US ICO Scammer Sentenced to 18 Months Behind Bars
Maksim Zaslavskiy – a Brooklyn-based computer engineer and the first US citizen to be charged with operating a fraudulent ICO – has received his 1,5 years of jail time in the final...
Crypto Scammers Stole Thousands from an Aussie Couple and Taunted Them for Their Losses
Scammers have recently stolen over AU$20,000 (US$14,000) by leading an Aussie couple to invest to a trading scheme, then even taunted the victims for being tricked. Specifically, Nick and Josie...
Australian Regulator Now Warns OneCoin As “Could Be A Scam”
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recently made an announcement noticing that crypto project OneCoin “could be involved in a scam”. According to a public release, the...
Brazilian Authority Brought Down Pyramid Scheme Scammed 55,000 Investors of $200 Million
Ten Brazilian suspects were brought into custody by the police, with charges against running a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, which potentially caused 850 million reals ($210 million) worth of...
Blockchain and Crypto Investor Terpin Received Over $75 Million after Winning Sim-Swapping Lawsuit
Michael Terpin – a U.S-based blockchain and crypto investor – has prevailed in his civil suit against his attacker, and therefore, will receive a $75.8 million award. As reported by...
Three Criminals Received Charges Against Laundering Millions of Bitcoin by the US Authority
The Manhattan, US authorities have arrested a criminal group and charged them with drugs dealing and laundering millions worth of Bitcoin (BTC), according to a news report on April 16th. Specifically,...
Scam on Blockchain-powered Prediction Site, Reported by Reddit Users
On March 20th, Reddit users have recently called out a scammer who intentionally created invalid markets to fool people on the Blockchain-based prediction market website Angur. Angur – an...
Bitcoin Utopia Creator Busted for Unlicensed Selling & Fraud
Morgan Rockcoons, (aka Morgan Rockwell) pleaded guilty to 2 counts of cryptocurrency related crimes in San Diego’s federal court last week. The creator of a supposed Bitcoin (BTC) utopia known as...