Hacker News with Generative AI: Crime

Australian who ordered radioactive materials walks away from court (chemistryworld.com)
A 24-year-old Australian man who ordered uranium and plutonium to his parents’ apartment has been allowed to walk away from court on a two-year good behaviour bond.
Australia, Law, Nuclear Materials, Crime
59 points by mrkeen 3 hours ago | 60 comments
They Stole a Quarter-Billion in Crypto and Got Caught Within a Month (nytimes.com)
In the balmy late afternoon of Aug. 25, 2024, Sushil and Radhika Chetal were house-hunting in Danbury, Conn., in an upscale neighborhood of manicured yards and heated pools.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Security, Law Enforcement
12 points by otterley 2 days ago | 2 comments
'Fighting crime blindfolded': Europe is coming after encryption (politico.eu)
Encryption, Privacy, Europe, Crime, Law Enforcement
17 points by c420 2 days ago | 6 comments
Ransomware scum bilked victims out of a 'staggering' $16.6B last year, says FBI (theregister.com)
Digital scammers and extortionists bilked businesses and individuals in the US out of a "staggering" $16.6 billion last year, according to the FBI — the highest losses recorded since bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) started tracking them 25 years ago.
Cybersecurity, Crime, Data Breaches, FBI
9 points by LinuxBender 2 days ago | 0 comments
UN says scam call centers are epidemic and expanding globally (theregister.com)
Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide "like a cancer," according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out.
Scams, Telecommunications, Crime, International Relations, Technology
49 points by jnord 3 days ago | 34 comments
San Francancisco crime is down, way down (growsf.org)
Citywide crime in San Francisco is now at its lowest point in 23 years. And in the past year, San Francisco saw one of the biggest drops in crime among major U.S. cities, including a 45% drop in property crime in the first quarter of 2025, alone.
Crime, San Francisco, Statistics, Urban Planning
9 points by JumpCrisscross 4 days ago | 0 comments
Homeland Security Secretary's Bag with Security Badge Is Stolen (nytimes.com)
A handbag belonging to the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem containing her passport, department security badge and $3,000 in cash was stolen on Sunday night at a restaurant in Washington, the department confirmed.
Politics, Security, Crime
22 points by geox 4 days ago | 3 comments
Samurai Cops: Inside Edo's Police Force During Feudal Japan (tokyoweekender.com)
After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan, established the Tokugawa shogunate, and moved the capital to Edo — modern-day Tokyo — in the early 17th century, he ended hundreds of years of civil war and senseless killings. Weirdly, though, people still kept murdering each other. Plus, there were all these other crimes being committed all over the city. 
History, Japan, Law Enforcement, Crime
28 points by cdplayer96 5 days ago | 6 comments
Texas Officials Invited the Rigging of the State Lottery (nytimes.com)
In 2023, professional bettors in Europe were trying to find an American partner to help pull off an audacious plan to buy up virtually every ticket ahead of just the right lottery draw in the United States.
Texas Lottery, Corruption, Gambling, Crime, Investigations
33 points by cainxinth 6 days ago | 18 comments
Three Felonies a Day (2013) (kottke.org)
In a book called Three Felonies A Day, Boston civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate says that everyone in the US commits felonies everyday and if the government takes a dislike to you for any reason, they’ll dig in and find a felony you’re guilty of.
Law, Civil Rights, Politics, Crime
92 points by zekrioca 6 days ago | 96 comments
Police algorithm said Lina was at 'medium' risk. Then she was killed (bbc.co.uk)
In January, Lina went to the police.
Police, Algorithm, Violence, Crime, Social Justice
22 points by mmarian 6 days ago | 12 comments
Police algorithm said Lina was at 'medium' risk. Then she was killed (bbc.com)
In January, Lina went to the police.
Police, Algorithms, Crime, Violence, Public Safety
7 points by defrost 6 days ago | 1 comments
Belgian teens arrested with 5k smuggled ants (cnn.com)
Crime, News, Animals, Belgium
8 points by mooreds 10 days ago | 7 comments
Aqua Tofana: The 17th Century Husband Killer (amusingplanet.com)
Sometime in the summer of 1791, or perhaps even earlier, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart fell ill.
History, Crime, Italy
68 points by gappy 12 days ago | 29 comments
Canadian math prodigy allegedly stole $65M in crypto (theglobeandmail.com)
Andean Medjedovic was 18 years old when he made a decision that would irrevocably alter the course of his life.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Canada, Mathematics
276 points by bookmtn 12 days ago | 350 comments
Operation Atacama: The $1M cactus heist that led to a smuggler's downfall (bbc.com)
After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there – and is setting a precedent for dealing with crimes of this kind.
Crime, Nature, International Relations, Law
9 points by andsoitis 12 days ago | 0 comments
How a Secretive Gambler Called 'The Joker' Took Down the Texas Lottery (msn.com)
In the spring of 2023, a London banker-turned-bookmaker reached out to a few contacts with an audacious request: Can you help me take down the Texas lottery?
Gambling, Crime, Texas Lottery
7 points by jnord 12 days ago | 2 comments
The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes (wired.com)
Since President Donald Trump took office, US authorities have increasingly abdicated responsibility for policing crypto-related offenses.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Government, United States
21 points by molybdenum_plus 12 days ago | 1 comments
The self-castrated hatmaker who killed John Wilkes Booth (2015) (washingtonian.com)
The fire in the tobacco barn was starting to rage, and inside was the most wanted man in America: John Wilkes Booth, the traitor who had shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre 12 days earlier.
History, Crime, US History
43 points by rathertrue 13 days ago | 26 comments
Shadow Ticket (penguinrandomhouse.com)
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labor-management relations to the more domestic kind.
Fiction, Books, Crime, History, 1930s
11 points by CaesarA 14 days ago | 5 comments
Crime is down, way down (growsf.org)
Citywide crime in San Francisco is now at its lowest point in 23 years. And in the past year, San Francisco saw one of the biggest drops in crime among major U.S. cities, including a 45% drop in property crime in the first quarter of 2025, alone.
Crime, San Francisco, Statistics, Urban Planning
7 points by davikr 15 days ago | 8 comments
Organised gangs behind rise in QR 'quishing' scams (bbc.com)
Organised crime gangs are behind a sharp rise in scams linked to fraudulent QR codes, experts say.
Cybersecurity, Crime, Scams, Technology
29 points by dabinat 15 days ago | 48 comments
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law Enforcement, Privacy, UK
4 points by amichail 16 days ago | 0 comments
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Predictive Policing, UK, Privacy
6 points by Jerry2 16 days ago | 5 comments
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Crime, AI, Surveillance, UK, Government
18 points by jhunter1016 17 days ago | 8 comments
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Crime, Predictive Policing, Artificial Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Data Privacy
17 points by molteanu 17 days ago | 3 comments
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Predictive Policing, Crime, Artificial Intelligence, UK, Privacy
15 points by helsinkiandrew 18 days ago | 9 comments
Expert used ChatGPT-4o to create a replica of his passport bypassing KYC (securityaffairs.com)
<p>A member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleads guilty</p>
Cybersecurity, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Crime
5 points by workfromspace 19 days ago | 1 comments
UK Police Arrest 30 People Per Day for Internet Comments (thetimes.com)
Internet, Law, Crime, Social Media, UK
54 points by A_D_E_P_T 20 days ago | 28 comments
L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to testify about alleged hit (latimes.com)
High in the mountains above Los Angeles, Juan testified, the kidnappers pressed a gun against his stomach and handed him a phone after making a call on FaceTime.
Crime, Law, California, Violence, Personal Stories
17 points by PaulHoule 23 days ago | 9 comments