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CLS Global Admits to Wash Trading on Uniswap Following FBI Probe
Dubai-based crypto market maker CLS Global will plead guilty to charges related to wash trading on the decentralized…
FBI nabs crypto wash trading scheme on Uniswap
FBI investigators charged a UAE-based crypto firm for generating fake volume with wash trading algorithms on Uniswap’s decentralized…
Strange, but true: 5 outlandish and weird crypto stories of 2024
From failed memecoin stunts and attempted teenage rug pulls on Pump.fun to fake FBI tokens, 2024 didn’t disappoint.
FBI accuses crypto exec of paying LA cops to extort victim’s digital assets
The founder of a cryptocurrency trading platform has been accused of paying Los Angeles police officers to help…
Americans lost over $5.6b in crypto scams in 2023, FBI says
Crypto-related scams and fraud surged last year, with losses skyrocketing 45% in 2023 compared to the previous year,…
North Korea ‘aggressively targeting’ crypto firms, warns FBI
The FBI has issued a warning that North Korean hackers are aggressively targeting employees in the crypto and…
US seeking to forfeit $2.5m for pig-butchering scam victims: ‘we will find them’
U.S. attorneys are attempting to seize $2.5 million in cryptocurrency from an international “pig butchering” scam targeting American…
Huge Interpol operation exposes how prolific crypto scams really are
Almost 4,000 people were arrested worldwide in a recent sting — but we’re only scratching the surface when…
Law firm impersonators target crypto scam victims, FBI alarms
The FBI has issued a public warning that fraudsters posing as lawyers are contacting crypto scam victims, promising…
Crypto cyber gang FIN9 indicted in a $71m operation
FBI brings charges against FIN9 members, including conspiracy to commit fraud, extortion and money laundering related to hacking…
