Frank Mooney

Federal agents are attempting to collect more than $6 million in bitcoin that they claim symbolizes the ill-gotten earnings of a Chinese couple’s “pig butchering” scam, which they left behind when they fled the United States one step ahead of the cops. Prosecutors say Feng Chen and Tianqiong Xu abandoned the $6 million in four … Read more

Every night when he gets home from work, Chen opens his laptop and enters his secret life as an undercover activist. From his bedroom in eastern China, he spends hours watching images too graphic for a horror film while attempting to meet people who would be his sworn enemies in real life. Chen, a pseudonym … Read more

Sacramento, California — A California state senator who was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence had no drugs or alcohol in her blood and will not face any charges, the Sacramento district attorney announced Friday. Sacramento police cited state Sen. Sebrina Cervantes earlier this month for driving while drunk. She was engaged in … Read more

WASHINGTON — According to court documents filed Thursday, the US Justice Department has formally moved to dismiss a criminal fraud prosecution against Boeing and requested that a judge cancel an upcoming trial related to two plane accidents that killed 346 people off the coast of Indonesia and Ethiopia. The agreement, revealed last week, will save … Read more