Trump Highlights Federal Crackdown on Cybercrime; U.S. Citizen Returns After 4 Years in Russian Detention | NTD Good Morning (Oct. 22)

President Donald Trump held a roundtable on Wednesday to discuss his administration’s efforts to combat fraud. He said that nearly three-quarters of American adults have faced online scams or cyberattacks. FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau’s Operation Blackout has targeted scam compounds overseas, which he describes as entire towns and ecosystems built to scam Americans. Separately, Vice President JD Vance and other officials announced results from a seven-week nationwide effort targeting alleged fraud related to food assistance programs. The administration says more than 40 suspects have been charged.

American citizen Stephen Hubbard is back in the United States after being freed from Russian detention. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Hubbard had been freed during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. The U.S. State Department said Hubbard joins more than 100 Americans freed because of Trump’s leadership.

Protests planned in several French cities for Thursday were banned, with more bans expected in the coming days after a weekend of clashes and widespread looting marked France’s most violent unrest in years.