Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a 'statutory maximum of 20 years in prison'

Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a ‘statutory maximum of 20 years in prison’

A crypto scammer who is accused (alongside his co-conspirators) of stealing at least $73.6 million has been sentenced to “the statutory maximum of 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment conspiracy carried out from scam centers in the Kingdom of Cambodia”. 42-year old Daren…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s lead says they messed up a little by putting a ton of great endgame content next to a final boss you can easily outlevel: ‘We weren’t sure if our game was going to be that good’

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a brilliant RPG with one wrinkle—the endgame scaling its touch skewiff. It’s not bad, don’t misunderstand me: It’s just that if you’re a completionist like me, you likely hit Act 3 and roamed around the overworld, ticking off all of your checklists, only to loop back to the final boss…

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We all know Arc Raiders’ loot chase is broken—but this creator proved how bad the duping exploits and cheating really are

Arc Raiders has had a big problem with various duplication exploits since its release. In a genre all about looting—finding it and fighting to keep it—that’s a pretty nasty issue to have. While these bugs have generally been patched pretty quickly, and often related to specific items (like endless rubber duckies), the spoils of free-flowing…

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Hacker, dressed as the pink Power Ranger, takes down 3 white supremacist sites live on stage after scraping details with AI: ‘Maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination’

2025 was a rough year—industry layoffs, chaotic tariffs, promising games dropping like flies, and a whole zoo of AI nonsense. And while none of that’s given me much in the way of hope for 2026, I have, at least, had a smile put on my face by today’s news: A hacker, dressed as the pink…

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TikTok’s US arm has been sold, in a deal that one Senate Democrat says won’t do ‘a thing to protect the privacy of American users’

The ongoing saga over TikTok’s US status seems to finally be drawing to a close, with a consortium of US investors alongside the Abu Dhabi state investment firm MGX set to take control. The new owners will take over US operations of the video platform next month on Jan. 22, 2026, with the company running…

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Synology RC18015xs+ Cluster Review

Price Breakdown RC18015xs+: $4,000 (each)RXD1215sas: $3,500Seagate 1200 SSD: $2,800HGST He8 SAS HDD: $600 In the world of business storage, there are so many options that it can make an IT admin’s head spin. What you’ll typically find though, if you’re looking for rackmount business storage solutions, is that there’s often a redundant amount of compute…

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