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Fraud remains a persistent issue in crypto, with fraud news exposing financial crimes, Ponzi schemes, and deceptive investment projects. From insider trading to fake exchanges, bad actors continue to exploit regulatory gaps. As governments and blockchain forensics improve enforcement, the industry is working to build trust and transparency.
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Braden Karony, former CEO of SafeMoon, was found guilty of defrauding investors and using stolen funds to buy luxury homes and vehicles. A New York federal jury has found Braden John Karony, former CEO of SafeMoon, guilty on all counts…
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New revelations suggest that the arrest of Vladimir Smerkis, former Binance Russia chief and co-founder of crypto app Blum, may be linked to his involvement in earlier collapsed crypto ventures that left investors empty-handed. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court ordered Smerkis’s…
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The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow initiated the arrest of a former Binance executive and co-founder of the Blum tap-to-earn app, Vladimir Smerkis, on fraud charges. According to Russian news site TASS, citing law enforcement agencies, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court granted…
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12 more individuals have been charged in a RICO crypto theft case that allegedly netted over $263 million. A four-count superseding indictment unsealed this week in the U.S. District Court have added twelve new defendants to the RICO (Racketeer Influenced…
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Coinbase’s recent security breach from a social engineering attack spotlighted a broader issue facing the industry: how to balance cost-effective customer support with the need for strict security in handling sensitive financial data. Here’s how the Coinbase scam unfolded and…
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Haowang Guarantee, a massive crypto-powered black market that moved over $27 billion in illicit funds, has been shut down following a Telegram crackdown triggered by new investigative findings. As originally reported by WIRED, Haowang Guarantee, the internet’s largest crypto-fueled black…
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Telegram has cracked down on Xinbi Guarantee, a USDT-powered marketplace linked to crypto pig butchering scams and money laundering, after Elliptic had exposed $8.4B in illicit transactions. On May 13, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, reported that Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based…
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The United States Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the Karen National Army, a Burmese militia group, accusing it of orchestrating large-scale crypto scams alongside other offences. The sanctions were announced on May 5 in a press release…
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Lawyers for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky argue that prosecutors are stripping him of his humanity to support a harsh sentence disconnected from his true actions. Alex Mashinsky‘s legal team has criticized the U.S. government’s request to sentence the former Celsius…
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Scammers are sending physical letters to Ledger hardware wallet users, impersonating the company in an effort to steal wallet seed phrases — a phishing scheme that may be linked to Ledger’s 2020 data breach. In a recent post on X,…
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Loopscale has successfully recovered $5.8 million in funds stolen during an April 26 exploit, following negotiations with the attacker. The decentralized finance protocol announced that all user deposits have been returned, with the hacker accepting a whitehat bounty in exchange…
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Eugene William Austin Jr., also known as “Hugh Austin,” was sentenced to 18 years in prison for leading a multi-year scheme that defrauded more than two dozen victims out of $12 million. His son, Brandon Austin, was previously sentenced to…
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Bitget has initiated compensation for users impacted by a trading glitch involving VOXEL/USDT perpetual contracts, following unusual price action on April 20. On April 22, Bitget announced that transaction rollbacks and account recoveries had been “basically completed,” and that compensation…
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Brazil’s federal court has sentenced three members of the collapsed crypto scheme Braiscompany to a combined 171 years in prison, marking one of the country’s harshest penalties in a financial fraud case. Joel Ferreira de Souza, identified as the main…
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MOVE price has dropped 28% in the past week and is currently trading at just 4% above its all-time low amid an ongoing third-party investigation into suspicious market maker activity involving the token on Binance. Movement Labs (MOVE) has recently…
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Former Wall Street executive Richard Kim has been arrested and charged with wire fraud and securities fraud for allegedly misappropriating over $4 million from investors in a blockchain-based online casino startup called ZeroEdge. According to a sworn affidavit filed by…
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