US federal prosecutors have seized $40,300 in cryptocurrency recovered from an email scam that impersonated the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, according to a complaint filed by US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.The…
Australia's
financial watchdog has issued urgent warnings about two separate but related
threats targeting the country's $4 trillion superannuation system, as scammers
exploit both high-pressure sales tactics and fake government websites to steal
retirement…
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Self-styled Russian crypto expert “Bitmama” has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a $23 million Bitcoin fraud disguised as offshore investments.
Russian prosecutors say she lured clients by…
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it assisted the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) in recovering roughly $225 million worth of Tether (USDT) stolen via the so-called "pig butchering" crypto…
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Tudou Guarantee’s transaction volume exceeded 300,000 by June 15, quickly replacing Huione Guarantee after its May 13 ban.
USDT transactions on Huione collapsed to near zero, but over 30 successor…
A Florida investor says he was scammed out of $860,000 by a Denver-based trading “school” and a fake crypto exchange that promised him life-changing profits.In a lawsuit filed last week…
One of the most popular websites that track prices of cryptocurrencies, CoinMarketCap, has eliminated a shady popup on its site that asked users to verify their wallets. On Friday, the platform…
Richard Teng, Binance CEO, has warned crypto users about malicious actors trying to scam them on the exchange. In a post shared on his verified X account, Teng emphasized the need…
Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner at crypto venture capital firm Hypersphere, revealed on Thursday that he lost a significant portion of his life savings in a targeted phishing attack orchestrated…