2019-5-22 13:43 |
Brazillian police have arrested ten people suspected of operating a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme worth 850 million reals ($210 million)
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The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against an Ohia man and his companies for misappropriating more than $12 million from customers in a cryptocurrency-fueled Ponzi scheme.
2022-8-13 19:09 | |
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Alleged dealer pleads guilty to running a $25 million Bitcoin money-laundering scheme and sale of methamphetamine
2019-8-26 21:50 | |
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Brazil has taken drastic action against a fraudulent cryptocurrency pyramid scheme by shutting down its operation in the country. The pyramid scheme which is worth 850 million reals equivalent to $210 million promises a return of 15% after the first month of investment in the scheme.
2019-5-22 21:25 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 21, 2019, obtained an emergency order to halt the operations of an ongoing $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. Necessary Safety Measures The U.
2019-5-22 16:00 | |
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Two OTC traders in China have been accused of illegally soliciting over 7,000 bitcoin in deposits for a supposed loan offering.
2019-5-22 11:05 | |
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By CCN: The U. S. SEC has secured a court order to stop an alleged diamond-backed Ponzi scheme estimated to be worth around $30 million. The securities regulator outlined how more than 300 investors were fleeced into handing over funds to Florida-based Argyle Coin LLC.
2019-5-22 22:30 | |
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A man has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly scamming investors out of over $2.2 million in a fake bitcoin mining scheme.
2019-5-21 20:30 | |
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On March 21, 2019, Dutch news outlet NL Times reported that “Berry van M. ,” a 33-year-old Dutch businessman and the operator of now-defunct trading platform Koinz Trading, has been arrested on charges of deceiving investors with a bogus bitcoin mining scheme.
2019-5-21 19:56 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action over what it alleges is a $30 million crypto scam based on supposed diamond investment.
2019-5-21 17:25 | |
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An alleged bitcoin mining fraud scheme involving $110 million sees an arrest in the Netherlands
2019-5-21 14:48 | |
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An alleged bitcoin mining fraud scheme involving $110 million sees an arrest in the Netherlands
2019-5-21 14:48 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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It’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s what happened. 1. Binance says it will resume deposits and withdrawals on its platform on Tuesday.
2019-5-13 10:58 | |
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Chinese authorities were able to uncover a fraudulent mining scheme that stole approximately $293 million from crypto users. As reported by the local news outlet 8BTC, a fake Chinese company called Lianxin Tech, sold more than 300,000 units of mining hardware to users in just a few months. Investors believed that they were going to […]
2019-5-12 19:10 | |
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By CCN: Berkshire Hathaway, the multinational corporation led by billionaire Warren Buffett, posted a $377 million first-quarter charge for investment losses related to a solar Ponzi scheme. Berkshire invested $340 million in Ponzi scheme Berkshire made the disturbing revelations in a regulatory filing during its annual shareholders meeting last weekend.
2019-5-9 18:16 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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OneCoin Scammers Steal $2.3 Million Through Samoan Churches Samoa is now in the center of the storm regarding the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin. According to Radio NZ, ministers of the nation invited the digital currency to preach to the congregation of a church in the country. OneCoin Use NZ and AU To Circumvent Ban The […]
2019-4-27 22:52 | |
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Yet another organization thought to be tied the multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin has been uncovered. Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) has named the Samoa Worship Centre as being used as a front in the $3 billion OneCoin scam which promised unrealistic returns for investing in a fake cryptocurrency.
2019-4-26 15:16 | |
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Law enforcers from around the globe seem to finally be getting up to speed with tackling cryptocurrency crimes. But it seems the lure of Bitcoin is still too much for some, even for those that should be protecting citizens from cyber-criminals.
2019-4-23 15:14 | |
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Bitcoin trader Jacob Burrell Campos was sentenced on April 8, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
2019-4-13 18:54 | |
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Okay, Green New Deal supporters. You’re on notice that this widely-pitched effort has a predecessor that preyed on people who fell for a bogus company that touted clean energy solutions. Its sinister founders even managed to hoodwink former President Bill Clinton.
2019-4-10 19:11 | |
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A scam group has been arrested in Seoul for stealing over $18 million from victims after being caught by an artificial intelligence (AI) program, Korea JoongAng Daily reports on April 8, 2019. Big Crime, Big Time Crypto-related crimes are quite wide and varied.
2019-4-9 20:00 | |
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A special South Korean investigative agency in Seoul has successfully used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to unravel a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded 56,000 people of more than $18. 7 million.
2019-4-8 15:30 | |
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Police have reportedly used AI to spot a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in South Korea that cheated investors out of $18.5 million.
2019-4-8 14:20 | |
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South Korean police have caught the masterminds of a Bitcoin-fuelled Ponzi scheme responsible for generating almost $19 million in revenue. The scam, called “M-Coin,” is said to have targeted those with poor understanding of the technology – mostly elderly people, retirees, and housewives – with promises of free cryptocurrency and recruitment bonuses for signing up others, reports Korea Joon Gang Daily.
2019-4-8 12:29 | |
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The two CEOs of an alleged South Korean crypto Ponzi scheme worth $18.3 million have been caught by police using AI
2019-4-8 10:51 | |
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Indian Supreme Court Bails Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Amit Bhardwaj Out It looks like you can steal $300 million USD with a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme and get away with that, at least if you’re in India, that is.
2019-4-4 21:38 | |
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Amit Bharadwaj, the accused in a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme worth $300 million, was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court of India. Bharadwaj, the Founder of GainBitcoin, was suffering from kidney failure for months, his lawyer Deepak Prakash informed the court.
2019-4-4 16:14 | |
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Amit Bhardwaj, a man accused of running a $300-million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, has reportedly been granted bail on medical grounds, citing a deteriorating kidney condition. The former entrepreneur, who was arrested in Bangkok last year, was reportedly admitted into Apollo Hospital in India, maintaning he needed regular dialysis treatment to treat his condition.
2019-4-4 13:46 | |
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The leader of a prolific cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, OneCoin, was arrested and charged on Mar. 6th. OneCoin Ltd. claims to have 3 million members—or victims—worldwide and has generated over €3.
2019-3-11 08:15 | |
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A new set of reports by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, compiled from over 1. 3 million leaked transactions from 238,000 companies, have linked many major banks to a scheme to channel billions of dollars out of Russia.
2019-3-7 08:25 | |
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The founder of My Big Coin, a crypto company based in Nevada, has been recently arrested for fraud. The police enforcement affirms that the man has defrauded people in a $6 million USD scheme in order to buy My Big Coin, a token that was allegedly backed by gold. Named Randall Crater, the founder was […]
2019-2-28 05:27 | |
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Back in 2014, a group led by a woman named Ruja Ignatova created a Ponzi scheme called Onecoin which, together with the organization Onelife, defrauded billions from 3 million people. At peak popularity, the group declared that Onecoin would be a “Bitcoin killer” but the pyramid scheme is now in ashes and many of its […] The post ‘Bitcoin Killer’ Onecoin Is Ashes But Investigations Continue to This Day appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-2-22 00:30 | |
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With Bitcoin up 2. 7 percent over the past week, the cryptocurrency market closed in the green this weekend. But is the trend here to stay or are the bears coming to leave investors bleeding yet again? Let’s take a look at the news and find out.
2019-2-18 13:09 | |
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Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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Police in Taipei has apprehended 15 suspects involved in a scam initial coin offering (ICO) scheme known as IBCoins, which generated nearly $8. 13 million for the bad actors since September 2018, local news source, Focus Taiwan reported on January 26, 2019.
2019-1-28 18:00 | |
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Crypto scams are nothing new and exist on different scales from those on the internet who try to hack into crypto wallets to those who run large scam rings. Fortunately, those scams are becoming easier to detect and law enforcement is closing in on many of them. This can be seen in Taiwan where 15 […]
2019-1-28 23:12 | |
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Stox is a company that was launched by Moshe Hogeg in 2013 as a subsidiary of Invest.com, another business of Hogeg’s. Despite already being life, Hogeg chose to wait until last year to officially launch an initial coin offering (ICO), which many people may remember for its promotion by boxer Floyd Mayweather. As a result […]
2019-1-25 09:33 | |
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In Taipei, a group of Bitcoin con artists have been charged with running an elaborate cryptocurrency scam that defrauded local and foreign investors out of millions of dollars. Authorities formally charged a 47-year-old man surnamed Lin, along with six accomplices, with violating Taiwan‘s Banking and Multi-Level Marketing Supervision acts with a fake Bitcoin investment scam, reports FocusTaiwan.
2019-1-18 16:03 | |
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On January 7, 2019, The South China Morning Post reported that several residents had been duped of over HK$3 million (~$382,000) in a crypto mining scheme by entrepreneur Wong Ching-kit. Backstory: Face of a Mining Operation Wong Ching-kit, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, has been accused of running a scam by several Hong Kong residents who accuse him of making away with just under.
2019-1-9 12:00 | |
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Riot Blockchain, Inc. replaced its CEO in September after the SEC charged him in connection with a fraudulent $27 million pump and dump scheme. Now another person involved in that case, biotech billionaire Phillip Frost, has agreed to pay $5.
2019-1-1 17:40 | |
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Silver Miller, a US-based cryptocurrency Investor law firm has filed a lawsuit against Jeremy Spence for allegedly organizing a Ponzi scheme disguised as an investment hedge fund claiming to be managing $5 million worth of investors assets, reports Finance Magnates on December 27, 2018.
2018-12-28 03:00 | |
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The local authorities in Pune, India, recently confiscated 452 Bitcoins worth $1. 8 million from suspect involved in notorious cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. India’s Biggest Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme According to The Times of India, authorities of the cybercrime department in the city of Pune, India, recently recovered 452 Bitcoins (BTC) worth $1.
2018-12-22 11:14 | |
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The Times of India reported on December 20, 2018, that the cyber crime branch of Pune police had seized 452 bitcoins worth $1. 8 million from one of the ten suspects involved in a cryptocurrency related Ponzi scheme case.
2018-12-21 01:00 | |
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German blockchain startup Bitwala has launched crypto banking in Germany. After securing €4 million (roughly $4. 5 million) from VC firms Earlybird and Coparion in September of 2018 to develop a crypto banking solution, the company has allegedly amassed a waiting list of 30,000 potential users.
2018-12-13 22:32 | |
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Recently, the CEO of Ohio-based nonprofit JumpStart Inc. announced that his company, along with six others, would invest vast sums of money into Ohio’s blockchain startups.
2018-12-3 19:32 | |
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The FBI has arrested the CEO of Dallas-based AriseBank on November 28, 2018, reports Dallas News. The arrest was made after allegations of company CEO, Jared Rice Sr. duping hundreds of investors out of more than $4 million.
2018-11-30 14:00 | |
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The CEO of blockchain startup AriseBank, Jared Rice, is facing up to 120 years in prison for duping numerous investors out of $4 million in a cryptocurrency scheme. Rice promised his cryptocurrency would offer Visa-like functionality, but instead he spent investors’ Bitcoin on hotels and clothes.
2018-11-29 14:43 | |
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For the first time, the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has traced illicit bitcoin activity to the public addresses of two sanctioned individuals.
2018-11-29 21:41 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against an alleged crypto pyramid scheme, NovaTech, and eight of its promoters on Monday, charging them with fraud and multiple violations of federal securities laws.
New York AG Letitia James has sued crypto firms NovaTechFx and AWS Mining for allegedly defrauding over 11,000 individuals out of more than $1 billion in a pyramid scheme. New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit on…
The idea of a yield-paying layer-2 blockchain atop Ethereum has clearly demonstrated market allure. But even the project's biggest investor has taken issue with the execution and marketing surrounding the initial rollout.
20 victims of an alleged $2.5 million cryptocurrency pyramid scheme have appealed to Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation to investigate their case
In the world of cryptocurrency, there is always some sort of controversy worth keeping an eye on. While no one benefits from these dubious projects and scams, they tend to spark some interesting debates.
Even though the cryptocurrency world allows for a lot of innovation, its underpinning technology is often used for the oddest ventures. In the case of FOMO3D, it is a very interesting game, although it’s also clearly a “legitimate” pyramid scheme which will cause at least one individual to lose a lot of money. The FOMO3D […]