Malone Lam, a 22-year-old originally from Singapore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring with friends to steal nearly $240 million in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident, according to the Associated Press. Federal prosecutors described it as one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, saying the group laundered the proceeds and spent them on a lavish spree. Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a potential prison sentence.

Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 42-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a United States District Court in Tacoma, Washington, for his role in an online romance scam that defrauded victims of over $3.5 million.

A 26-year-old transgender woman, Khloe Simmonds, has been jailed in the UK for falsely accusing six men of rape in a series of claims made over seven years, according to the Daily Post. Simmonds was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, September 7, 2026, to seven-and-a-half years in prison after admitting eight counts of perverting the course of justice.

A former British Airways pilot has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for grooming and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl he met online, according to Vanguard. The case highlights issues of online safety and the dangers of grooming minors.

South Africa's Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has suspended senior correctional services officials as the Hawks investigate alleged fraud linked to a coal supply tender. According to The Citizen, a criminal case has been officially registered with the Hawks, the country's elite crime-fighting unit. The suspensions and the criminal probe mark an escalation in the handling of the alleged tender irregularities within the department, though further details of the investigation have not been disclosed.

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced 25-year-old Jerry Njoku to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling a ten-year-old girl. The trial judge, Justice Rita Oguguo, stated that the prosecution successfully proved the case of defilement against Njoku, leading to the sentencing.