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The UK government has stepped up efforts to tackle crypto-enabled crime by sanctioning Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency marketplace, along with a Cambodia-based scam compound tied to trafficking operations. origin »
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The UK has sanctioned crypto marketplace Xinbi and Cambodia’s #8 Park scam compound over a $19.9b fraud and trafficking network, freezing London assets ahead of June’s Illicit Finance Summit. The UK government on March 26 sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency…
2026-3-27 01:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency use for transactions involving human trafficking surged 85% in 2025. According to a Feb. 13 Chainalysis report, which tracked cryptocurrency-facilitated human trafficking payments tied to escort services, labor recruiters connected to Southeast Asian scam compounds, and child sexual abuse…
2026-2-13 10:38 | |
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Tether’s Jan. 9 UNODC initiative targets Africa scam flows and youth cyber training as the amount of USDT trading in the region increases. The post UN, Tether Partner to Fight Crypto Scams, Trafficking in Africa appeared first on Coinspeaker.
2026-1-10 18:37 | |
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Disgraced former Philippine mayor Alice Guo has been linked to the defunct Atom Asset Exchange, which laundered and stole millions in customer cryptocurrency assets in 2022. This connection comes as Guo faces trial for human trafficking and fraud, according to…
2024-10-14 17:28 | |
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One of Cambodia’s wealthiest businessmen has been hit with U.S. sanctions for allegedly playing a role in serious human rights abuses – including human trafficking and torture – tied to a pig butchering scam operation headquartered in the Southeast Asian country.
2024-9-18 19:57 | |
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has allegedly seized $9 million in the stablecoin Tether (USDT). The funds were linked to a crypto romance and confidence scam called “pig butchering. ” On Monday Tether announced it had frozen $255 million linked to a human trafficking scheme.
2023-11-21 19:16 | |
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The funds seized by Tether were linked to a “pig butchering” scam that cost U.S. citizens $3.3 billion in 2022, according to the FBI.
2023-11-20 18:16 | |
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Investigating crypto scams around Tether’s stablecoin, journalist Zeke Faux uncovers a large human trafficking ring in Cambodia. Crypto scams and exchange hacks are becoming almost a regular occurrence in the digital assets space.
2023-9-15 23:16 | |
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By CCN. com: A notice on the official website for the City of Berkeley police department warns residents of phone scams involving Bitcoin. Calling them “cyber-enabled fraud crime,” the post talks about a woman who scammers attempted to victimize via telephone – even calling her from the number 911.
2019-4-27 19:49 | |
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Has a cop recently asked you to hand over your cryptocurrency? Well, a phone scammer posing as a police officer is targeting victims in California, requesting they hand over all the money in their bank account in Bitcoin.
2019-4-25 11:27 | |
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In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
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Irish authorities have regained access to a Bitcoin wallet long considered permanently locked, in a rare development that challenges assumptions around lost private keys. The Criminal Assets Bureau confirmed it had seized a wallet containing 500 Bitcoin, now valued at more than $35 million.
Scammers are using fear of investigation to push Tron users into handing over sensitive information.
Crypto scammers are exploiting the rising visibility of OpenClaw to target developers through a coordinated phishing campaign on GitHub, according to a report by OX Security. The campaign centres on fake reward claims tied to $CLAW tokens and aims to trick users into connecting their crypto wallets to malicious websites.
Cryptocurrency payments and gift card platform Bitrefill has resumed operations after a cyberattack on March 1, 2026, exposed parts of its infrastructure and cryptocurrency wallets. The company has attributed the breach to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group following an internal investigation.
The scrutiny follows reports that billions in crypto may have passed through Binance accounts connected to Iranian backed groups.
Attackers seized the Bonk.fun domain and used a fake terms prompt to trick users into signing wallet draining transactions.