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In 2019 the world was captivated by news of a Chinese-based crypto Ponzi scheme called PlusToken. The ringleaders of this scheme defrauded unsuspecting investors out of billions of dollars’ worth of crypto.
2020-5-17 21:30 | |
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The CFTC has charged a Colorado individual for allegedly defrauding investors out of more than $500K via a crypto trading scheme
2020-2-16 19:32 | |
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A New Zealand church accused of colluding with a crypto Ponzi scheme to defraud the congregation has denied participating in illegal activity
2019-5-3 23:56 | |
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Ethereum may be under attack, the Netherlands sets up crypto licensing scheme, and Allianz chief has no time for crypto.
2018-12-13 03:38 | |
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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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50/50 Team Crowdfunding Review Have you seen a site 50/50 Team Crowdfunding (or only Team Crowdfunding) which works on the ominous address 66719.5050cf.com? If you are interested in this business and you want to know whether it is legitimate or not, you have come to the right place because we will review it here and […]
2018-12-12 00:50 | |
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Bitcoin proponent and former Wall Street hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz remains optimistic despite the prolonged 2018 bear market. The investor holds that Bitcoin will become “digital gold” – a store of value in the same sense gold is.
2018-12-12 21:00 | |
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The entire crypto-economy has been meandering just above $109 billion after the last two weeks of market dumps. Volume has been light this week as digital asset enthusiasts and traders are now pondering the crypto market’s next big move.
2018-12-11 23:50 | |
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AdFeedz is among the most recent crypto projects to get caught up with the due diligence process within the crypto markets right now. The project’s website is fairly shallow and does not provide information on its ownership status.
2018-12-9 20:46 | |
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The world of cryptocurrency is suffering from the endless scams and pyramid schemes cropping up daily. In this article we focus on the Exp Asset scheme that promises a 120% return on investment (ROI) in 120 days.
2018-12-9 19:36 | |
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At this stage, it appears to be a mere procedure. The Ontario Securities Commission is seeking to have USI-Tech permanently banned from its jurisdiction. This order was requested via a Statement of Allegations that was filed on December 4, 2018.
2018-12-8 01:06 | |
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Statum Global is a company that works as an MLM cryptocurrency scam. According to some information provided by the firm, they are located out of Hong Kong and Eathan Cheng seems to be the founder. According to a report made by Behind MLM, there is no information about Cheng and that it is only related […]
2018-12-7 01:54 | |
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The Collapse Of Omnia Tech And The Rise Of A New Trading Ponzi scheme Omnia Tech ventured into the cryptocurrency market as a mining services provider promising lucrative returns on investments. It has held up its end of the bargain the past year and a half, but it is now in the cold as its […]
2018-12-5 19:43 | |
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With more crypto mining schemes popping up every day, it can be quite difficult for unsuspecting individuals who just want a decent source of passive income, to choose the right programs to invest in.
2018-12-4 19:10 | |
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Recently, it has been increasingly clear that Vietnamese authorities are still not too sure about their approach regarding the regulation of the crypto sphere. Notably, the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice has suggested varying explications on how the crypto industry should be organized.
2018-12-4 11:17 | |
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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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My Matching Ads was recently the subject of a review by BehindMLM, and it seems that their information doesn’t quite line up with what a business should detail. With any one of these reviews, the website cautions their reader to be aware of checking who owns or runs the business before they invest. That being […]
2018-12-3 18:12 | |
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Everyone loves predicting what the future holds for Bitcoin these days. “Filthy nocoiners” like your family member you are having dinner with or that friend who just had a beer too many will often tell you it’s all a bubble, it’s just “neckbeard” Ponzi scheme controlled by a single entity which will crash soon enough […] The post Crypto “experts” from Twitter and YouTube are harming new BTC owners with their predictions.
2018-12-2 02:20 | |
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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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In this article, we'll explain all of the details you need to know about USI Tech scam and its large-scale cryptocurrency pyramid scheme. The post How USI Tech Pulled off One of the Largest Crypto Scams appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-11-26 19:27 | |
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The public face of OneCoin, Sebastian Greenwood, has been arrested and extradited to the United States. Greenwood was captured by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) in Thailand as reported by the Bangkok Post.
2018-11-24 21:48 | |
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With many crypto mining sites and services springing up these days, all of them hyping money spinning opportunities and looking to get you to invest, it’s hard to know which ones are truly genuine and those that aren’t.
2018-11-22 19:25 | |
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An executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), Benoit Coeure, dealt a verbal blow to bitcoin and the infant cryptocurrency industry when he termed the digital currency “a combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme, and an environmental disaster,” per a report by Bloomberg, published November 15, 2018.
2018-11-19 09:00 | |
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What Is CoinBase Cycler? Have you ever heard of CoinBase Cycler? Do not confuse this company with Coinbase, the American crypto exchange. Unfortunately, the company that we will review today is a shameless scam and has nothing to do with the original Coinbase.
2018-11-18 07:48 | |
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Police in Tokyo have arrested eight men alleged to have run a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that amassed about $68.70 million.
2018-11-15 19:00 | |
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Eight men, six of whom have admitted to the allegations, have been arrested for running a crypto pyramid scheme which defrauded around 6,000 people in Japan.
2018-11-15 13:12 | |
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$68. 42 Million Stolen In Bitcoin Scheme Since Bitcoin’s inception, a mere decade ago, malicious users of the world’s first blockchain have sought to capitalize on the pseudonymous and anti-governmental nature of the Bitcoin Network and other crypto platforms.
2018-11-15 09:00 | |
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Bitcoin Cash splits, IBM targets Thailand, crypto malware infests the Google Play Store, crypto Ponzi scheme busted in Japan, and accountants claim that ‘institutionalization’ is crypto’s only hope.
2018-11-15 03:50 | |
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As global regulators rush to institute legal frameworks aimed at reducing the amount of fraud and scams that exist within the cryptocurrency industry, a recent series of arrests in Tokyo highlight just how important regulations can be.
2018-11-15 02:00 | |
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Japanese Police Arrests 8 Men For Involvement In $68 Million USD Crypto Pyramid Scheme The Tokyo police have recently arrested eight men that were suspected of leading a $68. 4 million USD crypto and pyramid scheme.
2018-11-14 22:29 | |
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Thailand's Democrat Party has become the first political party to use blockchain technology to elect its leaders in a primary election, which was held from November 1–9, 2018.
2018-11-14 01:06 | |
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Ambidant Marketing allegedly lured individuals with "halal" investment.
2018-11-14 22:56 | |
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FirstCoin Club Collapses Amidst Accusations Of Fraud Never trust a Ponzi scheme. It should be obvious, right? Unfortunately, it’s generally not. FirstCoin Club was a Ponzi scheme launched in 2017 that called out the attention of many investors who used their real money and got the useless altcoin of the company as a prize. As […]
2018-11-13 01:18 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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Three Directors Of Zambia’s Heritage Coin Resources Limited Accused Of Laundering $2. 4 Million Arrested Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has apprehended three directors of the Heritage Coin Resources Limited in an alleged offence of laundering more than k28,000,000, which is approximately $2.
2018-11-12 20:42 | |
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A new Ponzi scheme is operating in a similar way as Bitconnect was doing in the past. BitherCash, the name of this fraudulent scheme, has been reviewed by BehindMLM on November 10. According to the report, the company does not provide any information about who owns or runs the business. However, this seems to go […]
2018-11-11 21:16 | |
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A Middle School principle in China was fired after staffers uncovered a cryptocurrency mining scheme utilizing school computers. Local media in China have begun to write about a foiled cryptocurrency mining scheme organized by the principal of Puman Middle School.
2018-11-11 08:45 | |
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In a collaboration with LongHash and BTC Inc, JRR Crypto has launched an international token design competition. Beginning on October 26, 2018, JRR Crypto launched this design competition at a multiday festival in Berlin.
2018-11-9 17:35 | |
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In a recent interview, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne described the entire modern financial system as a “big Keynesian magic money tree ponzi scheme,” adding that its collapse will usher in the global adoption of cryptocurrency.
2018-11-8 03:34 | |
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HK Stock Market Commentator Indicted In HK$6. 9 Million Crypto Scam Hong Kong Media platform, The Standard, has reported that investors have complained that Raymond Yuen, a prominent stock market commentator, ran a fraud scheme and deprived the people of nearly 7 million Hong Kong Dollars.
2018-11-5 20:42 | |
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Banks facilitate joint accounts, which are in the name of at least two people. With cryptocurrency wallets too, multiple owners are allowed to log into one wallet. Now, open-sourced mobile wallet for Ethereum and Bitcoin, Multy, is making the use of such wallets easier.
2018-10-31 13:59 | |
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What Is Initiative Q: New Crypto Payment Network Or Faulty Q Token Spam? Have you ever heard of the Initiative Q? In case you haven’t, you should know that it was described by David Gerard, a crypto journalist from the United Kingdom, as “a non-crypto private currency, marketed by a pyramid scheme”. Well, that pretty […]
2018-10-30 05:24 | |
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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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On October 22, 2018, The Chicago Sun Times revealed the findings of unsealed court documents which detailed an FBI investigation into a ring of suspected cryptojackers. The alleged ring is comprised of a group of online gamers who met while playing the popular video game Call of Duty.
2018-10-27 23:00 | |
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A group of Call of Duty players allegedly masterminded a scheme that allowed them to steal over $3 million in cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-23 13:03 | |
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A group of Call of Duty players are suspected by authorities of masterminding a scheme to steal more than $3 million in cryptocurrency. The group allegedly hacked into cryptocurrency wallets after gaining access to a victim’s cell phone.
2018-10-23 07:00 | |
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After the recent hard fork upgrade of its protocol, Monero has seen its transaction fees shrink by approximately 97 percent, dropping from 60 cents to just 2 cents.
2018-10-23 22:09 | |
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On October 18, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered a New York-based firm Gelfman Blueprint, Inc. and CEO Nicholas Gelfman to pay $2. 5 million in fines and restitution for running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
2018-10-22 09:00 | |
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A Federal Court in New York has passed a serious verdict that’s about to make fraudsters in the crypto world lose sleep for now on. A CEO of a hedge fund, together with the hedge fund entity itself, is to pay upwards of $2.
2018-10-20 03:14 | |
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The US DOJ has finalized $400 million forfeiture from Helix crypto mixer, highlighting money laundering risks and privacy tool debates. The post The US DOJ Finalizes $400M Forfeiture in Helix Crypto Mixer Case appeared first on Coinspeaker.
The years-long federal case against the founders of privacy-focused Samourai Wallet is taking a major turn. According to court filings dated July 29, Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill will formally plead guilty in their money laundering…
U.S. authorities have charged two men for running a crypto investment scam that defrauded thousands of investors. According to an indictment unsealed on Monday, co-founders Michael Shannon Sims and Juan Carlos Reynoso launched the fake investment platform in 2019, ran…
A 38-year-old Russian founder of a cryptocurrency payment firm has been charged by the United States Department of Justice for the operation of a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme. According to a DOJ statement released on June 9, Iurii Gugnin,…
Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey has speculated that the U.S. Department of Justice might be rapidly conducting Silk Road BTC liquidations. In a Mar. 10 post on X, Bailey suggested that Silk Road liquidations could be happening despite U.S. President…
This marks the first criminal tax evasion prosecution centered solely on bitcoin.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a website to collect information from individuals affected by the 2016 Bitfinex hack, according to a Nov. 7 statement. The DOJ announced it was inviting statements from those impacted by the hack, including affected Bitfinex account holders.