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Huobi officials-claimed Scammers Brought Into Custody In China

The Chinese police have reportedly brought into custody 12 individuals, scamming victims by claiming to be exchange officials from Huobi, running an over-the-counter (OTC) website. Specifically, a...

Brian Nguyen | May 21, 2020 17:33

Etherscan Released Tool For Illegal Acts-associated Wallets Flagging

Well-known Ethereum (ETH) block exploring platform Etherscan has reportedly introduced a machine learning-based surveillance tool, which helps identify ETH and wallets having connections with illegal...

Warren Hayes | Apr 16, 2020 15:35

Cyprus SEC Released List of 200 Unlicensed Trading Platforms, 3 Of Which Suspiciously Alike

The SEC department of Cyprus (CySEC) has reportedly put warnings out, regarding nearly 200 unauthorized investment businesses, 3 of which bear numerous distinctive resemblances, with falsely promoted...

Natalie Wu | Dec 24, 2019 03:30

Bogus IRS Letters Tried to Rob Taxpayers of Their Funds

Fraudulent letters disguising as the US IRS have been trying to illegally acquire money from crypto taxpayers. Reported by Forbes on August 5, scam letters, which comes with certified IRS...

Shannon Wilson | Aug 08, 2019 02:37

Report: Criminals Acquired $1.2M Worth of Bitcoin via ‘Sextortion,’ Bomb Threat Scams

A total $1.2 million in Bitcoin (BTC) worth of financial damage was caused, with crimes related to “sextortion” and bomb threat during the past year. Reported by the cybersecurity firm Symantec on...

Shannon Wilson | Aug 06, 2019 03:24

Europol Arrested Six Suspects Behind $27 Mln Crypto Theft

Europol has brought into custody 6 suspects for a multi-million cryptocurrency theft, after a jointly conducted operation with the United Kingdom’s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit, the Dutch...

Natalie Wu | Jun 27, 2019 04:45

Coinroom Performed Exit Scam and Took off with Clients Funds

Coinroom – a major Poland-based crypto exchange platform – has reportedly performed an exit scam, ceasing all operations and taking off with $15,000 worth of its clients’ money. Reported...

Shannon Wilson | Jun 12, 2019 04:00

Sao Paulo Court Blocked Funds in Accounts of Crypto Exchange Amid Lawsuit

The authority of Sao Paulo, Brazil has reportedly frozen all money in the bank accounts of crypto exchange Grupo Bitcoin Banco – a total of 726,630 reals (equivalent to $188,000 at press time)....

Shannon Wilson | Jun 09, 2019 04:00

US FBI Requested Information from QuadrigaCX Users for Investigation

FBI, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, has asked former users of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange to provide their information during the investigation of the death of QuadrigaCX’s...

Natalie Wu | Jun 07, 2019 04:50

Central Bank of Rwanda Released Public Warning Against Cryptocurrency Scams

The central bank of Rwanda has released a PSA – public service announcement – to warn against the crypto-related crimes in the nation. Specifically, the PSA issued by the bank mentioned...

Natalie Wu | Jun 03, 2019 04:10