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AI Crypto Scam Duo Indicted for $25M Ponzi Scheme
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted David Gilbert Saffron, an Australian national, and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr., a resident of Los...
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Cyber Criminals Are Turning to Crypto Mining Pools to Wash Ill-Gotten Funds: Chainalysis – Decrypt
Crypto mining as a tool to bolster money laundering capabilities extends beyond nation states actors, holding special appeal to conventional criminals, according to a...
Onecoin Head of Legal and Compliance Charged for Role in Crypto Pyramid
Authorities in the U.S. have announced charges against a former Onecoin executive for her alleged role in the notorious crypto pyramid scheme. Bulgarian...
Founders of Multimillion-Dollar Global Crypto Ponzi Scheme ‘Airbit Club’ Plead Guilty
The founders and promoters of multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme Airbit Club have pleaded guilty to various criminal charges. Airbit Club victims were promised...
Operators of AirBit Plead Guilty to $100M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that a total of six executives of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme...
4 Russian Nationals Indicted in Running a $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The US authorities alleged Vladimir Okhotnikov, Olena Oblamska, Mikhail Sergeev, and Sergey Maslakov – the founders of the dubious cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage...
Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars....
‘Cryptoqueen’ Boyfriend Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Laundering $300,000,000 in Crypto
The ex-boyfriend of the infamous “Cryptoqueen” has been sentenced to five years in prison for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars.
A new report by...
Over 800 Victims of BitConnect Crypto Ponzi Scheme To Receive $17,000,000 in Restitution, According to U.S. DOJ
More than 800 victims of the collapsed BitConnect crypto Ponzi scheme are set to receive $17 million in restitution, according to the U.S. Department...
2 More Promoters of Forcount Crypto Ponzi Scheme Arrested, Charged With Fraud
Spanish citizen Nestor Nunez, 64, was arrested in Spain on Dec. 28 and 40-year-old Ramon Perez, a U.S. citizen, surrendered himself to authorities in...
Another Member of Russian Crypto Pyramid Finiko Arrested in UAE
Law enforcement authorities in the United Arab Emirates have detained a top Finiko representative, sought for his role in the crypto Ponzi scheme...
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SEC Chair Calls Crypto Exchanges ‘Casinos’
Crypto lender Nexo on Monday announced it would leave the US market, blaming a “lack of regulatory clarity.” Two...
Crypto Scammer Coin Signals Ordered to Pay $2.8 Million to Victims
The American authorities ordered Jeremy Spence (a.k.a. “Coin Signals”) to pay over $2.8 million in restitution to victims of his cryptocurrency fraud.
The US...