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The feds still haven’t found the Nigerian scammers that stole $50K in Bitcoin

Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports. дальше »

2019-4-25 15:18


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Romanian duo convicted in US for using cryptocurrency malware-mining to steal millions

Two Romanian residents have been convicted of infecting over 400,000 individual computers with malware in order to mine cryptocurrency and steal victims’ data to sell on the dark web. Bogdan Nicolescu, 36, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were convicted by a US jury following a 12-day trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and 12 counts each of wire fraud. дальше »

2019-4-12 15:31


As QuadrigaCX Legal Case Progress Continues, Law Firms Appoint a Steering Committee for Creditors

The problems amongst the QuadrigaCX platform date back over a year, but their most recent development is amongst the creditors. Law firms Miller Thompson and Cox & Palmer have created a commit on behalf of the 115,000 former customers of the platform, according to a court notice on March 19th. On a post on Wednesday, […] дальше »

2019-3-21 18:50


Latest Report Shows OneCoin Indictment Includes Charges Related to Securities Fraud

In a recent report released by The Block, they show hat OneCoin indictment includes securities fraud charges. According to this report released by Nelson Rosario and Stephen Palley, they inform that OneCoin organizer, Ignatov and Ignatova, have been charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and also securities fraud. OneCoin Indictment Includes Securities […] дальше »

2019-3-18 16:53


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Here are the 3 ways OneCoin defrauded cryptocurrency investors for billions

The alleged ringleaders of OneCoin, the multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency-fuelled pyramid scheme, have finally been busted. On Friday, US authorities apprehended brother-and-sister duo Konstantin Ignatov and Ruja Ignatova at Los Angeles International Airport over their role in the international blockchain-based scam, reports Bloomberg. дальше »

2019-3-11 14:42


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Cryptocurrency fraudster faces 5 years in prison for selling fake ICOs

A Brooklyn-based businessman turned cryptocurrency huckster faces up to five years in prison for orchestrating two monstrously phony initial coin offerings (ICOs) last year. Maksim Zaslavskiy, a former institutional developer and “businessman,” plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud before a New York district court yesterday, reports FinanceFeeds. дальше »

2018-11-16 14:18


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Of Moonshots and Mushrooms: Let’s Get Beyond Technocratic Thinking

The following opinion piece on Moonshots and Mushrooms was written by Max Borders, director of Social Evolution and author of The Social Singularity.  When John F. Kennedy was president, he planted a stark and powerful, technocratic image in the minds of Americans…I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade […] The post Of Moonshots and Mushrooms: Let’s Get Beyond Technocratic Thinking appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-9-22 02:25


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Ethereum Is The Scammers Favourite Coin

According to new research by Kaspersky Labs, Ethereum is the favoured coin for cryptocurrency scammers worldwide. As the most notorious cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, Ethereum is the obvious choice for a scammer, built on a huge network but with little mainstream attention, it allows scammers to remain hidden, yet still able to access a huge network filled with the potential to commit fraud. дальше »

2018-8-16 06:00


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Survey: 45% of security professionals reuse the same password

There’s a saying — “practice what you preach. ” If you give advice, make sure it’s something you follow personally. Turns out, some security pros aren’t doing that. A survey of 306 infosec professionals at London’s Infosecurity Conference 2008 from Lastline showed that 45 percent commit one of the biggest security cardinal sins — reusing passwords across accounts. дальше »

2018-7-18 11:29