Hacker News with Generative AI: Crime

'Crypto king' turned NYC townhouse into torture chamber to gain partner Bitcoin (nbcnewyork.com)
The 37-year-old Kentucky man charged with the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man allegedly held captive for weeks inside a Manhattan townhouse aimed to get the man's password to Bitcoin, law enforcement sources say.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, New York, Kidnapping
56 points by zerosizedweasle 14 days ago | 33 comments
Teens Almost Got Away with Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches (wired.com)
Amadou Sow woke to the shrieking of smoke detectors. It was a little after 2:30 am on August 5, 2020, and his house in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, was ablaze.
Crime, Law Enforcement, Technology, Google Search
7 points by 01-_- 17 days ago | 0 comments
Coinbase Data Breach Will Lead to People Dying, TechCrunch Founder Says (decrypt.co)
The founder of online news publication TechCrunch has claimed that Coinbase’s recent data breach “will lead to people dying,” amid a wave of kidnap attempts targeting high-net-worth crypto holders.
Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Crime, Data Breaches
20 points by thm 18 days ago | 10 comments
We 3D-Printed Luigi Mangione's Ghost Gun. It Was Legal (wired.com)
In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built the exact same weapon ourselves—and test-fired it.
Gun Control, 3D Printing, Crime, Law
27 points by gaws 19 days ago | 22 comments
An Efilist Just Bombed a Fertility Clinic. Was This Bound to Happen? (default.blog)
On Saturday morning, a parked SUV exploded outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic, killing its driver and wounding at least four bystanders.
Violence, Fertility, Medical, Crime, Social Issues
75 points by starkparker 20 days ago | 140 comments
Traffic Enforcement Dwindled in the Pandemic. In Many Places, It Hasnt Come Back (nytimes.com)
In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, traffic stops by the police plummeted around the country, as fewer cars were on the road and as agencies instructed officers to avoid nonessential contact with the public.
Traffic Enforcement, Pandemic, Law Enforcement, Crime
16 points by Michelangelo11 20 days ago | 4 comments
A DoorDash driver scammed the company out $2.5M (theverge.com)
A former DoorDash delivery driver pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to a wire fraud conspiracy that scammed DoorDash out of over $2.5 million, the US Attorney’s Office in California’s Northern District announced on Tuesday.
Fraud, DoorDash, Crime, Business
13 points by 01-_- 20 days ago | 6 comments
Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News (teenvogue.com)
Alec Karakatsanis's new book Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News criticizes how the media covers — and enables — policing.
Media, Journalism, Policing, Crime, Social Justice
184 points by pavel_lishin 24 days ago | 64 comments
New study finds link between green spaces and police violence (medicalxpress.com)
A novel research project has shown that areas with greater amounts of green space have a lower prevalence of police violence.
Urban Planning, Crime, Public Health, Social Justice
8 points by PaulHoule 24 days ago | 6 comments
Police investigating crypto kidnappings with execs tied up and fingers cut off (news.sky.com)
Authorities in France are investigating a series of kidnappings linked to the world of cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, France, Security
5 points by austinallegro 24 days ago | 2 comments
The convictions of Lucy Letby: should they be overturned? (theguardian.com)
On 4 February 2025, Lucy Letby’s barrister, Mark McDonald, convened a press conference at the grand baroque Westminster venue One Great George Street.
Law, Justice, Crime, United Kingdom
5 points by zxexz 24 days ago | 0 comments
'Crime Bingo' Results in 9 Montana Felony Cases Being Thrown Out (cowboystatedaily.com)
Nine felony cases connected to a game of “Crime Bingo” played by Bozeman Police Department officers will not be prosecuted, said Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell.
Law Enforcement, Montana, Crime, Legal Cases
7 points by Bender 25 days ago | 0 comments
Man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years (bbc.co.uk)
A man who has served almost 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after new DNA evidence emerged.
Law, Crime, Justice, DNA Evidence
7 points by FridayoLeary 25 days ago | 1 comments
A man who tried to poison a 600-year-old tree (2020) (cnn.com)
Environment, Crime, News
6 points by 1659447091 29 days ago | 1 comments
The Acid King (2001) (rollingstone.com)
Late last year, a new prisoner arrived at the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, Kansas — a polite beanstalk of a man from the San Francisco Bay Area who stood out among the petty criminals who make up the majority of Shawnee’s inmate population.
Crime, Music, People
58 points by udit99 29 days ago | 48 comments
Cargo thieves attack the U.S. supply chain (cnbc.com)
Crime, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation
6 points by LordAtlas 29 days ago | 1 comments
Two men found guilty of felling of Sycamore Gap tree (theguardian.com)
Two friends who embarked on a “moronic mission” to fell the Sycamore Gap tree with a chainsaw have been found guilty of “mindless” criminal damage.
Environment, Crime, News
10 points by fblp 29 days ago | 0 comments
Attacked by Thugs (2004) (idlewords.com)
Warsaw has a river running down its middle, an unassuming and turpid ribbon of water with a stairstep concrete enbankment along both of its banks, where you can often find retirees fishing (only people on fixed incomes or those close to death would dare eat fish from the Vistula).
Crime, Poland, Warsaw, Travel
5 points by impish9208 30 days ago | 1 comments
We have reached the "severed fingers and abductions" stage of crypto revolution (arstechnica.com)
Wave of crypto kidnappings hits Europe.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Europe
127 points by zdw 30 days ago | 116 comments
Police find missing woman after 60 years. She wants to stay hidden (npr.org)
Six decades after a young mother vanished from her small city in south-central Wisconsin, authorities have found her alive and well living in another state.
Missing Persons, Crime, Human Interest
6 points by geox 31 days ago | 2 comments
After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court (npr.org)
For two years, Stacey Wales kept a running list of everything she would say at the sentencing hearing for the man who killed her brother in a road rage incident in Chandler, Ariz.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law, Justice
10 points by prossercj 31 days ago | 3 comments
We have reached the "severed fingers and abductions" stage of crypto revolution (arstechnica.com)
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL! shenanigans one usually reads about. No, these crimes involve abductions, (multiple) severed fingers, and (multiple) people rescued from the trunks of cars—once after being doused with gasoline.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, France
9 points by nobody9999 31 days ago | 1 comments
AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court (theguardian.com)
Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law, Technology, Arizona
29 points by impish9208 31 days ago | 18 comments
AI of Dead Road Rage Victim Addresses Killer in Court (theguardian.com)
Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law, Technology, Death
17 points by hdk 32 days ago | 0 comments
Family uses AI to create video for deadly victim's own impact statement (abc15.com)
Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident in Chandler in 2021, but last month, artificial intelligence brought him back to life during his killer’s sentencing hearing.
Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law, Technology
9 points by healsdata 32 days ago | 6 comments
Nail salon employee pleads guilty after holding 13 remote IT jobs (yahoo.com)
A nail salon worker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud this month, the DOJ said.
Crime, Employment, Technology
17 points by gpi 33 days ago | 3 comments
How are cyber criminals rolling in 2025? (vin01.github.io)
Speaking of earning a living, would you expect them to pay for web hosting/ cloud providers?
Cybersecurity, Crime, Predictions, Technology
266 points by vin10 33 days ago | 92 comments
Explosive sex toys and cosmetics: the story behind the DHL parcels plot (theguardian.com)
Exclusive account reveals previously unreported details and insights into how Kremlin’s sabotage campaign played out on the ground – and the multinational effort to track down the network behind it
International Relations, Espionage, Russia, Crime, Security
11 points by c420 33 days ago | 1 comments
Explosive sex toys and cosmetics: the story behind the DHL parcels plot (theguardian.com)
Exclusive account reveals previously unreported details and insights into how Kremlin’s sabotage campaign played out on the ground – and the multinational effort to track down the network behind it
International Relations, Espionage, Crime, Russia
8 points by n1b0m 33 days ago | 1 comments
Woman missing for more than 60 years found 'alive and well' (news.sky.com)
A woman in the US who has been missing since 1962 has been found "alive and well", authorities have said.
Missing Persons, Crime, News, Unusual Events
13 points by austinallegro 34 days ago | 5 comments