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Crypto-Pal Fraud Verdict Exposes Fake No-Risk Returns That Cost Investors Nearly $1M

Rasha Siddiqi 4 weeks ago 0

Federal jurors convicted a former cryptocurrency promoter after prosecutors tied him to investment fraud schemes that cost...

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Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky gets U.S. CFTC ban in final resolution with regulator

Melinda 4 weeks ago 0

Alexander Mashinsky, the founder of failed crypto lender Celsius, had earlier been imprisoned for fraud and is...

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Ghana and the UK Use Blockchain to Recover $15.1M From Cross-Border Scam

Rasha Siddiqi 4 weeks ago 0

Law enforcement agencies from Ghana and the United Kingdom recently collaborated to seize $15.1 million in cryptocurrency...

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Florida man pleads guilty for promoting $1.8B ‘HyperFund’ crypto fraud

Melinda 4 weeks ago 0

Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to...

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HyperFund Promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Billion Crypto Scam

Rasha Siddiqi 1 month ago 0

HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a global wire-fraud...

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U.S. Charges Two Men for $389 Million Bitcoin and Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Tied to Dark Web

Melinda 1 month ago 0

Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Charges Two Men for $389 Million Bitcoin and Crypto Money Laundering Scheme Tied to...

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U.S. House bill would erect crypto-theft task force across law enforcement agencies

Melinda 1 month ago 0

New legislation from a bipartisan duo would set up a multi-agency group under the U.S. attorney general...

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Texas Halts Alleged Crypto Pyramid Scheme After ‘Zero-Risk’ Millionaire Promises

Rasha Siddiqi 1 month ago 0

Texas regulators targeted an alleged crypto investment and MLM scheme that promised millionaire status, passive income, and...

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‘The Jury Got It Wrong’: Citron’s Andrew Left Convicted of Securities Fraud

Rasha Siddiqi 2 months ago 0

Andrew Left, the prominent short seller behind Citron Research, was found guilty of securities fraud by a...

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The Bots Were Fake: SEC Sues Privvy Founder Over $12.3 Million Crypto Scheme

Rasha Siddiqi 2 months ago 0

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a Texas entrepreneur it says raised $12.3 million from...

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