crypto crimes

Forsage Founders Indicted For Operating a $340M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A federal grand jury in the District of Oregon has indicted the Russian creators of the alleged $340 million “global ...

FBI Warns ‘Pig Butchering’ as a Popular Method for Crypto Scams
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Miami Field Office in coordination with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned ...

Mastercard Launches ‘Crypto Secure’ to Combat Digital Asset Fraud
Financial services giant, Mastercard, has just unveiled a new crypto related solution to help banks prevent fraud on crypto merchant ...

UK Introduces New Law To Combat Crypto Fraud
The United Kingdom (UK) government has introduced a new bill permitting law enforcement agencies to freeze, recover and seize crypto assets ...

Fighting Crypto Crimes: US Treasury Wants Public Feedback
There has been a call for the public to provide feedback to the US Department of the Treasury regarding the ...

Australia Deploys Special Crypto Police Unit to Quell Money Laundering
Amid a sharp spike in cryptocurrency related cyber cimes and money laundering scams, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), has formed ...

Woman Pays Hitman with Bitcoin to Kill Her Husband
It has been reported the United States Department of Justice reported that a Pelahatchie woman was sentenced to the maximum ...

US Department of Justice (DOJ) Charges Operators of Three Crypto Companies for $40 million Fraudulent Scheme
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the owners and operators of three crypto companies for a $40 million fraudulent crypto investment scheme.

Chainalysis Investigation Ties Ex-TenX CEO Toby Hoenisch to 2016 The DAO Hack
A Chainalysis investigation ties ex-TenX CEO Toby Hoenisch to 2016 The DAO hack in which the perpetrator reportedly siphoned off ...

Crypto Rug Pull: MetaDAO Runs Away With 800 Users’ ETH
Along with the unprecedented growth in 2021, the crypto world has added another crime to its list as MetaDAO has run away with 800 ETH in the latest rug pull incident.