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24 Jul 2022
Four Convicted Of $25.2M Crypto Fraud
Four men have been convicted of stealing and laundering $25.2 million in cryptocurrency from an Australian crypto exchange. Criminals Stephen Boys, Kelly Caton, Jordan Kane Robinson, and James Au
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29 May 2022
Behnam: CFTC will boost resources to fight crypto fraud
In recent decades, cryptocurrency fraud and exploitation have become even more widespread. Because of this, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam has said that the agency would increase its resources to address
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20 Apr 2022
Four Indians Arrested For Crypto Fraud of Over $2 Million
Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore have arrested four people in connection with a crypto ponzi scheme run through an app called ShareHash. Sheetal Bastawad of Belagavi, taxi driver I
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09 Feb 2022
U.S. Justice Department Recovers $3.6 Billion From Bitfinex Hackers
The Department of Justice said on February 8 that Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, both of New York, were detained for suspected conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen c
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12 Jan 2022
Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Sued For Crypto Fraud
Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have been sued for allegedly defrauding EthereumMax cryptocurrency investors. According to reports, the plaintiffs sued the celebrities and unnamed businesses
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09 Jan 2022
Pakistan Investigating Binance in a $100 Million Crypto Scam
After receiving many complaints about an ongoing scam that involves investors being duped into transmitting funds from Binance wallets to unknown third-party wallets, Pakistan's federal authorities
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30 Dec 2021
Polygon (MATIC) Was Hacked Earlier This Month
In a blog post published yesterday, the Polygon development team revealed that it had been hacked earlier this month. Before the vulnerability was closed, the hacker made off with 801,601 MATIC toke
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05 Sep 2021
AriseCoin CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fraud
Jared Rice, Sr., the inventor of AriseCoin, Jared Rice Dr. has been was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a heist that defrauded investors out of $4.25 million worth of cry
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27 Aug 2021
Turkey Crypto Investors Scammed Out Of €100 Million
A scammer has managed to steal €100 million ($119 million) from investors in Turkey by promising massive returns from Dogecoin mining. The online pseudonym “Turgut V” was identified by the police, w
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26 Aug 2021
AriseCoin CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fraud
Jared Rice, Sr., the inventor of AriseCoin, Jared Rice Dr. has been was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a heist that defrauded investors out of $4.25 million worth of cry
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24 Aug 2021
$610 Million Stolen Cryptocurrency Finally Returned by Hacker
The hacker behind a the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time finally returns all of the stolen funds. Widely known as Mr. White Hat, the hacker began returning assets almost instantly after t