Judge Backs FTC Asset Freeze in Crypto Fraud Case
U.S. Magistrate Lurana Snow has recommended that a preliminary injunction be enforced against four alleged scammers.
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Four promoters of crypto-denominated chain-referral scams are ordered to pay fines totaling less than $500,000.
FTC Issues Warning on Bitcoin Blackmail Scams
Aug 22, 2018
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers warns about a new type of bitcoin scam that attempts to blackmail men.
The FTC is sending PayPal payments totaling more than $470,000 to people who lost money to two pyramid schemes involving cryptocurrencies.
Regulators, lawyers and cryptocurrency experts discussed ways of protecting investors at the FTC's "Decrypting Cryptocurrency Scams" workshop Monday.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is planning to host a workshop on cryptocurrency scams and fraud in June.
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