Tag: scam

Mar 28 2023

Canadian “Crypto King” Kidnapped After Alleged Fraud

Reading Time: 2 minutes An alleged Canadian fraudster who ran a crypto investment scam claims he was kidnapped and tortured by those he owed money to...

Mar 27 2023

TBIS Founder Gets Four Years For $21 Million ICO Fraud

Reading Time: 2 minutes The founder of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services has been jailed for four years after operating a fraudulent ICO in 2018...

Mar 07 2023

Green United Accused of Being $18 Million Securities Fraud

Reading Time: 2 minutes Green United, which claimed to be a crypto mining investment, has been hit with several chargers by the SEC...

SEC Sues Green United for Raising $18M from Fake Crypto Mining Operation

Mar 07 2023 Published at Unchained Podcast under tags  bitcoin crypto erc-20 regulation scam

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has alleged that a Utah- based company violated federal securities laws by selling crypto mining equipment tied to a blockchain that never existed. In a complaint filed on Friday, the SEC named Green United, its founder Wright Thurston and promoter Kristoffer Krohn in a ... The post SEC Sues Green United for Raising $18M from Fake Crypto...

Mar 06 2023

Chet Mining Founder Jailed for Three Years Over $2 Million Scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes A scammer who operate the Chet Mining crypto mining operation has been jailed for three years...

Feb 23 2023

Forsage Founders Indicted in $340 Million DeFi Ponzi Scheme

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Forsage scammers will face a criminal trial after a grand jury indicted them over the $340 million swindle...

Feb 21 2023

California Regulator Launches Crypto Scam Tracker

Feb 21 2023 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  cryptocurrency cryptocurrency news scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes A California regulator has launched a crypto scam tracker The DFPI has launched the tracker...

Feb 13 2023

Eminfx CEO Pleads Guilty to $249 Million Fraud Scheme

Feb 13 2023 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  cryptocurrency cryptocurrency news scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes The CEO of fraudulent crypto platform Eminfx has pleaded guilty to defrauding his investors...

CEO of EminiFX admits involvement in $248M scam

The CEO of the alleged cryptocurrency trading platform EminiFX could spend up to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the scam. In a New York district court, Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of alleged cryptocurrency trading platform EminiFX, pled guilty to commodities fraud and agreed to repay millions of dollars to clients who lost […] The post CEO of...

Feb 06 2023

Former Oxford Student Jailed for $2.6 Million IOTA Crypto Scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes A former Oxford University student has been jailed for four and a half years for a 2017 scam involving IOTA wallets...

Feb 01 2023

My Big Coin Founder Gets 100 Months in Prison

Reading Time: 2 minutes The founder of the crypto scam My Big Coin has received a 100-month prison sentence Randall...

UK Seeking Feedback on Crypto Proposals Amid Scam Warnings

Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK government is seeking feedback from the crypto sector on its plans to become a crypto hub...

Jan 26 2023

NFT collector sues OpenSea marketplace

Jan 26 2023 Published at Coinscreed under tags  nft news nfts opensea scam

OpenSea NFT marketplace faces charges by a nonfungible token (NFT) collector over a number of claims, including that he was locked out of his account for more than three months after falling victim to a phishing scheme. Robbie Acres, an OpenSea user, informed Cointelegraph that he promptly reported the theft of his NFTs via a […] The post NFT collector sues...

Jan 16 2023

NFT Influencer Loses Holdings Through Accidental Google Ad Click

Jan 16 2023 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  nft scam web 3.0 web 3.0 news

Reading Time: 2 minutes An NFT influencer has lost his digital collectibles after clicking a malicious Google ad The...

Dec 16 2022

Trump Is Now Selling His Own Superhero NFTs – After Thrashing Bitcoin For Being A ‘Scam’

Dec 16 2022 Published at Bitcoinist.com under tags  bitcoin crypto crypto news ethereum nft

Look what people put up with to stay relevant. One way to do it, in today's society, is to get into the tech bandwagon, like the so-called NFTs. If it ever crossed your mind to spend some time off at a posh resort and national historic landmark in Palm Beach, Florida and have a tete-a-tete with a former American president, then this is...

Dec 14 2022

Chinese Gang Arrested for Laundering $1.7 Billion in Crypto

Dec 14 2022 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  bitcoin news china crime cryptocurrency scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Chinese gang has been arrested for laundering $1.7 billion through cryptocurrencies The...

Dec 12 2022

Top Ranking Member of $1.5 Billion Finiko Scam Arrested

Dec 12 2022 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  bitcoin news crime cryptocurrency scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes A top ranking member of the Russian Finiko Ponzi scheme has been arrested in the UAE Edward...

2022 – A Year in Review: The Top 5 Crypto Stories That Shook The Entire Crypto Market

Following the ecstatic peak levels of the prior year, the crypto market has been exposed to an atmosphere of stimulative monetary strategy, which has ultimately resulted in sell-offs, the meltdown of initiatives such as Terra, insolvencies of CeFi businesses such as Celsius Network and Voyager Digital, and the crescendo downfall of the FTX exchange. This article is all about the...

Dec 08 2022

Etherummax Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed

Dec 08 2022 Published at FullyCrypto under tags  cryptocurrency cryptocurrency news scam

Reading Time: 2 minutes The class action lawsuit against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather and other celebrity promoters of Ethereummax has been dismissed...

Dec 05 2022

‘Coin Signals’ Jeremy Spence Ordered to Pay $2.8 Million

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeremy Spence has been ordered to pay victims of his Ponzi scheme $2.8 million The scheme was...

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