2025-3-3 10:28 |
The United States Attorney’s Office in Ohio is looking to forfeit millions in seized crypto from a scam operation and return it to victims who were tricked into fake investments. According to a recent statement, authorities have asked the court… origin »
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Loudoun County police in Virginia have seized $1.4 million in cryptocurrency linked to a “pig butchering” scam. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed that approximately $1.4 million tied to the scam was recovered, marking one of the largest crypto seizures in Virginia,…
2025-2-27 00:00 | |
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CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju believes China may have already sold the 194,000 Bitcoin (BTC) seized from the infamous PlusToken scam in 2019. In a Jan. 23 post, Ki shared on-chain data indicating that the confiscated assets were mixed and distributed to crypto exchanges, including Huobi, rather than being retained in the national treasury.
2025-1-24 23:30 | |
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Scammers impersonated high-ranking officials to get investors to invest their money They claimed they had the rights from India’s Ministry of Power to help the country grow its solar power by 450 gigawatts Delhi Police sought help from crypto exchange Binance to follow crypto financial transactions Crypto exchange Binance and the Delhi Police have successfully […] The post Binance assists Delhi Police in taking down renewable energy scam, $100k in Tether seized appeared first on CoinJournal.
2024-10-16 10:20 | |
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U.S. attorneys are attempting to seize $2.5 million in cryptocurrency from an international “pig butchering” scam targeting American victims. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has initiated a civil forfeiture action to recover 2,546,415.01 USDT seized by…
2024-7-18 16:58 | |
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Almost 4,000 people were arrested worldwide in a recent sting — but we’re only scratching the surface when it comes to the problem of crypto scams. Interpol says it’s waging war on online scam networks — and has seized $257…
2024-6-28 20:14 | |
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Authorities in Hong Kong have flagged a surge in counterfeit banknotes brought into circulation via cryptocurrency scams. According to a local report, the Hong Kong police seized 3,396 fake notes between January and April 2024. The counterfeits amounted to a…
2024-6-3 14:36 | |
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The FIOD arrests a man linked to the ZKasino scam, seizing over 11 million euros in assets and securing victim funds with Binance's help. The post ZKasino founder arrested in Netherlands and over $11 million seized appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-5-3 17:22 | |
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Dutch police arrested a 26-year-old man on April 29. The arrest is connected to the ZKasino crypto gambling scam that involves over $30 million. Police have seized 11. 4 million euros ($12. 2 million) in crypto and other assets from the suspect.
2024-5-3 13:41 | |
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Authorities seized $12.2 million worth of digital assets, real estate and luxury cars during the arrest.
2024-5-4 11:58 | |
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The law enforcement agency managed to track the funds linked to the E-Nugget scam app to different crypto exchanges and, with their help, seized over $10.5 million in crypto assets.
2024-5-2 11:44 | |
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Federal investigators had confiscated $9 million worth of crypto connected to a Silicon Valley-based cyber scam group that had taken advantage of over 70 victims, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California disclosed on Tuesday.
2023-11-23 16:00 | |
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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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DEA loses $50K in an address poisoning scam.
The post DEA’s Mishandling of Seized Crypto Results in Scammer Getting $50,000 appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-8-25 22:30 | |
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The United States Department of Justice seized $112 million in crypto linked to six accounts involved in pig butchering scams. The post DOJ Seizes $112M in Crypto and Other Assets in Pig Butchering Scam Crackdown appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-4-5 12:00 | |
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A California judge has ordered $17 million in restitution to be paid out to hundreds of victims of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, the infamous global scam that collapsed in 2018.
2023-1-14 19:43 | |
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Eu’s criminal justice agency, EuroJust, has carried out raids across Europe to dismantle a crypto scam that caused €15 million in losses. EU Goes After Crypto Investments Scam EuroJust worked with authorities in Italy and Albania to tackle an online investment crypto scam and seized €3 million worth of assets. The agency noted that the […]
2022-12-21 02:00 | |
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The U.S. government is set to sell crypto that was seized from the BitConnect case in 2018. The scam which had been carried out in the space of a year is the biggest ever in the crypto space, with over $2 billion lost by victims home and abroad. It was one of the most prominent […]
2021-11-19 23:30 | |
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The United States Department of Justice is selling cryptocurrencies worth a total of $56 million, which were seized from BitConnect’s top promoter, a crypto investment scam and Ponzi scheme that crashed in 2018.
2021-11-18 19:02 | |
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A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam.
2020-12-2 19:30 | |
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A Chinese court has published a breakdown of the total crypto assets seized from the PlusToken scam including about $3. 3 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Some commentators say the timing of the news points to attempted FUD aimed at causing panic in the market.
2020-11-28 13:49 | |
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Cryptocurrencies worth billions of dollars have been seized during the police crackdown on the PlusToken Ponzi scheme in China.
2020-11-27 13:35 | |
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US Department of Justice announced that it has seized $24 million in cryptocurrencies through a collaboration with the Brazilian federal police investigation pertaining to a cryptocurrency scam operatThe post US and Brazil authorities seize $24 million in crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-5 22:00 | |
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Working in collaboration, U. S. and Brazilian authorities have reportedly seized $24 million in crypto linked to an internet fraud scheme. Referred to as “Operation Egypto,” the investigation was led by Brazilian authorities with American law enforcement aid.
2020-11-6 19:26 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter scam after hackers seized control of “approximately 130 accounts” including those belonging to Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, and others in a bitcoin-related scam, reported Reuters citing unnamed two sources familiar with […]
2020-7-17 16:45 | |
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Chinese authorities have seized cryptocurrencies worth about $15 million while bringing down a scam involving fake Huobi tokens. In addition, ten people were arrested while luxury cars and real estate were confiscated.
2020-7-12 22:15 | |
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A $14 million smart contract scam has been tracked down by the Chinese police. According to reports from a Chinese media outlet, the team of scammers who were said to have been situated in their headquarters in the Eastern Chinese province of Fujian was infiltrated by police officials who arrested the perpetrators. Allegations go as […]
2020-7-11 14:35 | |
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The novel Chinese scam saw perpetrators create fake crypto assets to fleece investors seeking arbitrage opportunities.
2020-7-9 13:30 | |
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Ugandan police have reportedly seized Samson Lwanga, a director of Dunamiscoins crypto scam which managed to get $2.7 million from the victims
2019-12-11 16:23 | |
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The authorities in India appear to have fallen victim to their own anti-crypto regulations. Money seized from a convicted Bitcoin scammer is currently sitting trapped in a frozen State Bank of India of bank account.
2019-10-4 23:00 | |
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Property worth over Rs 38 Crore ($5. 5 million) has been seized in the Indian state of Gujarati from promoters of the Bitconnect cryptocurrency scam. According to the Times of India, the property includes 280 Bitcoins which at the current prices are worth nearly $2.
2019-7-22 17:11 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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According to the latest court documents in the ongoing QuadrigaCX case, the exchange sent roughly $470,000 CAD (approximately $355, 000 USD) worth of bitcoin from a hot wallet to a cold-storage wallet on February 6, 2019.
2019-2-13 03:56 | |
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Chinese Police arrested a group of cryptocurrency scammers following a raid in Xuchang City. The bust, which took place five months ago, was only publicized this week after a story on CCTV News. During the break-in, police seized cash valued at $1.
2019-2-1 02:07 | |
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The GainBitcoin Ponzi scheme was among the most significant Bitcoin schemes to hit the crypto space. In addition to stirring up a new round of panic and accusations that the cryptocurrency community ought to be more properly regulated, this Ponzi scheme is linked to another scam which set the stage for the OneCoin MLM scam, […]
2018-12-23 04:02 | |
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Hackers were able to seize control of the email address of cryptocurrency exchange Uphold – and blast its users with a link to a Bitcoin (BTC) giveaway scam. Fraudsters sent links to a phishing campaign, designed to dupe investors out of their coins.
2018-11-24 12:17 | |
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Polish authorities seized over 44 million PLN ($11. 6 million dollars) from DasCoin, a Ponzi scheme company that scammed users with fraudulent investments. According to local reports, Ewa Bialik, a spokesperson of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the recent seizure of these funds.
2018-10-28 21:48 | |
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The $34 million Bitcoin scam has its prime suspect named Prinya Jaravijit who was arrested in Thailand after returning to the country. Jaravijit is allegedly part of a scam which saw a man from Finland, Aarini Otava Saarimaa scammed out of over 5,500 Bitcoins, this would be worth around $34 million in today’s market.
2018-10-17 12:00 | |
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Stakes over the recent Cardano network split have risen further, with founder Charles Hoskinson calling it a deliberate, targeted attack.
GoPlus Security’s on-chain monitoring concluded that October saw a series of incidents in the crypto community which led to losses exceeding $45.84 million within the month alone. According to a report published by the on-chain security firm GoPlus, the community…
Investors worried about crypto hacks are driving record demand for hardware wallets that store digital assets offline. As per a report by the Financial Times, Ledger, which sells USB-style devices for secure cryptocurrency storage, is having its best year yet…
A new GTIG report reveals that cybercriminals are increasingly using LLMs to make malware smarter, allowing it to rewrite itself in real time and target high-value assets like crypto. A new report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has uncovered a…
Balancer has uncovered the technical root cause behind the recent hack that shook its platform. DeFi protocol Balancer has identified an internal bug in the rounding logic of the “upscale” function as the root cause of the November 3 exploit…
An exploit has shaken the Balancer protocol, putting millions of dollars at risk within hours. Decentralized exchange and automated portfolio management protocol Balancer was targeted in a large-scale attack earlier today with roughly $70.
BNB Chain has discovered the root cause of the X account hack which resulted in a loss amounting to $13,000. The team claims that all users have been fully compensated. In a recent post shared on X, the account declared…