2024-1-30 13:47 |
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced charges against three individuals in connection with a massive $1.89 billion fraud scheme origin »
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Three individuals find themselves at the center of a complex crypto scam, accused of defrauding New York banks of more than $10 million. In a statement released by US Attorney Damian Williams on Thursday, the trio – Zhong Shi Gao, Naifeng Xu, and Fei Jiang – is alleged to have exploited the financial system between […]
2023-11-17 16:00 | |
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Three individuals have been arrested for defrauding New York-area banks of over $10 million by exploiting security vulnerabilities and converting the stolen funds into crypto.
2023-11-17 00:28 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced charges against SafeMoon, its creator Kyle Nagy, the company’s CEO, John Karony, and CTO, Thomas Smith. The SEC alleges that these individuals orchestrated a “massive fraudulent scheme” involving the unregistered sale of SafeMoon (SFM), a “crypto asset security” as defined by the SEC.
2023-11-2 05:00 | |
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The SEC and DOJ both filed charges against the controversial cryptocurrency project SafeMoon and related individuals on Nov. 1. The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged that the company and its members carried out a fraudulent scheme by selling the SafeMoon (SFM) cryptocurrency.
2023-11-2 22:15 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged six individuals in connection to an unlicensed money-transmitting business involving crypto as a money laundering tool. Court filings dated Oct.
2023-10-21 00:50 | |
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CFTC undertook major enforcement action against MTI and its leadership. The scheme lured in nearly 30,000 Bitcoin from at least 23,000 individuals in the United States. The United States CoThe post CFTC fines Bitcoin trading firm $1.
2023-9-9 12:30 | |
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The Indian Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) revealed a crypto-related Ponzi scheme exploiting over 200,000 individuals across different states in India. According to a report by Asian News International (ANI), Solar Techno Alliance developed a digital asset on Binance Smart Chain…
2023-8-8 11:31 | |
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 25 accused Michael and Amanda Griffis of Clarksville, Tennesse, of allegedly defrauding more than 100 individuals through a cryptocurrency scheme, netting over...
2023-7-27 10:52 | |
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed charges against a husband and wife, accusing them of engaging in illicit crypto activities that defrauded more than a hundred individuals. The alleged scheme involved a digital assets commodity pool which they named “Blessings of God Thru Crypto.
2023-7-26 10:00 | |
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The CFTC has accused Tennessee-based real estate business owners of running a fraudulent crypto scheme that allegedly swindled over 100 individuals out of more than $6 million. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) initiated a lawsuit against Michael and Amanda…
2023-7-26 20:11 | |
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against five individuals, accusing them of running a fraudulent digital asset trading scheme.
2023-5-25 18:32 | |
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Two individuals accused by the SEC of operating a fraudulent crypto mining scheme are seeking the dismissal of the lawsuit, asserting that the regulatory body lacks jurisdiction over cryptocurrencies.
2023-5-23 14:31 | |
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Two individuals sued by the SEC for allegedly running a fake crypto mining scheme are seeking the suit's dismissal, arguing the regulator has no authority over crypto.
2023-5-23 08:44 | |
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A South African citizen and two U.S. nationals are among the five individuals charged in Miami for manipulating the HYDRO virtual asset created by the Hydrogen Technology Corporation.
2023-4-25 17:17 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight individuals and entities associated with the blockchain startup CoinDeal with fraud. They are said to have violated US laws and orchestrated a scheme to obtain client assets totaling $45 million. False…
2023-1-5 15:43 | |
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The U. S SEC charged six individuals and two companies related to the CoinDeal investment scheme. CoinDeal raised more than $45 million from unregistered securities sales, alleged the SEC.
2023-1-5 14:30 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged eight individuals with a $100 million securities fraud scheme involving major social media platforms, Twitter and Discord. The post SEC charges eight in $100M social media securities fraud appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-15 20:19 | |
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A pump-and-dump scheme is a type of market control and monetary misrepresentation in which individuals from a gathering purchase an asset and afterwards persuade others to get it, as well. The point is to unlawfully “pump up” the cost of an asset.
2022-12-13 16:12 | |
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According to a public statement by the CFTC on Thursday, Jeremy Spenz, founder of Coin Signals pled guilty to running a ponzi scheme. Jeremy Spence is ordered to repay the amount that he allegedly gained by soliciting individuals to invest in…
2022-12-3 15:24 | |
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A group of individuals hacked the official Twitter account of cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, and proceeded with a fraudulent Tether [USDT] giveaway scheme. The hacking effort has put over one millioThe post Is 2022 the "year of crypto hacks" as this attempt makes it to the "Hacktober" list appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-10-23 21:00 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission charged eleven individuals with running a cryptocurrency pyramid and Ponzi scheme targeting retail investors globally. The post SEC Charges Forsage Founders for Operating $300M Ponzi Scheme appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-2 01:00 | |
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Like any financial system, the crypto space has its fair share of scams and pyramid schemes. Amidst the growing adoption and emergence of more of these schemes, the SEC has indicted 11 individuals for their connection with a global crypto Ponzi Scheme that spanned two years.
2022-8-2 00:09 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has filed charges against 11 individuals in connection with a fraudulent crypto project that raised over $300 million from investors across the world.
2022-8-2 20:53 | |
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Two individuals and a company have been charged with operating an illegal community pool and fraudulently soliciting $44 million via an “income fund investing in digital assets. ” The defendants are Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam, and Jafia LLC, with a status hearing scheduled for May 25, 2022.
2022-5-22 02:00 | |
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The U. S. SEC charged three individuals that allegedly conducted insider trading related to the Long Blockchain company back in 2017. One of the individuals allegedly traded stocks ahead of the name change that gave the company a price boost.
2021-7-12 01:00 | |
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U. S. Security Exchange Commission announced yesterday that it has charged five individuals involved in the BitConnect cryptocurrency lending program in 2017, for promoting unregistered digital asset securities.
2021-5-30 21:24 | |
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A 21-year-old Irish man has been jailed for his involvement in a SIM swapping scheme that defrauded individuals out of $2 million in crypto holdings. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced Conor Freeman to slightly less than three years of jail time.
2020-11-18 18:45 | |
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Police in Syria arrested 29 persons on Tuesday for participating in an operation used to finance Jihadists in Syria through cryptocurrencies. This arrest will help the Syrian authorities stem money laundering and the use of digital currencies to fund terrorism.
2020-10-1 12:23 | |
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The CFTC alleged four individuals stole close to $1 million from customers by promising returns from a bitcoin trading scheme.
2020-9-15 21:32 | |
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While Ethereum has seen a number of benefits from the decentralized finance (defi) movement and initial coin offerings (ICOs), more recently individuals have been leveraging ether for pyramid schemes and matrix cycler programs.
2020-9-11 02:00 | |
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Six individuals associated with the multi-billion dollar PlusToken Ponzi scheme have been prosecuted by Chinese police.
2020-9-10 07:04 | |
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Following the arrest of 109 accused members of the $6 billion Ponzi scheme called Plustoken, six alleged members of the team were prosecuted according to a court filing submitted on Monday. The prosecutors say the individuals are “suspected in organizing and leading criminal pyramid schemes.
2020-9-10 03:00 | |
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U. S. authorities have charged the organizers of the cryptocurrency-based investment scheme AirBit Club with fraud and money laundering. According to an announcement by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the defendants are being charged for, “their roles in an internationally coordinated fraud and money laundering ring involved in defrauding individuals through investments in AirBit Club.
2020-8-20 16:21 | |
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Market participants are becoming overwhelmingly concerned about a 22,000 BTC transaction that was made by the perpetrators of the PlusToken Ponzi scheme. The last time the individuals behind this scam moved such a significant number of tokens were back in mid-February.
2020-6-26 18:02 | |
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The CFTC alleged three individuals and affiliated entities defrauded crypto and binary options investors out of $20 million over 5 years.
2020-5-8 00:14 | |
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Several interesting details regarding the OneCoin Ponzi Scheme have come to light this week. It appears one of the individuals responsible for this scam is the brother of Dr. Ruja Ignatova. People who have followed the story of OneCoin to date will know this project is anything but legitimate.
2019-11-16 00:27 | |
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Joerg Molt is one of several individuals claiming to be the identity behind the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. He is also still operating what appears to be a Ponzi scheme from 2017, potentially defrauding seniors with a so-called ‘Bitcoin Pension’ plan.
2019-11-15 04:27 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry has seen many nefarious individuals. Aziz Com Mirza falls into this category. The self-professed serial entrepreneur has been arrested in Dubai for creating a fictitious cryptocurrency, among other things.
2019-11-4 22:45 | |
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The world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is the latest target of a pyramid scheme using renowned crypto-based companies and individuals to propagate their fraudulent activities. This is after the company was targeted by a company accused of running a crypto ponzi scheme in Singapore.
2019-10-29 22:16 | |
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Custody firm Legacy Trust announced the launch of a digital asset-based pension plan to allow the public to hold crypto for their retirement corpus. As per Coindesk, September 4, 2019, the Hong Kong-based firm will offer the scheme to employees of participating firms and self-employed individuals through an underlying portfolio of cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.
2019-9-6 19:00 | |
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The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to settle the charges it filed in 2018 against a pyramid scheme that involved 4 individuals. As part of the settlement, the promoters of recruitment-based cryptocurrency schemes are permanently banned from operating or participating in any multi-level marketing program. Additionally, they are supposed to pay a […]
2019-8-25 18:05 | |
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According to a search warrant issued by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Long Island Iced Tea, the company that famously rebranded to Long Blockchain during the height of the 2017 crypto bull market, is suspected of being an elaborate pump and dump scheme.
2019-7-26 02:00 | |
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The CID (Criminal Investigation Department) of India has arrested four individuals in Surat; Dhiraj Patel, Vijay Prajapati, Ashiq Shaikh and Kamruddin Syed in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency ponzi scheme.
2019-7-7 19:06 | |
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Indian authorities have arrested four people associated with KBC, a crypto allegedly at the center of a scam investment scheme
2019-7-6 23:09 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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The U.S. government has sued two individuals in connection with a scheme to provide "shadow banking" services to unregulated crypto exchanges.
2019-5-1 22:21 | |
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A 37 year-old man in the US has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for fraud in connection with a Bitcoin phishing scheme designed to rob victims of their cryptocurrency. Michael Richo, of New Haven, was also ordered to forfeit $352,000 in cash, various computers and electronic devices, and an assortment of precious coins and metals that he purchased with the proceeds of his offense.
2019-4-10 12:28 | |
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Venezuela Pushes Back Against US Sanctions On Their National Cryptocurrency Petro Earlier this week the US imposed sanctions that target a Venezuelan currency exchange network scheme that siphoned off billions of dollars to corrupt insiders of the Venezuelan government.
2019-1-10 17:46 | |
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Dash is the altcoin credited with starting the craze for masternodes. Back when the coin was trading for under a dollar, the Proof of Work coin introduced a masternode system that called for staking 1,000 Dash.
2019-1-5 01:04 | |
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