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A crypto scammer named Ronald Spektor deactivated his social media pages after ZachXBT alleged he aided a $6.5 million theft from a Coinbase user.
After the CryptoZoo lawsuit, new evidence reported by the BBC alleges that American YouTuber Logan Paul misled followers by promoting meme coins on his social media accounts and subsequently selling them A report published by the BBC on Nov. 20…
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A 13-year-old boy got doxxed by crypto traders after pulling the rug on a pump.fun token he named Gen Z Quant. Traders doxxed his whole family and turned them into pump.fun tokens. A 13-year-old boy has been caught in the…
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A crypto investor lost a substantial amount of USDT tokens to a phishing address but eventually witnessed a return of the funds hours later. Data from Tronscan shows that the user with the wallet address “TGr…XAE” mistakenly transferred $129 million…
JENNER buyers filed a class-action lawsuit against former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner for failing to register the token with the SEC and for giving ‘false and misleading’ statements regarding its sale. According to a Bloomberg Law report, Naeem Azad and Mihai…
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A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to laundering $73 million linked to crypto scams through multiple shell companies in the United States. According to a Nov. 12 announcement from the Department of Justice, the accused Daren Li, a dual citizen…
South Korean police uncovered a phony organization that lured investors into fraudulent crypto investments. The Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit arrested 215 individuals for operating, joining and participating in a fraudulent quasi-investment consulting firm,…
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Toronto police are investigating the kidnapping of Dean Skurka, CEO of WonderFi. Skurka was abducted in downtown Toronto during rush hour on Wednesday, Nov. 6. He was later released after a $1 million ransom was paid electronically, per CBC. The…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has successfully prosecuted two men involved in a £1.5 million cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that targeted 65 investors. Raymondip Bedi and Patrick Mavanga deceived potential investors by promising high returns through fraudulent crypto investment platforms,…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s college friend and FTX co-founder Gary Wang is asking a federal judge to spare him from a prison sentence a few days after FTX executive Nishad Singh was given no prison time. FTX co-founder Gary Wang is pleading…
According to Jeff Lunglhofer, Coinbase’s chief information security officer, social engineering scams are currently the biggest threat to crypto users and holders. Lunglhofer spoke to crypto.news in an interview about the rise of such scams, which are a threat to…
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A fake BBC report featuring clickbait headlines about Indian billionaire Anant Ambani was making rounds on X, attempting to lure readers into a cryptocurrency scam. Crypto scammers are targeting Indians with a sophisticated scam that impersonates BBC News, using fake…
Federal law enforcements were able to recover $8.3 million investors lost in a crypto embezzlement case involving the CEO of a Kansas bank. According to an Associated Press report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation managed to recover the lost funds…
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Federal prosecutors in Boston have indicted Aleksei Andriunin, a 26-year-old Russian national and founder of Gotbit, on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit market manipulation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the indictment alleges that Andriunin and his…
AlixPartners and Chainalysis have teamed up to enhance cryptocurrency compliance and forensic investigation services, addressing growing fraud risks. AlixPartners, a financial advisory firm recognized for its work in high-profile restructurings, announced a collaboration with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to strengthen…
MrBeast and members of his YouTube influencer circle allegedly profited millions of dollars from questionable crypto deals, according to a group of on-chain investigators. With 320 million YouTube subscribers, James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, is one of…
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