Crypto Scams

Former Cred Executives Receive 8-Year Federal Prison Sentence For $150 Million Crypto Fraud

Two former high-ranking executives of failed crypto lender Cred LLC were sentenced to federal prison terms after pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy charges...

U.S. Authorities Seize Fraudulent ID Marketplace VerifTools Of Crypto Account Hackers In Global Crackdown

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico announced the seizure of two marketplace domains and a blog used to sell fake identity documents to criminals across...

Hong Kong Police Arrest 3 Suspects Amid a Stablecoin Fraud Case Involving Safe Deposit Boxes Worth $384K

Hong Kong police have solved a major stablecoin-related fraud case that involved safe deposit boxes and virtual currency trading.  According to Hong Kong Wen Wei...

South Korean Police Arrest Suspects Behind Major Crypto Airdrop Fraud Worth $4.1 Million

The South Korean authorities have arrested three individuals for their suspected involvement in a giant airdrop cryptocurrency scam that swindled 129 individuals of nearly...

US Appeals Court To Reconsider Sentences Of Hashflare Founders After Prosecutors Demand 10 Year Prison Term

The U.S. Appeals Court is to rehear the sentences of Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, who were co-founders of crypto mining service HashFlare that...

Binance CEO Richard Teng Warns Community of Scam Using Fake Customer Service Calls Targeting API Changes

Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, issued a strong message to the crypto community after the exchange had become aware of a different scam method...

South Korean Man Taken Into Custody In Thailand Over $50 Million Crypto To Gold Laundering Case

Authorities in Thailand have arrested a 33-year-old South Korean man in connection with a $50 million laundering operation involving the conversion of cryptocurrency to...

Taiwan Prosecutors Indict 14 In NT$2.3 Billion Crypto Laundering Case

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted 14 people linked to Bixiang Technology, the island’s largest virtual currency exchange, for allegedly helping a fraud ring turn...

Victim Falls For Massive Theft of 783 $BTC ($91M), Scammer Impersonated Customer Support

On-chain investigator Zach reported that a single victim lost 783 BTC, about $91M, after falling for a social engineering scam that impersonated both exchange...

Crypto Scammer Impersonates Senior UK Police Officer & Steals $2.8 Million Worth Of Bitcoin

UK police are investigating an elaborate cryptocurrency scam in which a fraudster impersonated a ranked police officer and stole £2.1 million ($2.8 million) worth...
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Greenidge, N.Y. Bitcoin-Mining Site Catches Fire, Operations Temporarily Halted After Electrical Switchgear Failure

A major US Bitcoin miner, Greenidge Generation Holdings, reported...

China’s Social Media Platforms And Marketplaces Get Flooded With Crypto Recruitment Links That Target Young Users

Social platforms popular with younger users, including Xiaohongshu, Taobao,...

Terminal Finance Discontinues Terminal Project After Converge Chain Fails To Launch

Terminal Finance said on X(Twitter) it won't be launching...

Kalshi Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Unlicensed Sports Betting And Deceptive Practices

A group of clients has sued Kalshi Inc., alleging...