Tag: Santa Ana
Esmeralda Soriano, Food Stamp Fraud, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read Esmeralda Soriano, the 48-year-old owner of a Santa Ana-based fruits-and-vegetables food truck, has been indicted on charges of food stamp fraud. Soriano, who also goes by the names ‘Esmeralda Aguilar’ and ‘Esmeralda Silva’, allegedly committed the crime in Santa Ana, California, between April 2025 and April 2026. Her business, Soriano Produce,…
Alexander Vinnik, Virtual Currency Theft, New York 2017
⏱ 2 min read A brazen UK hacker, Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, has pleaded guilty to stealing at least $8 million in virtual currency from US companies via phishing attacks. Buchanan, a resident of Dundee, Scotland, hacked into the computer systems of at least a dozen companies via text message phishing attacks. Between September 2021…
