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The founder of a cryptocurrency trading platform has been accused of paying Los Angeles police officers to help him extort a victim for their digital assets. A complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Adam Iza of bribing… origin »
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Adam Iza, the founder of the crypto trading platform Zort, allegedly paid Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies for information that he used to blackmail a target he intended to rob.
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A cohort of young men have been accused of drunkenly assaulting their “friend” to extort the credentials to his cryptocurrency wallet, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the attackers demanded the victim “provide […] login information for his cryptocurrency accounts while holding his head underwater in the bathtub, punching him in the stomach, and throwing hot wax on him.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has implicated North Korean-backed hacking groups in a major cryptocurrency heist involving $1. 5 billion in digital assets. The cyberattack targeted Bybit, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange, making it one of the largest crypto thefts publicly known.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating crypto scammers who posed as romantic interests to defraud victims of nearly $5 million through dubious investment schemes. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina are looking to seize over $4.99 million recovered from unhosted…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a dark web narcotics marketplace owner after tracking illicit crypto transfers. Rui-Siang Lin, a 23-year-old Taiwan resident, was found guilty of operating a $100 million dark web narcotics marketplace. Known online as…
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials warn the public about the spread of Akira ransomware.
The U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI announced three arrests related to a $10 million scheme involving cryptocurrency on Nov. 16. The authorities said that Zhong Shi Gao, Naifeng Xu, and Fei Jiang were arrested after participating in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from U.
After investigating, the FBI concluded that the hack of crypto gambling site Stake was carried out by North Korean hackers Lazarus Group.