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OmegaPro co-Founder arrested in Turkey charged with $4 billion Ponzi scheme
Andreas Szakacs, the OmegaPro co-founder, was arrested in Turkey. Authorities have traced $160M in crypto transactions and seized…
Crypto scam: 99 arrested in Philippine raid on Chinese-run center
Philippine authorities conducted a predawn raid on a Chinese-run scam center in Manila on August 22, arresting nearly…
Binance accused of acting as ‘get-away driver’ in new crypto laundering lawsuit
Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, face a class-action lawsuit in the United States and are accused of…
Crypto ATM sting in Germany leads to $28m seizure
German authorities confiscated 13 crypto ATMs and seized nearly $28 million in cash across 35 locations. It’s been…
Germany Federal Office urges use of hardware wallets as crypto theft rises
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) advised crypto users to secure their digital assets with hardware wallets.…
North Korean workers tied to $1.3M crypto theft: ZachXBT
Cybersecurity expert ZachXBT’s recent tweets suggest a sophisticated scheme involving North Korean IT workers posing as crypto developers…
Malaysian police pursuing four suspects after $1.2m crypto kidnapping ransom
Four suspects remain at large in a Malaysian kidnapping case where $1.2 million in cryptocurrency was paid as…
Israeli tourists robbed of $700k in Costa Rica Bitcoin heist
Eleven Israeli tourists were robbed during a violent attack on Santa Teresa de Cóbano beach in Puntarenas, Costa…
UK High Court freezes OneCoin assets in $4 billion fraud crackdown
A UK High Court has issued a global freeze order on assets linked to individuals accused in the…
Plus Token Ponzi scheme wallets moved $63M ETH after years of inactivity
Plus Token wallets moved $63.1M ETH after three years of inactivity. Dormant funds, once held in Bidesk, were…