13 Investigates: Houston No. 1 in stolen checks resold on dark web, research shows
13 Investigates found Houston is a hot spot for criminals stealing mail and selling stolen checks on the dark web or online messaging apps.
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13 Investigates found Houston is a hot spot for criminals stealing mail and selling stolen checks on the dark web or online messaging apps.
Nobody's home, just as the sender intended. AndreyPopov/ iStock via Getty Images PlusOnline shopping isn’t just a convenient way to buy batteries, diapers, computers and other stuff without going to a brick-and-mortar store. Many Americans also use the internet to quietly acquire illegal, fake and stolen items. Guns, prescription drugs no doctor has ordered and checks are on this long list, as well as cloned credit cards, counterfeit passports and phony driver’s licenses. Because buyers and sell
Swedish courts had the man tested on two occasions to determine how mentally fit he was to stand trial, each time concluding he did not suffer from any mental illness.
A criminologist uncovered a commercial on the dark web from a multibillion-dollar, transnational criminal enterprise that sells artificial intelligence tools to criminals.
“It is elevating investigative reporting to a level where we are able to access … jewels lying on the beach in the research of the academic world.”