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Apple’s App Store promoted fake Bitcoin wallet that stole $1.8M after developer spent a year warning them
Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is facing renewed scrutiny after three Bitcoin holders alleged they lost $1.8 million…
Crypto investor charged with using 8 companies and new investor cash to keep an alleged $20M fraud alive
Federal prosecutors say Sioux Falls crypto investor Benjamin Paul Wiener used eight entities in an alleged fraud and…
Robinhood Chain tokens are reportedly vanishing from wallets causing buyers to lose funds
Cross-chain transaction protocol Relay has claimed that buyers on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood’s permissionless Ethereum Layer 2, lost money…
One crypto wallet tied to a 20-year-old fraudster processed over $122M before Interpol closed in
Interpol said a crypto wallet linked to a 20-year-old fraud suspect processed more than $122.5 million over 10…
Convicted scammer’s “seized” crypto moves to unknown wallets while in prison as DOJ failed to secure funds
The US Justice Department says a prisoner serving a nine-year sentence for money laundering conspired to move about…
Florida’s new crypto ATM law makes scam refunds the cost of doing business
Florida has turned crypto ATM scam prevention into a business-liability test for kiosk operators. The state’s newly chaptered…
Congress moves to rebuild crypto crime task force after DOJ dismantled its dedicated crypto team
Congress wants a task force for cryptocurrency theft months after the Justice Department disbanded NCET. The proposal, introduced…
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security incident, and…
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network…
OpenAI’s new image model shows why crypto scams are about to get much worse
A crypto founder had his laptop compromised when he joined what appeared to be a Microsoft Teams call…
