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The Emmy-winning Ozark star Julia Garner is reportedly set to headline Netflix’s dramatization of the FTX saga as Caroline Ellison. Julia Garner is reportedly in talks to play Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried‘s fallen crypto empire,…
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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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The United States has imposed sanctions on a Myanmar warlord and the militia he leads for their involvement in major cyber scams, including cryptocurrency-related fraud, that have harmed U.S. citizens. U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced…
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Amid rising crypto crime, Crystal Intelligence is acquiring Whale Alert’s Scam Alert platform to turn individual victim reports into actionable intelligence for law enforcement. Crystal Intelligence, a blockchain analytics and risk monitoring firm, announced it’s acquiring Scam Alert, a public…
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U.S. prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, calling his actions a calculated fraud that left thousands of customers with billions in losses. The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to sentence…
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Transnational cybercrime gangs in Southeast Asia continue to grow, expanding their reach through crypto and custom blockchain services, the UN reports. Cybercrime syndicates in Southeast Asia are really stepping up their game, and crypto is right at the heart of…
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Crypto-related fraud is booming in Canada as scammers increasingly use AI tools to target investors, the Ontario Securities Commission says. Canada‘s top securities watchdog is sounding the alarm on a wave of crypto scams, saying fraudsters are now using slick…
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Hundreds of investors asked a federal judge to impose a life sentence on Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky for his role in the crypto lender’s 2022 collapse. Celsius Network investors are calling for a life sentence for co-founder and former chief…
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Investment scams involving crypto accounted for more than 50% of all reported crypto losses in 2024, according to the FBI’s latest report. Cybercrime involving cryptocurrencies hit record highs in 2024, with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting $16.6 billion…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission accused PGI Global’s CEO of orchestrating an international scheme that raised $198 million under false crypto exchange claims. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Ramil Palafox, CEO of PGI Global, with orchestrating a $198…
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STX formed a God candle today, rallying as high as 19.5% after it broke out of a bullish pattern as the broader market recovered. Stacks (STX) rose to an intraday high of $0.717 on April 21, Asian time, before settling…
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Crypto rugpulls wiped out nearly $6 billion in Q1 2025, up 6,500% from just $90 million a year earlier, data shows. Web3 projects have lost nearly $6 billion to rugpulls since the beginning of 2025, a 6,499% increase from the…
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Nigerians have looted the office of digital asset trading platform, CBEX after hundreds of users saw their account balances plummet to zero following the exchange’s collapse. According to a report by BBC Pidgin, investors reportedly failed to withdraw their funds…
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Arthur Cheong, the founder of DeFiance Capital, has warned of growing cryptocurrency price manipulation, describing the trend as a serious danger to investor trust amid Mantra and Story Protocol token crashes. In an Apr. 14 post on X, Cheong warned…
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Bitcoin-based memecoin platform Odin.fun halted all trading and withdrawals on April 14 after CEO Bob Bodily revealed his account had been compromised. In an April 14 X post, Bodily alerted his 48.2k followers that his Odin.fun account had been hacked,…
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A Chinese court sentenced nine individuals for running a telecom fraud ring that defrauded over 66,000 Indian victims and reportedly laundered proceeds through Tether’s USDT. Nine individuals have been sentenced to prison in China for their roles in a telecom…
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