Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director Gary Grief Indicted for Allegedly Helping a Gambling Syndicate Buy 25 Million Tickets to Guarantee a $95 Million Jackpot Win. He Ran the Agency Whose Entire Purpose Was to Prevent This.

He ran the agency whose purpose was to prevent exactly this, and the charge is that he used his position to enable it — which is a form of professional achievement, just not the intended one.

Source: Texas Tribune

Yale-Educated Lawyer Nicolo Nourafchan Spent a Decade Leaking Merger Secrets From Three Major Law Firms to a Network of 30 Traders. Every Trade Left a Pre-Announcement Anomaly in the SEC's Surveillance Records.

Nourafchan worked at Sidley Austin, Latham & Watkins, and Goodwin Procter — firms that exist, in part, to advise clients on securities compliance — and spent a decade leaking their clients' merger secrets, leaving a pattern of suspicious trades before every deal announcement that the SEC's market surveillance system was built specifically to detect.

Source: WHBL / AP

British Couple Holly Cooper and Taylor Johnson, Both 20, Were Recruited as Drug Mules, Flew From Thailand to Istanbul, and Were Arrested Within Minutes of Landing. They Face 10 to 30 Years in Turkish Prison.

They were groomed by professional criminals, loaded with contraband, and sent through one of Europe's busiest international airports — which is where luggage is screened — and were arrested within the time it takes customs to process an arrival.

Source: LADbible

Indian Scammers Impersonated Government Officials and Threatened Victims With 'Digital Arrest Warrants.' There Is No Such Thing as a Digital Arrest Warrant Under Indian Law. A Bank Official Was Among the Three People Arrested.

The entire scheme rested on victims believing that 'digital arrest' is a legal concept in India — which it is not — and the bank official among those caught presumably had professional exposure to how Indian law actually works.

Source: Deccan Herald

Ten People Charged in UK After Posing as Police and Crypto Company Representatives to Steal Seed Phrases and Drain Wallets. One Victim Lost £300,000. The Blockchain Recorded All of It.

They impersonated police to steal cryptocurrency wallet passwords, then moved the funds through a blockchain — a public, permanent, immutable ledger — which is the digital equivalent of robbing a bank while narrating it into the security camera.

Source: Eastern Region Special Operations Unit

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Interim Chancellor O. John Maduko Resigned After Investigation Found He Sent Sexually Explicit Texts, a Stripper GIF, and Unsolicited Photos to a Female Employee for Nearly Two Years

Source: CT Mirror