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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…
Zahra Tayeb
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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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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 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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El Salvador's Chivo bitcoin wallet gets a new software developer after complaints about ID theft and disappearing funds
El Salvador will use crypto software developer AlphaPoint to deal with problems that its bitcoin wa…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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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 …
Pete Syme
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Top cryptocurrency scams of 2019 — and how most hackers got away with it
Like any heist, pulling off a successful scam in only part of the story. A truly successful cr…
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Metallica warns its fans about a crypto scam after a fan lost more than $25,000 in bitcoin on a fake Metallica-themed YouTube channel
A Twitter user shared a picture of a phony Metallica channel with 42,000 subscribers purporting to …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Insider trading, IP theft, fake art and fake profiles — Scammers are taking advantage of NFT platforms’ lack of regulation
As far back as March, there were reports of people impersonating others in order to sell NFTs …
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US Sen. Sherrod Brown says crypto ads during Super Bowl did not address the 'fraud, scams, and outright theft' in the space
Sen. Brown said the ads didn't address "fraud, scams, and outright theft" in the space and urged re…
Isabelle Lee
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Investors likely to lose almost $545 million worth Bitcoin in 2022 by forgetting passwords and various other mistakes, suggests report
"Crypto gets lost for a host of reasons: People forget the passwords to their wallets; people make …
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The 17-year-old 'mastermind' behind the massive Twitter hack reportedly has a history of running online scams using Minecraft and Bitcoin
Legal records show that Graham Clark was previously suspected of being involved in the theft of $85…
Aaron Holmes
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The stunning growth of cryptocurrency markets in 2021 also came with an 80% rise in crypto crimes, new analysis shows
In 2021, crypto-based crimes hit a new all-time high with illicit addresses receiving $14 billion, …
Isabelle Lee
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A new cryptocurrency scam targeting gamers has already siphoned off $2 million in Monero
Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K19, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 players are being duped into mining for…
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The Deep Web's top drugs marketplace suddenly vanished overnight in an apparent scam
Community members are furious. One warned that Kimble and Vertu have "got got 24 hours (and that is…
Rob Price
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'Sheep Marketplace' Goes Offline And Up To $44 Million In Bitcoins Disappears
We are sorry to say, but we were robbed on Saturday 11/21/2013 by vendor EBOOK101. This vendor foun…
Jim Edwards
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A Thief Is Attempting To Hide $100 Million In Stolen Bitcoins - And You Can Watch It Live Right Now
The thief's problem is that the angry Bitcoin account holders whose money has gone are following th…
Jim Edwards
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The Winklevoss twins tell us why they believe Bitcoin will come to dominate global finance
Investors seem to be taking a similar, unperturbed view of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin startup Coin…
Rob Price
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GARTMAN: Everyone Should Avoid Bitcoin - Mt. Gox's Failure Is A 'Pox On The Entire Enterprise'
"Others are already trying to fill the void left by Mt.Gox' demise, but we shall again urge caution…