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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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Former US Bank CEO Shan Hanes Jailed For Stealing $47 Million In Crypto Scheme
A former chief executive officer (CEO) of a US bank has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for embezzling $47 million in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
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HashFlare Founders Arrested in Estonia for $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Founders of the Bitcoin cloud miner platform HashFlare were arrested in Estonia this week for alleged wire fraud and money laundering. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, the creators behind HashFlare, were charged by the US District Court in Seattle for reportedly running a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and scamming investors.
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Two Arrested in Estonia for Cheating Hundreds of Thousands in $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Authorities in Estonia have arrested two men on suspicion of defrauding $575 million (roughly Rs. 4,700 crore) from hundreds of thousands of people, police said on Monday. The joint operation involved more than 100 police officers, including around 15 US federal agents. According to a statement by the authorities, "invited people to invest in their...
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Over 50,000 BTC Worth Over $1 Billion Recovered from Silk Road Darknet Debacle
The US authorities have recovered Bitcoin worth $1.04 billion (roughly Rs. 8,228 crore) related to the infamous dark-web marketplace, Silk Road. The recovery was made from an address in Georgia connected with James Zhong. The accused has pleaded guilty to committing this wire fraud in 2012.
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Crypto Pyramid Scheme Lands 11 in Trouble, SEC Alleges $300 Million Were Raised by Fraud
A total of 11 individuals in the US have been charged with whipping-up a crypto pyramid scheme, defrauding “millions of retailers”, and churning over $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,359 crore). Carolyn Welshhans, Acting Chief of the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit called Forsage a fraudulent pyramid scheme launched on a massive scale and aggre...
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US SEC Charges 11 People for Promoting Fraud Crypto Pyramid, Ponzi Scheme
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 11 people for creating, and promoting a fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme. The scheme, Forsage, raised over $300 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crores) from retail investors worldwide, including in the United States. Two of the defendants agreed to settle the charges and one of them ag...
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US Watchdog Charges 11 Individuals In $300 Million Crypto Ponzi Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it charged 11 people for their roles in creating and promoting a fraudulentcryptopyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised over $300 million from retail investors worldwide, including in the United States.
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Coinbase Insider Trading: Two Indians Brothers, Houston Man Charged in First Crypto Insider Trading Case
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged three persons with insider trading charges, in what the agency has called the first cryptocurrency insider trading scheme. Two Indian brothers Ishan and Nikil Wahi, and Houston resident Sameer Ramani were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to commit ins...
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Lawsuit Accuses Crypto Lender Celsius Network Of Ponzi Scheme Fraud
A former investment manager at Celsius Network sued the crypto lender on Thursday, saying it used customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token and failed to properly hedge risk, causing it to freeze customer assets.
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Crypto Lender Celsius Network Sued by Former Investment Manager Alleging Fraud
Crypto lender Celsius Network was served with lawsuit by a former investment manager, Jason Stone, accusing the firm of using customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token. Celsius allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme to defraud the plaintiff KeyFi into providing services worth millions of dollars and refusing to pay for them.
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OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Now in Europol's Most Wanted Criminal List
Ruja Ignatova, the founder of Ponzi scheme OneCoin, has been added to Europe’s list of most wanted fugitives as of Wednesday. Ignatova is known for being the founding head of OneCoin, one of the biggest scams in the history of crypto, and the basis of the BBC podcast series, titled The Missing Cryptoqueen.
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Man Arrested In Rs 1,200-Crore Crypto Fraud Case, 900 Investors Duped
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an accused in connection with its money laundering probe against a Kerala-based businessman, who is alleged to have cheated more than 900 investors to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore
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BitConnect’s Indian-Origin Founder Indicted in US for Running $2.4-Billion Global Ponzi Scheme
The founder of now-defunct cryptocurrency investment platform BitConnect has been indicted by the US Department of Justice on charges of orchestrating a global ponzi scheme worth $2.4 billion (roughly Rs. 18,110 crore).
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Rajkot Police Nab Two Individuals Accused of Cryptocurrency Fraud Worth Rs. 38 Lakh
Rajkot police have managed to nab two individuals who were allegedly running a cryptocurrency racket by setting up a portal where people were duped into signing smart contracts.
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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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Former US Bank CEO Shan Hanes Jailed For Stealing $47 Million In Crypto Scheme
A former chief executive officer (CEO) of a US bank has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for embezzling $47 million in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
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HashFlare Founders Arrested in Estonia for $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Founders of the Bitcoin cloud miner platform HashFlare were arrested in Estonia this week for alleged wire fraud and money laundering. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, the creators behind HashFlare, were charged by the US District Court in Seattle for reportedly running a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and scamming investors.
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Two Arrested in Estonia for Cheating Hundreds of Thousands in $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Authorities in Estonia have arrested two men on suspicion of defrauding $575 million (roughly Rs. 4,700 crore) from hundreds of thousands of people, police said on Monday. The joint operation involved more than 100 police officers, including around 15 US federal agents. According to a statement by the authorities, "invited people to invest in their...
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Over 50,000 BTC Worth Over $1 Billion Recovered from Silk Road Darknet Debacle
The US authorities have recovered Bitcoin worth $1.04 billion (roughly Rs. 8,228 crore) related to the infamous dark-web marketplace, Silk Road. The recovery was made from an address in Georgia connected with James Zhong. The accused has pleaded guilty to committing this wire fraud in 2012.
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Crypto Pyramid Scheme Lands 11 in Trouble, SEC Alleges $300 Million Were Raised by Fraud
A total of 11 individuals in the US have been charged with whipping-up a crypto pyramid scheme, defrauding “millions of retailers”, and churning over $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,359 crore). Carolyn Welshhans, Acting Chief of the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit called Forsage a fraudulent pyramid scheme launched on a massive scale and aggre...
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US SEC Charges 11 People for Promoting Fraud Crypto Pyramid, Ponzi Scheme
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 11 people for creating, and promoting a fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme. The scheme, Forsage, raised over $300 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crores) from retail investors worldwide, including in the United States. Two of the defendants agreed to settle the charges and one of them ag...
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US Watchdog Charges 11 Individuals In $300 Million Crypto Ponzi Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it charged 11 people for their roles in creating and promoting a fraudulentcryptopyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised over $300 million from retail investors worldwide, including in the United States.
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Coinbase Insider Trading: Two Indians Brothers, Houston Man Charged in First Crypto Insider Trading Case
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged three persons with insider trading charges, in what the agency has called the first cryptocurrency insider trading scheme. Two Indian brothers Ishan and Nikil Wahi, and Houston resident Sameer Ramani were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to commit ins...
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Lawsuit Accuses Crypto Lender Celsius Network Of Ponzi Scheme Fraud
A former investment manager at Celsius Network sued the crypto lender on Thursday, saying it used customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token and failed to properly hedge risk, causing it to freeze customer assets.
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Crypto Lender Celsius Network Sued by Former Investment Manager Alleging Fraud
Crypto lender Celsius Network was served with lawsuit by a former investment manager, Jason Stone, accusing the firm of using customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token. Celsius allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme to defraud the plaintiff KeyFi into providing services worth millions of dollars and refusing to pay for them.
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OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Now in Europol's Most Wanted Criminal List
Ruja Ignatova, the founder of Ponzi scheme OneCoin, has been added to Europe’s list of most wanted fugitives as of Wednesday. Ignatova is known for being the founding head of OneCoin, one of the biggest scams in the history of crypto, and the basis of the BBC podcast series, titled The Missing Cryptoqueen.
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Man Arrested In Rs 1,200-Crore Crypto Fraud Case, 900 Investors Duped
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an accused in connection with its money laundering probe against a Kerala-based businessman, who is alleged to have cheated more than 900 investors to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore
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BitConnect’s Indian-Origin Founder Indicted in US for Running $2.4-Billion Global Ponzi Scheme
The founder of now-defunct cryptocurrency investment platform BitConnect has been indicted by the US Department of Justice on charges of orchestrating a global ponzi scheme worth $2.4 billion (roughly Rs. 18,110 crore).
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Rajkot Police Nab Two Individuals Accused of Cryptocurrency Fraud Worth Rs. 38 Lakh
Rajkot police have managed to nab two individuals who were allegedly running a cryptocurrency racket by setting up a portal where people were duped into signing smart contracts.
