The UK’s tax body seized three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and arrested three people on suspicion of attempting to defraud it of £1.4 million. This is a first for British authorities in the policing of digital assets, Telegraph reported. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the move was part of a probe into a suspected Value […]

Michael Cembalest – chairman of investment strategy for financial giant JPMorgan – said in a recent interview that he’s not crazy about bitcoin and the world of crypto, suggesting that despite how much bitcoin expands and how popular it becomes, the currency is not going to rub everyone the right way. Michael Cembalest Can’t Justify...

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Seven V Global executives have been found guilty of misappropriating 2 trillion KRW ($1.9 billion) in the latest verdict on Friday, as per reports. While the six of them will serve varying jail-time of up to 14 years, former CEO Lee Byung-gul has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. The development comes as prosecutors […]

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the government will roll out its digital dollar in 2022. The Central Bank Digital ...

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday that Americans reported record high losses of more than $547 million to romance scams in 2021. This is up 80% compared to 2020 and over 6 times compared to reported losses in 2017. Financial losses originating from romance scams have increased significantly over recent years, with a […]

Singtel is set to launch Australian Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) player Zip’s service on its Dash app in Singapore. This new service provides an alternate payment option for Dash

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Australia BNPL player Zip is partnering with Singapore telecommunications firm Singtel. Singtel is integrating Zip’s Pay Later into its mobile wallet, Dash. Over the next six months, Zip will launch new payment schemes and onboard more than 2,000 new merchants to its existing network of 51,000. Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Zip is Read more...

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Facebook parent company Meta this week announced it has taken legal action against two Nigerians for their alleged roles in financial scams targeting Facebook and Instagram users.

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In the era of globalized markets, burgeoning international trade, complex financial systems, ever-evolving compliance and regulatory landscapes, and rapid technology advancement, white-collar crime has unfortunately seen a significant uptick in scale, variety, and sophistication. Whereas white-collar crime used to conjure images of high-flying executives stealing from company coffers, the modern landscape is much more complex, […]

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The banking sector in Asia Pacific is filled with opportunity in 2022, whilst also facing intensified competition. Rapid infrastructure developments and emerging technologies coupled with the pandemic have accelerated digital

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Scams and scandals are a dime a dozen in the crypto industry. Every morning as I open my crypto newspaper (aka Twitter), I’m almost guaranteed to find at least one piece of news relating to hacks, rug pulls, phishing attacks, wash-trading, compromised wallets, etc., across the crypto-verse. However, this is expected as most blockchains, cryptocurrencies, […]

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Over $3.6 billion dollars worth of Bitcoin linked to the Bitfinex hack of 2016 has been seized, according to a statement from the US Justice Department. Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to launder the Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in a series of sophisticated strategies. […]

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