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Bitcoin scam case: ED attaches assets worth over Rs 97 cr of Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 97.79 crore…

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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam

Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…

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Twitter staff can tweet from any account in 'GodMode' because loopholes weren't closed after Bitcoin scam hack, former engineer reportedly says

It follows a 2020 incident when hackers got access to Twitter's internal systems and made $120,000 …

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The US wants to extradite a British man accused of stealing $8.5 million of crypto from an American citizen

The Brit facing extradition is accused of aiding a hacking group called "The Community" when he was…

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An entrepreneur told police he was tortured for several hours by masked criminals attempting to steal his bitcoin millions

Zaryn Dentzel reportedly told police that an organized gang tied and gagged him before escaping wit…

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Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans

Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans

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Finland is looking to hire a broker to sell 1,981 bitcoins seized in drug bust

The bitcoins, worth around $79 million at time of publication, are currently with Finnish Customs a…

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The Justice Department sentenced a Swedish man to 15 years in prison for a $16 million crypto-fraud scheme

Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson's fraud targeted financially insecure investors, the DOJ said, causing ma…

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The most successful blockchain scams have ripped off nearly $14 million from victims to date, VPN company says

"Due to their nature, blockchain projects remain profitable targets to cybercriminals," says Atlas …

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Crypto scams are preying on vulnerable people. Many victims are deceived online, including an elderly woman who lost thousands.

An Indiana-based woman was only able to recover a fraction of the money she lost to a man who convi…

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South African regulator says it's powerless over suspected $3.6 billion bitcoin scam, as crypto is out of its reach

South Africa's financial services watchdog said Africrypt, the company linked to the missing bitcoi…

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Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history

The siblings founded Africrypt in 2019. Soon after, the brothers, along with 69,000 bitcoins worth …

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US investors reported over $50 million in losses from crypto scams to the Federal Trade Commission in the first quarter

US investors reported a roughly 80% increase in crypto scam losses since the fourth quarter of 2020…

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The CFTC just charged a bitcoin firm with operating the 'largest ever fraud' involving the cryptocurrency

Mirror Trading International offered investors returns as high as 10% a month through a trading "bo…

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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak lost his legal battle against YouTube over videos that used his image to promote bitcoin scams

YouTube scammers used images and a video of Wozniak to convince viewers the Apple cofounder was hos…

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A Hong Kong fashion executive thought she was adopting a kitten from Thailand. She ended up losing $764,000 in a Bitcoin scam.

The 58-year-old woman was conned into paying more than $764,000 to a scammer via 40 separate crypto…

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Police seize $2.7 million of crypto from a British teenager in a credit card fraud scheme

Lincolnshire Police seized more than 48 bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from a boy engaging in o…

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Carry Minati’s YouTube channel hacked as part of bitcoin scam reflects why Steve Wozniak is suing the platform

Less than two weeks after Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and other verified Twitter accounts wer…

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Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked — asks followers for Bitcoin and Ethereum donations

However, Twitter claims that this particular breach was not due to a compromise of its systems o…