Crypto Scams

TRM Labs Launches Beacon Network With Founding Members Including Coinbase, Binance, PayPal & More To Fight Crypto Crime

On August 20th, TRM Labs announced the launch of Beacon Network, the first real-time crypto crime response system created in partnership with law enforcement,...

US Judge Orders EminiFX Founder Eddy Alexandre To Pay $228M+ In Restitution and 9-year Prison Term

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday ordered Eddy Alexandre to pay $228,576,962 in restitution after finding that his company, EminiFX, ran a...

North Korean IT Workers Exploited Over 30 Fake Identities To Hack Crypto Firms

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has discovered a complicated scheme where a group of six North Korean IT operatives used at least 31 false identities to...

Data Leak Exposes FTX Creditors To New Wave of Scams, Activist Issues Warning

FTX creditor activist Sunil Kavuri says a leak of creditor names and emails likely came from FTX or its claims agent Kroll after a...

US Authorities Dismantle Websites and Confiscate $1M From Crypto Ransomware Group BlackSuit

US officials took down significant infrastructure of notorious ransomware group BlackSuit, seizing domain names, servers, and approximately $1 million worth of cryptocurrency.  The Justice Department...

Breaking: Terraform Labs’s Do Kwon Pleads Guilty To U.S. Fraud Charges Over $40B Crypto Collapse

Do Kwon, the 33-year-old South Korean entrepreneur behind the failed TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies, pleaded guilty, on Tuesday, August 13th, in New York to...

Hashflare Co-Founders Sentenced for $577M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

Potapenko and Turõgin, co-founders of the now-defunct cryptocurrency mining platform HashFlare, were sentenced in connection with a $577 million Ponzi scheme, but will not...

TRON, Tether, & TRM Labs Launch Global Collaboration Program With Binance, Seizes Over $250M Fraud Crypto Assets

The T3 Financial Crime Unit(T3 FCU), established through a trilateral collaboration of TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs, has now adopted “T3+” as a new...

Ransomware Group Embargo Has Moved About $34.2M In Crypto Since April 2024: Report

A ransomware group calling itself Embargo has processed roughly $34.2 million in cryptocurrency since it emerged in April 2024, with most victims based in...

CrediX Team Disappears After $4.5M Crypto Hack and Acclaimed Funds Recovery

The CrediX team has mysteriously vanished following a $4.5 million hack and a widely publicized recovery of stolen funds.  Earlier today, on August 8th, according...
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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...