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Bitcoin Scammers Held by Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities have detained three individuals in connection with the demise of bitcoin trading platform GBL.
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Dec 4, 2013 at 7:05 p.m. UTC
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Lock Up Your Lucre, the Best Democracy Bitcoins Can Buy, and Liquid Asset Conversion
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Nov 15, 2013 at 6:32 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's cruel world: scams, thefts and the FBI's influence
We look at the recent scams and hacks that have caused people to lose a lot of bitcoins.
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Nov 13, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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$4.1 Million goes missing as Chinese bitcoin trading platform GBL vanishes
Chinese investors taste the darker side of bitcoin as a trading platform shuts down and $4.1m goes missing.
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Nov 11, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
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