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Scams
Safemoon executive pleads guilty in $200M fraud case as project pivots to memecoin strategy
Former Safemoon Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Thomas Smith has pleaded guilty to charges related to a $200 million fraud scheme…
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Crypto scammers net over $9B in 2024 as AI supercharges fraud
Malicious actors stole roughly $9.9 billion from the crypto ecosystem last year — the lowest amount since 2021, according to…
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Pig butchering scams top 2024 crypto fraud with $3.6 billion in losses
Pig butchering scams led to $3.6 billion in crypto losses in 2024, emerging as the most significant fraud scheme of…
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Scammer who stole 4,100 Bitcoin appears in US court charged with wire fraud
Singaporean national Malone Lam has appeared in court in the United States after being charged for allegedly stealing over 4,100…
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$30 million international crypto fraud from 2018 kicks off trial in France
A major fraud trial involving crypto and diamond investments has opened in France, bringing over 20 defendants to court on…
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Australia’s ASIC shuts down 615 crypto scam sites amid $1.3 billion fraud surge
Australia’s Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has shut down 615 crypto scam websites over the past year, according to an…
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SEC charges NovaTech founders, promoters with $650 million crypto fraud
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against NovaTech Ltd., its founders, and several people who promoted…
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JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Under Federal Investigation Over Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Scams and Fraud on Instant Payments Platform Zelle
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other unnamed large banks are reportedly facing a federal investigation over scams…
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US Court Orders Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX To Pay $12,700,000,000 to Former Customers and Fraud Victims
A US court has ordered bankrupt crypto exchange FTX to pay $12.7 billion in monetary relief to customers who suffered…
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Chamath Palihapitiya-Backed Altcoin Collapses After SEC Charges Co-Founder With Fraud
Federal securities regulators are suing the founder of the social media project BitClout, now known as Decentralized Social (DeSo). In…
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