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Memphis authorities are accusing a bank teller accused of draining customer accounts through unauthorized cash withdrawals using old slips. The Memphis Police Department arrested Demeries Coplin Brooks, 24, this week on charges of theft of property, forgery, criminal simulation and fraudulent use of marks and logos, reports WREG. Brooks worked as a teller for First Bank on Poplar Avenue in Memphis. Authorities said Brooks made several unauthorized cash withdrawals between December of 2023 and February of 2024 using old withdrawal slips from customer accounts. The total loss from customer accounts was said to be $60,000. A fraud investigation identified Brooks as the…

In brief Pencil Finance says a $1 million student-loan bundle completed its funding and repayment cycle on-chain. The financing contributed to loans supporting more than 6,600 students at 118 schools and universities. The company did not disclose interest rates, investor yields, defaults, or blockchain transaction records. The Animoca Brands-incubated Pencil Finance says it has completed a $1 million student-loan cycle on-chain, from raising investor capital to recording repayments and returning the funds with yield.Education-financing company ErudiFi issued the loans, and Pencil Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, packaged them as an on-chain private-credit investment, allowing funders to supply capital and monitor…

Scammers have drained tens of millions of dollars from elderly American timeshare owners through an elaborate international resale fraud operation. Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza, also known as Jose Mario Ochoa Rodriguez, of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and his wife Brenda Tamayo Corona also known as Jazmin Oliva Chacon, of Mexico, along with co-defendants Michael Ian Hollands, of the United Kingdom, and Yorlena Alfonso Cuesta, with running the scheme that netted $40 million, according to the Justice Department. The defendants allegedly contacted victims about selling timeshares on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The alleged fraudsters targeted timeshare owners…

A Dallas nonprofit is notifying people across the country about a data breach that put sensitive personal and health information at risk. The incident at Resource Center of Dallas exposed names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial details, health insurance and medical records belonging to 12,490 individuals, reports The HIPAA Journal. Unauthorized access occurred between February 4th and February 12th of 2026. The organization completed its review on July 2nd of 2026 and began mailing notices on July 15th. The breach affected 9,048 Texas residents and 13 Massachusetts residents. Resource Center of Dallas is an LGBTQ health and advocacy nonprofit. The center says…

Arbitrum’s Watchdog Committee, a grant oversight body, has given three DeFi projects until a tentative Sept. 10 deadline to answer high-severity misuse findings and return funds it considers unresolved, or face separate votes on permanent exclusion from future DAO programs.The cases name Good Entry, Limitless and APX Finance, formerly ApolloX. Their cited figures add to 457,553 ARB, but that total combines different findings rather than representing one amount established as stolen, outstanding or recoverable. Related ReadingArbitrum launches $40M DeFi incentive amid intensifying L2 race As of Sept. 5, no response from any of the projects appeared in the proposal thread.…

In brief Ripple struck a multi-year deal with the University of Florida to feature the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, plus digital properties and signage, alongside a commitment to fund financial and technology education for student-athletes. It’s Ripple’s latest college-sports play, following a deal earlier this year to put the XRP logo on Kansas Jayhawks basketball jerseys. The branding push comes as XRP trades around $1.41—up 34.9% over 30 days but down 49.8% on the year. Ripple is taking its crypto-in-college-sports playbook to the Swamp, striking a multi-year marketing deal with the University of Florida…

In brief OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3 at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, 2.5 times the price of the model it replaces. Testers with early access posted a street-by-street Manhattan in Unreal Engine, a browser-based 3D Hangzhou built in 24 minutes, a multiplayer shooter made in a day, and a Bach chorale with no voice-leading errors. The same testers rated its writing below its own predecessor, and Artificial Analysis measured a drop of roughly 80 Elo points on a benchmark of economically valuable professional work. OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, and…

A former South Carolina police officer faces charges of bank fraud, prostitution and obstruction of justice following allegations of paying for sexual services and attempting to defraud his credit union. The 43-year-old ex-Pacolet Police Department officer, identified as Fredrick Trent Payne, stands accused of the offenses, reports FOX Carolina. Arrest documents detail that Payne used a debit card to pay $203 for sexual acts at Royal Springs Massage in Boiling Springs. Six days later he phoned Founders Federal Credit Union in Spartanburg County to file a false $276 fraud claim on the transaction and then spent the credited amount in…

A nonprofit mental health provider is disclosing a network intrusion that exposed sensitive personal and health data of nearly 50,000 individuals across the United States. In a filing with the New Hampshire Attorney General, NFI North says an unauthorized third party gained access to its computer network, impacting 49,540 individuals, including 2,813 New Hampshire residents identified in a supplemental filing. The firm says the hacker stole files that may contain data, including names, Social Security numbers, other personally identifiable information and protected health information. “On or about September 6, 2025, NFI North detected a network security incident, in which an…

In brief Four more long-dormant Bitcoin wallets awakened between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, moving a combined 202.84 BTC (~$15.73 million), per Galaxy Research—led by a 146.06 BTC stash ($11.31M) untouched since 2013. The 2011-era coins carried astronomical gains, including a 40 BTC wallet up over 2.5 million percent; one 6.78 BTC transfer was tagged with a Coinbase recipient attribution, typically signaling intent to sell. The moves extend a summer-long trend, following an earlier wave that shifted roughly $40 million in 10 days, with several wallets carrying “Noah Doe” lawsuit tags. The parade of long-dormant Bitcoin wallets springing back to…

A man in New York stayed seated on a residential roof while repeatedly drinking from cans of an alcoholic iced tea beverage as emergency vehicles gathered below. The video spread on X, showing the individual in a black tank top near the peak of a gray-shingled house and in no apparent rush to descend. Buffalo Fire Department and police units set up caution tape around the scene while the man continued gulping the drinks and discarding empties throughout the clip shared from street level. ALERT: Man who won’t get off the roof is bribed by police with what appears to be…