NEW HAVEN — A New Haven man has been arrested and charged with allegedly collecting nearly $39,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while working as a campus police officer at Yale University, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice.
Warren Palmer, 59, was arrested July 30 by inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney. He faces one count each of perjury, first-degree larceny and fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits.
Palmer is accused of receiving $38,655.94 in indemnity payments to which he was not entitled, according to a news release issued Friday.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Palmer reported in November 2025 that he had injured his ribs and abdomen while participating in martial arts training at the Yale Police Department’s training center.
He was subsequently placed on temporary total…
THE HASHFLARE “CLOUD MINING” PONZI SCHEME (GLOBAL/ESTONIA)
Date: February 13, 2025 (Guilty Pleas) Perpetrators: Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin
Case Description: This $577 million cryptocurrency fraud remains one of the largest digital asset scams in history, with major legal developments concluding in 2025. Potapenko and Turogin operated “Hashflare,” which they marketed as a massive cryptocurrency mining operation. Hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide purchased “mining contracts,” believing they were renting hash power to mine Bitcoin. In reality, the duo was running a sophisticated Ponzi scheme.
They created fake customer dashboards that showed “real-time” mining profits, but the money being paid out was simply the capital of newer investors. They laundered the proceeds through shell companies to purchase luxury real estate and a fleet of high-end vehicles. After a massive international investigation involving the FBI and Estonian authorities, the pair agreed to forfeit over $400 million in assets. This case underscores the “Cyber-enabled Fraud” warning issued by the FATF in early 2026: as technology evolves, the scale of fraud moves from local millions to global billions in the blink of an eye.
Link to Original: ACFE – High Profile Fraud of 2025