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US charges developer in LockBit group, paid in crypto
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian and Israeli national, for his alleged…
Nigeria arrests 792 people involved in crypto romance scams
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria arrested 792 individuals allegedly involved in crypto investment and romance…
Chill Guy meme coin violated IP rights, says artist; token crashes 45% in 30 min
The ChillGuy memecoin dropped over 45% in just 30 minutes after it came out that the project does…
UK-based scammer stole $650k in 12 months
Crypto sleuth ZachXBT has exposed a British-based scammer responsible for $650,000 worth of crypto theft in the past…
Bybit reveals over $940m in abnormal withdrawals during H1 2024
Fraudsters continue targeting crypto exchanges, with Bybit reporting nearly $1 billion in suspicious withdrawal requests during the first…
Crypto scam: Supreme Court of India’s YouTube hacked
Hackers compromised the Supreme Court of India’s official YouTube channel to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme involving Ripple’s…
CFTC wins $36m victory in California crypto fraud case
New York resident William Koo Ichioka agreed to pay $36 million in a CFTC case alleging cryptocurrency and…
Memecoin scam promoted through compromised X accounts
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has alerted the community to a scam meme coin promotion using several major X accounts.…
BaseBros DeFi project enacts rug pull, steals over $130k
BaseBros Fi, a decentralized finance yield optimization protocol built on the Base blockchain, has vanished, presumably rug-pulling its…
DuckDuckGo ranks Etherscan phishing websites in top results
DuckDuckGo users have fallen victim to phishing attacks, resulting in significant cryptocurrency losses after visiting fraudulent websites that…
