Category: Crime
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia | Atavist
For years, a mysterious figure preyed on gay men in Atlanta. People on the streets called him the Handcuff Man—but the police knew his real name. Stay away from him.
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The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger | The Cut
On a Tuesday evening this past October, I put $50,000 in cash in a shoe box, taped it shut as instructed, and carried it to the sidewalk in front of my apartment, my phone clasped to my ear. “Don’t let anyone hurt me,” I told the man on the line, feeling pathetic. “You won’t be…
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After Two Decades Undercover, She’s Ready to Tell the Real Story of Human Trafficking | Rolling Stone
For years, former FBI Special Agent Nikki Badolato led the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force targeting some of the most heinous criminals. Now she wants Americans to know the truth about underage sex crimes O n an August night in 2003, a young woman who went by the name Paulina sank into the sofa of her modest,…
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On the Trail of the Robocall King | Wired
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.
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He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back | Wired
How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.
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Secrets of the Little Blue Box | Esquire
A story so incredible it may even make you feel sorry for the phone company I am in the expensively furnished living room of Al Gilbertson*, the creator of the “blue box.” Gilbertson is holding one of his shiny black-and-silver “blue boxes” comfortably in the palm of his hand, pointing out the thirteen little red…
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Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation | Wired
In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.
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‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’ | Wired
In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan. ON A BRISK day in March 2016, Stephen Allwine walked into a Wendy’s in Minneapolis. The smell of old fryer grease hung in the air as he searched for a man wearing…
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect | Wired
Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn’t see anything. But her Fitbit did.
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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder | Wired
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.