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The now-deleted livestream directed viewers to deposit Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin at a fictitious website. The stream, which at one point had more than 30,000 viewers, ran for five hours over the weekend and utilized semi-pixelated videos of Elon Musk.…

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As crypto use cases increase, crypto-related crimes are only getting harder and harder to track, per a new report. Crypto crimes and investigations, as revealed in a new Chainalysis report, are getting complex and resource-intensive compared to normal criminal investigations.…

With Donald Trump’s recent endorsement of crypto, a wave of fraudsters has targeted his loyal supporters.  These scammers, using fake crypto websites and misleading donation centers, are exploiting the loyal trust and interest of Trump’s base. Trump recently announced that…

While 2023 recorded the highest number of crypto thefts annually, 2022 remains the costliest year by value, with 199 incidents totaling nearly $42 billion, according to Crystal Intelligence. Crypto scams and hacks left the industry without nearly $19 billion worth…

AI’s early integration into crypto presents opportunities for efficiency, as well as scams. Per an Elliptic report, AI is helping scammers speed up and increase their cyclical crypto scams. We’ve all heard of AI by now, and its many use…

UwU Lend, a lending and liquidity protocol, has reportedly been targeted by an exploit amounting to $19.3 million.  A malicious hack recently targeted the decentralized lending platform. Reports from the blockchain security firm Arkham indicate that unknown perpetrators stole $19.3…

AI can bring a new dimension to the crypto crime problem by allowing scammers to more easily impersonate celebrities, blockchain intel firm Elliptic says. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the global economy, but it also poses significant…

New York AG Letitia James has sued crypto firms NovaTechFx and AWS Mining for allegedly defrauding over 11,000 individuals out of more than $1 billion in a pyramid scheme. New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit on…

A Chinese university student has received a prison sentence of over four years for what appears to be the first case of fraud involving crypto liquidity withdrawal in China. Yang Qichao, a college student, has been sentenced to 4.6 years…

Bill Guan, the chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a far-right international media company, is accused of taking part in a multi-million crypto laundering scheme. U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Jun. 3, charging Weidong “Bill” Guan, the…

Hong Kong police officially disclose how much cryptocurrency fraud there was between 2022 and 2023. How bad was it? Hint: It got worse.

David Kagel has pled guilty to conspiring to operate a crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $9.5 million. Disbarred 85-year old former attorney Kagel confessed to participating in a fraudulent crypto Ponzi scheme in which he and…

Starting May 30, U.K. digital bank Kroo will prohibit its customers from conducting cryptocurrency transactions.  Kroo, a London-based digital bank, has announced that it will no longer allow its customers to conduct crypto transactions. This decision is in response to…

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has launched a special task force to combat the increasing prevalence of crypto crimes, signaling a major crackdown on fraud and market manipulation. South Korea is intensifying efforts to clamp down on market manipulation and…

John Bigatton, a former promoter of the notorious BitConnect scheme, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges