2022-7-26 00:02 |
Michael Stollery admitted to carrying out a fraudulent initial coin offering back in 2018.
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Fraudulent activities are plaguing the environment set out for NFT creators/artists, collectors, and investors It is clear that Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become quite a mainstream way to buy and sell digital assets over the recent years.
2022-4-29 11:55 | |
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A fraudulent "mint" link was sent out to followers. Some appear to have taken the bait.
2022-4-26 18:21 | |
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A fraudulent "mint" link was sent out to followers. Some appear to have taken the bait.
2022-4-25 18:21 | |
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Japanese investors are advised to look out for fraudulent companies replicating the JPX brand names, logos and URLs to offer crypto trading.
2022-2-23 12:03 | |
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A sizable portion of this world’s population has grown to love trading, buying and selling with all kinds of cryptocurrency assets as well as NFTs. This makes sense too as after all, who wouldn’t want to be a part of one of the fastest-growing industries of all time and earn a lot of money while doing so? However, with such popularity also comes the risk of investing in certain cryptocurrency projects which may turn out to be disingenuous and fraudulent.
2021-12-17 19:41 | |
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The FBI has issued a warning to citizens concerning the spate of scams and fraudulent activities. The law enforcement agency disclosed that the scams leverage cryptocurrency ATMs and QR codes. The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies makes it difficult for operatives to recover lost funds.
2021-11-8 18:50 | |
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A handful of online crypto trading entities, namely Bulk Investments, Forte Trade Limited, Dilna Investments Ltd. cheated New Jersey investors out of nearly $100,000. The post Fraudulent Crypto Entities Shut Down by New Jersey Watchdog appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-10-28 08:35 | |
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May 7, 2021 Tortola, BVI — The Dapp List, focused on rooting out fraudulent projects, has completed a $1.9 million funding round led by notable investors and angels in the cryptocurrency space. Venture and investment funds that joined include CMS Holdings, YBB foundation, LD Capital, Bitscale Capital, BR Capital, GenBlock, SL2 Capital, and Double Peak.Read More
2021-5-8 17:01 | |
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Cardano (ADA) has rolled out a task force to fight fraudulent activities and scams. The launch is coming after a recent report of an increased spate of fraud within the crypto industry. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said he has been frustrated by the high levels of scams within the industry and thinks his company can […] The post Cardano (ADA) intensifies efforts against scams with launch of new task force appeared first on Invezz.
2021-3-31 12:11 | |
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Ledger wallet owners have fell victim to a scheme that defrauded them out of 1,150,000 XRP. A community-run fraud awareness group xrplorer unveiled this news on November 2, noting that the scam leveraged a phishing email that instructed users to use a fake version of the Ledger website, which contained a homoglyph in the URL.
2020-11-7 22:58 | |
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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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Binance has launched BTC options on its futures trading platform. However, the exchange has been criticized for misleading users. Its BTC options resemble some aspects of fraudulent binary trading practices.
2020-4-18 02:24 | |
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Richard Sanders, a lead investigator at CipherBlade, claims that HitBTC is the “longest-running and potentially largest scale criminally fraudulent entity” in the crypto space. HitBTC Might Be Insolvent, Sanders Says While HitBTC markets itself as one of the leading crypto exchanges out there, Sanders alleges that the firm is insolvent.
2019-12-19 15:00 | |
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While Bitcoin has assumed many mantles over the years — digital gold, magical internet money and a currency for criminals, just to name a few — it has always been seen as a way out of the corrupt facets of the traditional world, be that overreaching governments or fraudulent economies.
2019-10-8 15:00 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U. K’s financial regulator, has increased its investigations on cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. According to a report by the Financial Times on October 6, 2019, the regulator is intent on fishing out fraudulent virtual currency exchanges.
2019-10-8 11:00 | |
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EnHelix launches the first blockchain based commodity trading for the gas industry in Huston’s Gastech Energy Conference held last week. A number of industries are adopting blockchain technology in a bid to streamline the supply chain process and cut out intermediaries.
2019-9-30 17:03 | |
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HiveNet is a distributed cloud computing network, which enables computer owners anywhere in the world to securely rent out their idle computing resources for an income. Customers pay for these computing resources to perform their valuable tasks (e.
2019-9-20 20:33 | |
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The US’ top financial watchdog has settled with Dallas-based blockchain startup Bitqyck Inc. over allegations it fraudulently sold shares of company stock to more than 13,000 buyers of its Bitqy cryptographic token.
2019-8-31 18:09 | |
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Cryptocurrency investment scams in Australia cost victims a record $14. 76 million between January and July this year. That’s according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
2019-8-13 15:40 | |
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Now that Libra has generated the buzz that we’ve been expecting it to, the scammers have started to come out of the woodworks to do their thing again. Scammers have come out online to create pages, ads and in the most extreme cases videos actually selling Libra.
2019-7-26 23:01 | |
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The main argument used by many critics of cryptocurrencies is that digital assets are used for fraudulent and nefarious activities. This was recently cited by Steve Mnuchin, the United States’s Treasury Secretary, who said that Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market would be subject to the same level of jurisdiction that fiat money […] The post VanEck official points out Steve Mnuchin’s 180 on US Treasury’s report on fiat currency and frauds appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-7-20 22:30 | |
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The latest court-ordered report into the QuadrigaCX scandal arrived yesterday with some pretty damning claims of fraudulent activity. These include founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten, embezzling customer funds to margin trade (badly) on other exchanges for years.
2019-6-20 13:00 | |
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Facebook is being sued by Dutch media tycoon, John de Mol, for posting fraudulent Bitcoin ads that listed him as an investor. Billionaire Claims Facebook Turns a Blind Eye to Scams On Wednesday, Reuters reported that John de Mol, the billionaire businessman behind the popular reality TV show ‘ Big Brother’ was suing Facebook for publishing false advertisements which used his name to carry out Bitcoin-related investment fraud.
2019-6-6 00:00 | |
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According to a recent report by BleepingComputer, the Qulab trojan, created to illegally acquire information, has once again made its appearance. This time using YouTube to propagate a series of fraudulent videos revealing information about the alleged availability of a free bitcoin (BTC) generator.
2019-6-3 18:30 | |
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North Korean hackers have made a phishing attempt on users of the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. News correspondents in Korea broke this development on May 29, 2019, detailing the ploy to steal Upbit users’ information.
2019-6-1 00:54 | |
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Tether, a stablecoin tied to the dollar that is meant to mediate the volatility of other cryptocurrencies, is partly backed by bitcoin. As detailed in court documents obtained by The Block, Tether admitted to using some of the cash reserves meant to back its stablecoin to purchase bitcoin, among other assets.
2019-5-22 23:02 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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Nestled in the exhibition room at this year’s Consensus conference, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had a message for conference goers as they weaved in and out of booths representing various projects and startups in the space: “Be on the lookout for virtual currency fraud” and if you see it, let us know.
2019-5-17 19:00 | |
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By CCN: Berkshire Hathaway, the multinational corporation led by billionaire Warren Buffett, posted a $377 million first-quarter charge for investment losses related to a solar Ponzi scheme. Berkshire invested $340 million in Ponzi scheme Berkshire made the disturbing revelations in a regulatory filing during its annual shareholders meeting last weekend.
2019-5-9 18:16 | |
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The latest edition of “Targeting scams,” an annual report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that the country saw a 190 percent increase in cryptocurrency scams, with a total of $6.
2019-4-30 20:07 | |
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Coinbase may avoid being found guilty of facilitating insider trading for a second time regarding its December 2017 launch of Bitcoin Cash trading. US District Judge Vince Chhabria stated that the roll out of the new asset of on the platform was handled poorly but ultimately that it was unlikely to be deemed fraudulent in.
2019-4-27 00:00 | |
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Electrum servers are still under a sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The wallet developers announced the issue on April 7, 2018. In correspondence with Bitcoin Magazine, Electrum developer Thomas Voegtlin speculated that the attack may be a form of retaliation from a phishing attacker who has been targeting Electrum in recent weeks.
2019-4-11 21:47 | |
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The operator of New York-based company CabaggeTech has been accused of defrauding investors out of more than $200,000 in cash and cryptocurrency, according to a nine-count indictment unsealed in federal court in New York, on Tuesday.
2019-3-27 14:40 | |
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A fake clone of popular Bitcoin (BTC) wallet, Wasabi, has surfaced online with an accompanying sham replica of the original’s website. The news of this scam was brought to fore by nopara73, a co-founder of Wasabi.
2019-3-21 21:38 | |
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Watch out! Wasabi, the popular anonymizing Bitcoin wallet, has been been duped in an apparent bid to steal your Bitcoin — and the ruse comes complete with an entirely phony website. Wasabi’s co-founder, nopara73, shared the discovery this morning: “The first malware that pretends to be Wasabi […].
2019-3-21 14:34 | |
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Yesterday, Toronto police issued a statement requesting public help to locate four men suspected of carrying out a string of Bitcoin scams across Canada. Late last year, the Calgary police service received information relating to numerous fraudulent transactions made at Bitcoin ATMs that specifically target one Canadian Bitcoin company.
2019-3-14 12:23 | |
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The leader of a prolific cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, OneCoin, was arrested and charged on Mar. 6th. OneCoin Ltd. claims to have 3 million members—or victims—worldwide and has generated over €3.
2019-3-11 08:15 | |
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Coinbin, a South Korean crypto exchange, declared bankruptcy on February 22, 2019, citing foul play from inside the company. Business Korea reported on Coinbin’s recent failure, claiming that the company had lost $26 million as a result of theft and the subsequent bankruptcy declaration.
2019-2-27 23:13 | |
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The cryptocurrency world has seen many potential scams, fraudulent ventures, and projects which were abandoned fairly quickly. BitConnect has been one of the darkest stains in the industry as a whole.
2019-2-21 12:18 | |
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BTT Team Announcement On Fraudulent Websites Offering BitTorrent Airdrops And ICOs The BitTorrent team released an announcement on January 28th, 2019 thanking crypto fans for the enthusiasm they had displayed towards the BTT project.
2019-1-29 21:02 | |
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In yet another bizarre story to come out from within the crypto sector, a Georgia state senator was jailed a couple of days back for being involved with a fraudulent scheme that involved— you guessed it— ‘cryptocurrency’.
2018-12-31 22:00 | |
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The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity.
2018-12-12 23:22 | |
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Singaporeans have lost $78,000 to cryptocurrency investment scams in the last three months, after authorities uncovered a wave of fraudulent marketing campaigns. Cryptocurrency con-artists have duped citizens with phony articles featuring well-known Singaporean personalities to garner credibility, local media reports.
2018-12-5 18:15 | |
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Jared Rice Sr. , CEO of the Dallas-based bank AriseBank, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, and charged with six counts of securities fraud and wire fraud.
2018-11-30 23:03 | |
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Speaking at the ongoing CoinDesk's Consensus Invest conference in New York, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton spoke on why his agency hasn’t yet approved a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-29 21:56 | |
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The state of North Dakota recently ordered the shutdown of a fake cryptocurrency website which carried out unregistered and fake securities in the state. Cryptocurrency Website Imitating Union Bank AG According to an official press release by North Dakota, Securities Commissioner, Karen Tyler, issued a cease and desist order against a fake virtual currency company, […] The post North Dakota Sanctions Fraudulent Russian Cryptocurrency Company appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-11-21 10:49 | |
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Financial regulators of North Dakota have ordered a dodgy Russian cryptocurrency company to cease and desist operations in the state, after discovering it had impersonated a bank in Liechtenstein to falsely market an initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-11-20 20:00 | |
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In what is becoming an emerging trend, Twitter accounts of popular brands are being hacked in an attempt to scam unsuspecting users out of their cryptocurrencies. Target and Google are two high profile targets that have seen their accounts taken over by hackers who, in turn, have used them to scam followers by advertising fraudulent crypto giveaways.
2018-11-15 23:40 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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Coinbase's strategy to list more meme coins could reshape the crypto market landscape, potentially increasing investor interest and market volatility. The post Coinbase eyes more meme coin listings under Trump administration, says Coinbase executive appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Sui partners with Franklin Templeton as its DeFi ecosystem grows, reaching $1.6 billion in total value locked this year. The post Sui partners with Franklin Templeton to boost DeFi innovation and ecosystem growth appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Charles Schwab plans to enter spot crypto trading as regulations evolve, says incoming CEO Rick Wurster, amid rising competition. The post Charles Schwab plans to offer spot crypto trading as US rules evolve under Trump appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Trump Media files for TruthFi crypto service, hinting at expansion from Truth Social. The post Trump Media files trademark application for a crypto payment service called TruthFi appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Arkham's entry into spot trading could intensify competition, potentially driving innovation and regulatory scrutiny in the crypto market. The post Arkham to debut spot trading platform, competes with Coinbase, Crypto.com appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Microsoft's consideration of Bitcoin investment could influence other major corporations to reevaluate their cash management strategies. The post Michael Saylor to present Bitcoin investment strategy to Microsoft’s board appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
ai16z and Ryze Labs launch AICombinator with a $5M fund to support developers and drive AI-crypto innovation. The post ai16z partners with Ryze Labs to launch AICombinator with $5M fund appeared first on Crypto Briefing.