ...

Cryptocurrency ATM scams are on the rise in Hawaii, adding another threat intended to separate people — especially senior citizens — from their hard-earned money this holiday season. Kealii Lopez, ...

Westlake police are warning of rising cryptocurrency scams after a woman was nearly defrauded of $18,000, highlighting a troubling trend of fear-based fraud tactics.

The number of cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking groups surged 85% in 2025 as digital assets play a growing role in illicit online schemes, according to a new report from analytics ...

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WTOC) - The government has seized and forfeited over a million dollars in cryptocurrency following a report of fraud against a Richmond Hill real estate agent, according to a press ...

Former FBI Special Agent Stephanie Talamantez has more than a decade’s worth of experience leading cryptocurrency fraud investigations and recovering stolen digital assets. Now the senior managing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two fraud charges arising from the $40 billion collapse of a cryptocurrency ecosystem that had promised investors ...