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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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How Trump flipped from bitcoin skeptic to 'crypto president'
Donald Trump once said bitcoin is based on "thin air." Now, he wants to make the US the industry's …
Filip De Mott
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Bitcoin tests $70k after Trump says US will be 'crypto capital of the planet'
At a bitcoin conference over the weekend, Trump pledged to make the US a "bitcoin superpower" if el…
Kelly Cloonan
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I was scammed out of nearly $300,000 and was forced to abandon my retirement dreams
A 70-year-old man lost almost $300,000 — all of his savings — to a scam. He feels older people are …
Kelly Burch
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Former Chinese takeaway worker jailed for money laundering after police seized 61,000 bitcoins — currently worth $4 billion
Authorities were alerted when the British-Chinese woman attempted to buy London properties valued a…
Nathan Rennolds
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'Pig-butchering' scams have netted criminals $75 billion in stolen crypto, study says
Pig-butchering scams involve sending a wrong-number text and then building trust with a victim, who…
Yuheng Zhan
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Brazilian 'bitcoin king' arrested in an alleged $300 million embezzlement case
The arrests were made after a three-year investigation centered in the southern state of Parana.
Carla Mozée
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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…
Jennifer Sor
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Lawyers for the South African brothers who vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in possibly the largest-ever crypto heist have been terminated from the case
The South-Africa based lawyers told Bloomberg their mandate to assist the brothers has been termina…
Emily Graffeo
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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…
Shalini Nagarajan
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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…
Carla Mozée
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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…
Carla Mozée
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Founder of now-defunct BitConnect has been indicted for a $2.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme.
BitConnect has since ceased trading and its founder, Satish Kumbhani, has been charged with a litan…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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After the 'Tinder Swindler', the FBI is now warning about the rise in romance scams, while a survey showed 1 in 3 Americans are more likely to date someone who talks about crypto
Romance scams increasingly involve crypto, as 33% of Americans say they're more likely to date some…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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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…
Will Daniel
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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…
Harry Robertson
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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 …
Isabelle Lee
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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…
Matthew Loh
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A 33-year-old identity thief who bought a diamond-encrusted bitcoin pendant and stole half a million dollars gets 3 years in prison
The suspect acquired credit card information from "carding websites" on the dark web to carry out h…
Shalini Nagarajan
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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…