Hacker News with Generative AI: Crime

Cleveland police used AI to justify a search warrant. It derailed a murder case (cleveland.com)
A jury may never see the gun that authorities say was used to kill Blake Story last year.

AI, Law Enforcement, Crime, Justice System

134 points by rntn 12 hours ago | 140 comments

Suspects in 2 murder cases shared connection to 'Zizian' rationalist group (openvallejo.org)
Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlord in Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo.

Crime, Rationalist Groups, Marriage, Vermont, Vallejo

37 points by anigbrowl 18 hours ago | 43 comments

DARPA to Launch Pre-Crime AML Program (therage.co)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has filed a special notice on the launch of a „Anticipatory and Adaptive Anti-Money Laundering“ Program (A3ML) that "seeks to revolutionize the practice of anti-money laundering" by developing "algorithms to sift through financial transaction graphs for suspicious activity patterns in attempts to anticipate future activities."

Artificial Intelligence, Government, Finance, Crime

7 points by janandonly 1 day ago | 0 comments

Are Americans' perceptions of the economy and crime broken? (niemanlab.org)
A responsible news media has a lot of jobs, but here’s one of the most important: giving audiences an accurate image of the state of the world around them.

News Media, Public Perception, Economics, Crime

56 points by bediger4000 2 days ago | 123 comments

3D-printed "ghost gun" ring comes to my community–and leaves a man dead (arstechnica.com)
It's a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief in rural Alabama stopped to help a driver who had just hit a deer. The two men walked up the driveway of a nearby home. For reasons that remain unclear, a man came out of the house with a gun and started shooting.

Gun Violence, 3D Printing, Crime, Alabama

9 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 2 comments

French police free kidnapped Ledger executive (moneycheck.com)
A violent 24-hour kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife ended in their rescue by French police following demands for cryptocurrency ransom.

Cryptocurrency, Crime, France, Business

174 points by ilamont 4 days ago | 138 comments

Couple allegedly tricked AI investors into funding wedding, houses (arstechnica.com)
The founder of an AI startup in San Francisco was indicted this week for allegedly conspiring with his wife for six years to defraud investors out of $60 million.

Artificial Intelligence, Fraud, Startups, Finance, Crime

14 points by LinuxBender 4 days ago | 4 comments

Police struggling to keep pace with cryptocurrency fraudsters (cbc.ca)
Ottawa police say they're receiving daily reports of cryptocurrency fraud from victims who have been swindled out of their savings and investments, with very little chance of getting their money back.

Cryptocurrency, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Crime

7 points by uladzislau 4 days ago | 0 comments

Ledger CEO and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping (nytimes.com)

Crime, Business, France

12 points by jervant 5 days ago | 3 comments

Kidnapping of Ledger co-founder sparks major investigation in France (leberry.fr)
Dans le cadre de l’enquête sur la disparition d’un entrepreneur, de nombreux gendarmes et policiers étaient déployés dans le Vierzonnais, ce mercredi 22 janvier. Selon nos informations, ils enquêtent sur l’enlèvement de l’un des cofondateurs de la start-up Ledger, David Balland.

Cryptocurrency, Crime, France

26 points by doxxx 6 days ago | 14 comments

Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace (nytimes.com)
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds.

Politics, Crime, Cryptocurrency

49 points by harporoeder 7 days ago | 3 comments

Trump expected to commute Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's life sentence (nypost.com)
President Trump is expected to commute the lifetime prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark web site Silk Road, The Post has learned.

Politics, Crime, Law, Dark Web

17 points by rmason 7 days ago | 1 comments

Suspects allegedly posing as firefighters in Palisades had fake fire engine (ktla.com)
A man and a woman from Oregon were arrested over the weekend for reportedly impersonating firefighters as they attempted to enter a Palisades Fire evacuation zone in what appeared to be a legitimate fire engine, officials announced Sunday.

Crime, Firefighting, California

7 points by LinuxBender 8 days ago | 5 comments

Teen Sets Fire to Congressman's Office Allegedly over TikTok Ban (gizmodo.com)
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday for setting first to an office leased by a member of Congress in the city of Fond Du Lac.

Politics, Crime, Social Media

11 points by wumeow 9 days ago | 2 comments

Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail (cnn.com)

Japan, Aging, Social Issues, Crime, Women

45 points by Tomte 9 days ago | 36 comments

Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines (bbc.com)
Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red light district - that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa.

South Africa, Gangs, Crime, Gold Mining, Labor

6 points by adrian_mrd 10 days ago | 0 comments

College students in court case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikTok (apnews.com)
Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through the Tinder dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok (AP Video: Robert Bukaty)

Social Media, Law, Crime, College

4 points by petethomas 12 days ago | 1 comments

Clean energy pioneer's lab destroyed in suspected arson attack (theguardian.com)
A scientist in Liverpool has lost more than a decade of work after the prefabricated building that served as his research lab was destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

Clean Energy, Science, Arson, Crime

29 points by n1b0m 13 days ago | 2 comments

Thought UnitedHealthcare couldn't get more awful? They've gone villain mode (theguardian.com)
At this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn.

Healthcare, Crime, UnitedHealthcare

13 points by no_wizard 14 days ago | 9 comments

An 836-pound 'cursed' emerald traveled the Americas, ruining lives (latimes.com)
It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836-pound emerald.

History, Travel, Crime, Curiosities, Gems

5 points by PaulHoule 15 days ago | 1 comments

89% of 2024 sexual offences in England went unsolve (theguardian.com)
Victims are being “let down time and time again” by police, a minister has said, as almost every violent or sexual offence went unsolved in hundreds of crime hotspots last year.

Crime, England, Law Enforcement, Sexual Assault

51 points by lr0 15 days ago | 34 comments

A murder that shook British India and toppled a king (bbc.co.uk)
It looked like an ordinary murder.

History, Crime, British India, Royal Family

16 points by zeristor 17 days ago | 9 comments

College students charged in 'catch a predator' assault as seen on social media (apnews.com)
Six Massachusetts college students are facing charges after police say they assaulted a man who had been tricked through a dating app into visiting campus as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on social media.

Crime, Social Media, College, Law Enforcement

9 points by JumpCrisscross 17 days ago | 0 comments

Man who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT in planning, police say (npr.org)
LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.

Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Tesla, Generative AI, News

10 points by hackernj 21 days ago | 7 comments

NY Man Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station for CCP in Manhattan (2024) (justice.gov)

Politics, Law Enforcement, China, New York, Crime

15 points by cwwc 23 days ago | 2 comments

Body of missing Indian journalist found in septic tank (bbc.co.uk)
The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state.

Journalism, India, Crime, Missing Persons

7 points by n1b0m 23 days ago | 0 comments

US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate' (theguardian.com)
A wave of local publications are considering requests to wipe or edit old articles to give their subjects a fresh start

Journalism, Crime, Privacy, News, Media

209 points by bookofjoe 24 days ago | 366 comments

'Disturbing surge in cryptocurrency fraud' led by young, tech-savvy Nigerian men (studyfinds.org)
SURREY, England — In an eye-opening study that sheds new light on the evolving landscape of digital financial crime, researchers have uncovered a striking pattern in Nigerian cryptocurrency fraud: all convicted perpetrators are male, and nearly two-thirds are under 30 years old.

Cryptocurrency, Fraud, Nigeria, Crime, Demographics

5 points by Brajeshwar 26 days ago | 0 comments

The Cybertruck that exploded and the New Orleans vehicle both rented using Turo (businessinsider.com)
The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on Wednesday in Las Vegas was rented on Turo, the same car-sharing app used to rent the pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack early Wednesday.

Car Sharing, Tesla, Accidents, Crime

34 points by alex_young 27 days ago | 89 comments

At least 10 killed after vehicle hits crowd of people in New Orleans (news.sky.com)
At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said.

New Orleans, Accidents, News, Tragedy, Crime

18 points by austinallegro 27 days ago | 22 comments