[Breitbart] Criminals hacking ATMs for illegal cash dispersals, a.k.a “Jackpotting,” have reportedly ripped off thousands of dollars in Texas and Wisconsin.
The U.S. Secret Service describes “jackpotting” as criminals manipulating ATMs into spitting out cash through “malicious software and/or computer hardware,” per KSAT. Unchecked, machines could potentially drain dry with a loss totaling in the thousands.
“The machine will just continue to dispense until it’s drained. It could be 97 dispenses, it could be 70,” said Laura Ward, chief risk officer for Firstmark Credit Union, told the outlet.
“These days we see all kinds of crimes, but this is a particularly different kind,” she added. “The ATMs are really being preyed upon. We call it an attack because it is an attack.”
In Houston, Texas, authorities say they linked one such “jackpotting” scheme to criminals with links to Russia. Per KSAT:
Earlier this week, two people were arrested in Houston, suspected of being part of a jackpotting group with potential ties to Russia.
While Ward did not disclose how much money was taken from Firstmark, she did say the crime can take a heavy financial toll on the banking institution.
The credit union has been working with local, state and federal authorities since it was attacked. She said she wants to raise awareness about it to help combat the problem.
The attacks happened over the course of several hours throughout the night, with the alleged criminals either manipulating the ATMs on site or remotely. As the machine dispenses cash, the perps come to collect, as surveillance video has shown.
“It’s very organized, and that’s one of the things I think is really critical to understand,” Ward said.
In Marshfield, Wisconsin, three men were recently charged for a December “jackpotting” scheme that ripped off over $100,000 from a credit union’s ATM machine. Per Marshfield News Herald:
Jhoenderson D. Rojas Eganez, 27, currently in the Kewaunee County Jail, has been charged with four felony counts of theft from a financial institution (value exceeds $100,000), interference with an automated teller machine, possession of burglarious tools and computer crimes-accessing data to defraud. Alejandro J. Sevilla Sanabria, 25, currently in the Kewaunee County Jail, and Worlly W. Garcia Albarracin, 35, of Berwyn, Illinois, have both been charged with four felony counts of being a party to the crimes of theft from a financial institution (value exceeds $100,000), interference with an automated teller machine, possession of burglarious tools and computer crimes-accessing data to defraud.
Arrest warrants were issued Wednesday and Thursday for the three men, according to online records. No court dates have been scheduled.
Over $114,000 in cash was reportedly stolen from the ATM.
The alleged ringleader is Vitalii Moravel a Ukrainian war refugee on a humanitarian visa from the federal government, according to KPRC2 TV station in Houston, Texas.
“Moravel is believed to receive instructions from a ‘big boss’ located in Russia, Det. Collins said, highlighting the international scope of this criminal operation,” the station reported.WSAW.com reported on the Wisconsin theft:
[Two of the men] men said they were from Venezuela and were living in Chicago …
According to Rojas Eganez Wood County’s criminal complaint, he said he was working for an organization that provided him with training, equipment, a cell phone and money to conduct thefts from ATMs. He said the group monitored police traffic radio and alerted him that police were dispatched to the bank.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A mother in Indiana stormed onto her 13-year-old son's school bus to confront a 'bully' before she was captured on video attacking the 14-year-old.
Latea Hentz, 36, has been hit with several charges, including battery and criminal trespassing, after she allegedly boarded the bus in Indianapolis with her son and 17-year-old daughter.
Hentz was allegedly filmed telling her kids to 'beat his a**, beat his a**' before herself punching the eighth-grader and pulling his hair on the morning of March 6, Fox 59 reported.
The 14-year-old was later taken to the hospital suffering from a fractured nose, as well as bruising and an injured eye, according to IndyStar.
All three family members were detained by police before being arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, while Hentz was additionally charged with intimidation, criminal confinement and criminal trespassing.
Hentz initially got on the bus with her two kids and shouted, 'I'm going to tear this up.'
As the mom boarded, the driver informed her that parents were not allowed and called for police assistance.
Her daughter allegedly asked her brother 'which one is it' before telling him to 'take off his coat,' prompting him to begin fighting the other student, IndyStar reported.
The two boys fought before his sister joined in, according to court documents, while Hentz argued with the bus driver and yelled at the student: 'You're not going to touch my son again.'
As Hentz left the bus she, allegedly told the children on board: 'I'm tired of you b*** a** kids. Anybody want to get active?'
She then told police she had confronted the eighth-grader because of an 'ongoing bullying situation' between her son and the 14-year-old.
Her son told police in an interview that the eighth-grader had been bullying him for weeks, despite him informing school administrators, according to court documents.
Hentz told police that the 13-year-old had been slapped across the face by the older boy, according to Law & Crime.
The older boy claimed that he had gone to take a seat on the bus, and his hand had brushed against Hentz's sons face or hair, prompting the 13-year-old to grab him, IndyStar reported.
The eighth-grader admitted to teasing and joking with Hentz's son but denied causing any physical harm to him. His mother claimed during police interviews that it was Hentz's son who was the bully, and that he had made racist comments toward him about his Mexican heritage.
The 14-year-old said he took issue with Hentz's son's 'racist jokes' and him making 'comments about ICE.'
Hentz was not in custody as of Wednesday, according to public records.
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Well, mama Latea looks like you would guess, and the other kid is of Mexican heritage, and I'm guessing the video is blurred because it is a mostly black students school bus.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Chilling images captured the moment a disheveled suspected gunman was taken into custody outside the CIA headquarters on Wednesday morning after he was seen making threats with a weapon near the agency's base.
The armed man, seen wearing camouflage and sporting long hair and a beard, sent the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia into lockdown as cops raced to the scene.
Reports indicate the suspect, who has not been identified, experienced a 'mental health crisis', was seen sitting on a bench outside the property and pointed a handgun at the agency headquarters.
Police, SWAT teams and bomb squads rushed to the scene, and a passerby described the law enforcement response as 'massive', per the US Sun.
Early reports falsely indicated the man fired his weapon into the air outside the CIA headquarters, however a law enforcement source told WJLA that no shots were fired in the incident.
There are no reports of injuries or deaths as a result of the situation, which closed down the area around the agency.
A nearby school was also placed on lockdown as the incident unfolded.
The incident comes just hours after President Trump ordered the release of classified files related to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Conspiracy theories have swirled in the decades since the assassination that the CIA was involved in the shooting, however there is no indication from law enforcement that the gunman incident on Wednesday morning was related to the file release.
The CIA headquarters have faced several previous similar incidents, most recently in 2021 when an armed man was wounded in a shooting with an FBI agent.
In 1993, two CIA employees were killed and three others were wounded when a Pakistani man opened fire outside the Langley headquarters.
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 17, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
SHIPS UNDERWAY
Total Battle Force
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(USS 234, USNS 61)
[FoxNews] President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... is moving forward with plans to abolish the Department of Education.
Trump is expected to sign an executive order following through on a campaign promise to disband the department, claiming on the campaign trail that the department was full of "radicals, zealots and Marxists."
A White House fact sheet states that the move will "turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies. Trump and proponents of eliminating the department have long said the agency has failed American students.
"NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal a national crisis — our children are falling behind," Harrison Fields, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told Fox News. "Over the past four years, Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... have allowed millions of illegal minors into the country, straining school resources and diverting focus from American students."
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Some years back, when STEM turned into STEAM, the Kansas education system thought the proper way to introduce 'Arts' into the program was to pay for several thousand tickets to Koch Arena for an entertaining exhibition of technical trade areas, featuring the OKC Thunder Farm Team.
Turns out, it was an exhibition basketball game between two pro farm teams with goofy entertainment, 'Arts', between quarters, as a way to promote interest in a semi-pro basketball team located in Wichita.
Where did that money come from? What exactly is the mission goal?
[MSN-FoxNews] The environmental group Greenpeace has been ordered by a North Dakota jury to pay more than $660 million in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline's construction.
.... of defamation, trespass, nuisance, civil conspiracy and other acts.
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This $665M fine just broke GreenPeace.
They have declare Bankrupcy and start using a new name.
Remember the GreenPeace start out in 1960's as a NON-Violent Eco group. Then with Ape $hit FAR Left using destructive and violent protests over the years.
Given, GP "claims" to only accept Private Donations from about 3+ Million supporters. It will need to cough up about 3x what its annual operational budget is for this conspired Political stunt, which oddly they just happen to do during the Trump #1 tenure.
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they won't declare bankruptcy until all appeals are exhausted or until they have dispersed all their assets - both will take months or years
by the way Greanpeace is actually many orgs. There is Greanpeace USA, Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Fund, Inc. To some extent they can shuffle around the assets.
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They did this once before; it functioned sorta meh, until a typhoon blew it to hell. You'da thought they'd have a plan for, you know, weather.
Kinda like the solar array down by Lake Jackson. Worked well enough until the hail storm and tornado. Then they're out with vaccuum cleaners trying to get all the pieces.
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When I was living in Hawai'i, there was talk about using wave action of the surf to generate electricity. Never heard of it actually being tried.
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This plant is inland and integrated with some reservoirs so it might be augmented with pumped storage (I can't tell).
The environmental impact is pretty significant and not discussed. It basically changes the ecology of the lake and makes it a different type of lake with much less oxidation, much less sunlight. Probably a non starter in the USA or EU.
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wave power looks great on paper and small scale tests and installations have gone ok
scaling up has been a major challenge as big projects mess up fishing recreation and navigation
also the ocean has all kinds of irregularities, large isolated waves, cross directional waves and of course salt water is pretty nasty to many materials
finally getting the energy gathered and moved to shore has been difficult and the O&M costs of these systems has been much more than hoped
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All credit for the unexpected stay to the Biden-Harris administration, which refused to let Elon Musk’s SpaceX get points for bringing them home when Boeing’s Starliner couldn’t finish the job.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] After nine gruelling months in space, NASA's stranded astronauts have finally returned to Earth.
However, experts warn that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' unplanned stay on the International Space Station (ISS) could have serious health impacts.
Shocking before-and-after images show the terrifying damage that months spent in the harsh conditions in space will do to you.
From 'chicken legs' and 'baby feet' to an increased risk of cancer, experts warn that the stranded astronauts could face years of health complications.
As Williams, 59, and Wilmore, 62, emerged from their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule yesterday, medical teams rushed to help them onto stretchers.
This is a normal procedure for astronauts returning from space since their weakened muscles make it difficult to walk under the force of Earth's gravity.
The pair will now undergo several days of intensive medical checks at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston but health experts have already noticed signs of physical decline in the stranded astronauts.
And even while they were on the ISS, experts expressed concern over the pair's gaunt appearance and apparent weight loss.
Vision loss and cognitive decline
Muscle and bone loss
Weight loss
Fluid shift
Radiation damage
Heart health
Skin problems
Most astronauts return to their re-mission fitness level after the 45 days, according to NASA.
But it can take months or even years for some to recover, and research has shown that many astronauts never fully restore their bone density.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A mother in Indiana stormed onto her 13-year-old son's school bus to confront a 'bully' before she was captured on video attacking the 14-year-old.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Chilling images captured the moment a disheveled suspected gunman was taken into custody outside the CIA headquarters on Wednesday morning after he was seen making threats with a weapon near the agency's base. 
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 17, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
...every time you hear the phrase 
