Since the advent of the internet, people have always cited the relative “anonymity” that it provides as both a strength and a danger. Are people really who they say they are? Anyone who’s a member of any online community knows …

I guess the moral of this story is if you’re going to steal a smartphone – wait, just don’t steal people’s phones. Because if you do, karma might bite you in the ass. Karma, in this case, comes in the …

On Monday evening, after the Winter Classic hockey game in Philadelphia, several men wearing Philly Flyers jerseys beat up a couple of guys wearing New York Rangers jerseys. It all happened in the street in front of the legendary Geno’s …

If you know anything about me, you know that I love stupid criminals. Sometimes, people are such perfect idiots that the stories write themselves. There’s really no need to embellish or play up the crime in question – it’s just …

Apparently, we have some elitist muggers roaming around Columbia University. A pair of robbers are targeting students in Upper Manhattan, and they are taking the worst thing imaginable – their iPhones. I’m not using “iPhone” and a generic term for …

It’s unfortunate for wonderful, loving, sane mothers-in-law that some off-balanced nutjobs have to go any perpetuate the whole “crazy mother-in-law” joke. Truly, a shame. What’s not a shame for 39-year-old Salvatore Miglino of Boca Raton is that his iPhone might …

A little girl’s Facebook posts serve as the last dispatches from a stomach-turning tragedy that took place earlier this week in a Laredo, Texas welfare office. Monday night, 38-year old Rachelle Grimmer pulled a gun on a supervisor at the …

Former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was sentenced today to serve 14 years in prison. Blago was convicted of 18 charges of corruption, most memorable being the time he tried to sell President Obama’s vacant Senate seat after the 2008 …

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, at least 4 million computers in over 100 different countries fell victim to a giant fraud scheme that involved a sophisticated virus that manipulated search results and used online ads to generate …

If you remember those riots that consumed many parts of England back in August, you probably remember all of the discussion regarding social media’s influence on their spread. At the height of the outbursts, triggered by social unrest, Prime Minister …

The longest prison sentence ever dished out for the crime of insider trading has just been given this morning. Hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prison for insider trading practices that resulted in over $50 …

Sometimes, liking a particular status on Facebook can get you into trouble. For instance, let’s say your friend posts that she is having the worst day of her life. It might seem as though “liking” that status is kind of …

U.S. Attorney in Manhattan Preet Bharara didn’t mince words yesterday when he called out former online poker giant Full Tilt Poker. In a statement, Bharara said that “Full Tilt was not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme. …

A man has been arrested and indicted on felony charges for using Twitter to harass and ultimately threaten top Google exec Marissa Mayer. Mayer, VP of Maps and Location Services at Google, has become one of the most public faces …

Attention criminals, would-be criminals, rioters, gang members and all who are of interest to local police departments: Social media is public – really really public. And while services like Facebook and Twitter are wonderful platforms for fast, large-scale communication and …

On one side you have Anonymous hacking into government sites and corporations under the stated purpose of social change, and then you’ve got this guy. John Joaquim III has been charged with first-degree criminal attempt to commit larceny by extortion …

Alright, so I’ll be the first to admit it. I’m notoriously hard on people who advertise their crimes on social media outlets. Let’s just say this isn’t the first time I’ve used “idiot” in the title of an article about …

Americas’ most famous polygamist was sentenced today for his previous convictions involving crimes against children at his Texas compound. Warren Jeffs was given life in prison for his role in the assault of two young girls who he took as …

In the world of social media fails, it doesn’t get much better than a fugitive telling the police their general location on Facebook. A 29 year-old self-described rap promoter was arrested by New York Police after issuing a challenge to …

It’s a tough world out there, and sometimes money can be tight. If you’re a young couple struggling to get by, where do you turn for a little extra cash? If you said “selling your children,” you are in a …

After a trial that lasted weeks and became a media sensation, it took a jury only 10 hours to find Casey Anthony not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The jury of 7 women and 5 men returned with …

It appears that the case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn might be coming to an end. According to the NY Post, prosecutors in the case will drop all charges within the next two weeks, possibly at his next court …