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$46m In Coinbase User Scams Reported This Month: ZachXBT

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Blockchain analyst ZachXBT has reported that over $46 million in suspected scams targeting Coinbase users occurred in Ma... Read more

Crypto Influencer Sentenced To 45 Months For Swindling $2m From Investors

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Thomas John “T.J. Stone” Sfraga was sentenced in federal court for scamming real estate and crypto investors through... Read more

Financial Institutions Must Protect Their Account Holders From Rising Crypto Scams In The US | Opinion

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Accessible and reliable financial education can strengthen customer relationships, improve engagement, and increase the ... Read more

Zoom Scam Targets Crypto Users Warns Blockchain Security Firm SlowMist

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A phishing scam targeting crypto users that used fake Zoom meeting links as a method of malware distribution and stealin... Read more

US Charges Developer In LockBit Group, Paid In Crypto

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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian and Israeli national, for his alleged involve... Read more

Vivek Ramaswamys X Account Hacked To Promote Fake Crypto Partnership

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Vivek Ramaswamy’s account on X was hacked to falsely announce a partnership between the U.S. Department of Government ... Read more

Chill Guy Meme Coin Violated IP Rights, Says Artist; Token Crashes 45% In 30 Min

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The ChillGuy memecoin dropped over 45% in just 30 minutes after it came out that the project does not have any intellect... Read more

US Indicts 26-year-old Gotbit Founder For Market Manipulation

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Federal prosecutors in Boston have indicted Aleksei Andriunin, a 26-year-old Russian national and founder of Gotbit, on ... Read more

Did Jump Trading Just Fracture The Trust Of The Entire Crypto Industry?

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Is Jump Trading responsible for the collapse of DIO tokens? How did a market maker supposedly take advantage of a partne... Read more

Crypto Phishing Losses Drop To $43m In September: Scam Sniffer

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Funds lost to cryptocurrency phishing scams dropped in September, with roughly $46 million lost by 10,805 victims. Data ... Read more

FBI Warns Of ICHCoin Crypto Scam Costing Americans Their Life Savings

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The FBI is sounding the alarm on a cryptocurrency scam that’s cost some Americans their entire life savings. According... Read more

CFTC Wins $36m Victory In California Crypto Fraud Case

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New York resident William Koo Ichioka agreed to pay $36 million in a CFTC case alleging cryptocurrency and forex fraud. ... Read more

Crypto Scam: Supreme Court Of Indias YouTube Hacked

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Hackers compromised the Supreme Court of India’s official YouTube channel to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency schem... Read more

Bybit Reveals Over $940m In Abnormal Withdrawals During H1 2024

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Fraudsters continue targeting crypto exchanges, with Bybit reporting nearly $1 billion in suspicious withdrawal requests... Read more

Miami Police Arrest Crypto Scammers Behind $243m Theft

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Los Angeles law enforcement arrested at least two persons involved in a $243 million social engineering attack launched ... Read more

Beware Of Clipper Malware: Binance Warns Of Crypto Fraud

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Binance has issued a global alert about a rising malware threat targeting cryptocurrency users. Known as “Clipper malw... Read more

US Sanctions Cambodian Senator Involved In Crypto-related Human Trafficking Scams

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Cambodian businessman Ly Yong Ph... Read more

Blockaid Fends Off $700k In Losses From New Angel Drainer

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Blockchain security platform Blockaid said it detected a new Angel Drainer prowling web3 protocols and trying to steal u... Read more

Crypto Fraud: Mbappés X Account Hacked, Trader Loses Over $1m 

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The X account of French soccer star Kylian Mbappé was compromised on August 28, with hackers using the platform to prom... Read more

China Extradites Suspect In $14b Crypto Pyramid Scheme From Thailand

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China has successfully extradited a suspect involved in a massive $14 billion cryptocurrency pyramid scheme from Thailan... Read more