Unknown scammers have organized a fake bitcoin giveaway through a Russian government website they hacked. The news of the attack comes after a recent report revealed that damages from crypto-related fraud in Russia have reached $30 million in value in the first half of this year. Regional Government Website in Russia Hacked by Scammers The…
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Of all funds sent to illicit cryptocurrency addresses from Eastern Europe, scams attract the greatest amount, according to a new report. In the past year alone, crypto addresses based in the region have sent the fraudulent schemes a staggering $815 million in crypto. Eastern Europe Leads by Volume of Illicit Crypto Transactions Among the world’s…
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A social media influencer known for “cash giveaways” has failed to show the money in alleged Bitcoin wire fraud scheme. An Instagram influencer has been charged with wire fraud, after he allegedly scammed followers out of $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin. Social media influencer Jay Mazini, who boasted of a net worth of $33 million…
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The file storage project has all the markings of a rugpull, but will investors be able to get their funds back? Turns out a turtle’s arms are plenty long enough to pull a rug. Yesterday, March 19 Binance Smart Chain (BSC) file storage project TurtleDex performed a “rugpull” exit scam — a colloquial term for…
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Users now need to ask: how many more protocols are at risk? At roughly 9 am UTC today Meerkat, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on Binance’s smart contract platform, lost $31 million worth of BNB tokens. While the team initially claimed that they had been the victim of an exploit, they have since deleted all…
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Authorities in South Africa are warning investors to be wary of scams amid the current crypto bull market. South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority is sounding the cryptocurrency scam alarm once again. In a press release issued on Thursday, the FSCA enjoined the public to do their own due diligence before investing in any crypto-related…
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The “public face of OneCoin” is in plea talks for a range of charges According to court reports from Friday, yet another suspected player behind the OneCoin ponzi scheme is now set to face justice. On Friday, counsel for marketing guru Karl Sebastian Greenwood and US prosecutors informed Manhattan Judge Edgardo Ramos that the two…
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Mark S. Scott, who pocketed upwards of $50 million in fees for laundering OneCoin money, disbarred In a move on Friday that may help bring some peace to jilted investors, a five-judge panel from New York formally disbarred Mark S. Scott, the former Locke Lord LLP lawyer and attorney for the notorious scammer Ruja “Cryptoqueen”…
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Crypto exchanges are disappearing at a fast rate this year. As least 75 crypto exchanges have closed down due hacks, exit scams or simply disappeared for unknown reasons so far this year. According to the Crypto Wisser Exchange Graveyard five of the exchanges were labelled as scams, and four including Altsbit, and Nerae, were flagged…
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Local authorities hope that tackling the issue will restore trust in the e-residency program. The e-residency program of Estonia is now under the local regulator’s radar as foreigners registered as e-residents of the Baltic nation are being linked to cryptocurrency frauds. The local police’s Financial Intelligence Unit has discovered that overseas companies owned by e-residents…
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