Criminal Enterprises

A key figure in the Justice Department’s campaign to crack down on white-collar crime is looking to use a tool he brought to bear both as a prosecutor fighting gang violence in New Orleans…

Despite Washington’s recent attempts to expand cybersecurity rules and disrupt hacking gangs, ransomware continues to proliferate and executives report unease about their companies’ ability…

WASHINGTON—The Russian government on Friday said it had arrested members of the prolific criminal ransomware group known as REvil that has been blamed for major attacks against U.S. business…

On Saturday, in a ballroom of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Sotheby’s plans to auction off 11 works by the Spanish master owned by gambling giant MGM Resorts…

A criminal organization believed to have built the software that shut down a U.S. fuel pipeline has set up a fake company to recruit potential employees, according to researchers at the…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s push to crush organized crime has led to prosecutions and asset seizures targeting prominent entrepreneurs and sent chills through private businesses in…

A ransomware attack on a national hospital chain nearly brought Las Vegas hospitals to their knees. Another attack in Oregon abruptly shut down alerts tied to patient monitors tracking vital…

JOHANNESBURG—On a morning last November, officers from customs and an organized crime unit, backed by two K9 units, raided a small warehouse in an industrial park and seized an alarming new…