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Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (Getty Images)
Mark Cuban Loses Nearly $1M to Crypto Scam
The billionaire said he logged in to his crypto wallets after months of inactivity but had likely clicked on a phishing link.
Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (Getty Images)

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Hack of Vitalik Buterin's X Account Leads to $691K Stolen
Almost three-quarters of the stolen assets were in the form of NFTs.
Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

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11,196 Years Jail Sentence for Faruk Özer, CEO of Collapsed Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex
Thodex was one of Turkey's largest crypto exchanges before it suddenly went offline in April 2021 and Özer went missing.
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Rep. George Santos Reportedly Involved Crypto in Nigerian Prince-Like Scheme
Rep. George Santos Reportedly Involved Crypto in Nigerian Prince-Like Scheme
George Santos a first term member of the House of Representatives appears to be involved in a crypto centric version of the classic Nigerian prince email scam geared toward a campaign donor according to the New York Times Santos is under indictment for thirteen felonies including allegedly embezzling contributions from supporters A request for comment [...]
Rep. George Santos Reportedly Involved Crypto in Nigerian Prince-Like Scheme

A "Bored Ape Yacht Club" NFT allegedly stolen by Soufiane Oulahyane (Dept. of Justice)
DOJ Charges Moroccan Man With Stealing $450K in OpenSea Spoofing Scam
Officials allege the man set up a lookalike website based on the popular NFT marketplace to steal victims' digital art collectibles.
A "Bored Ape Yacht Club" NFT allegedly stolen by Soufiane Oulahyane (Dept. of Justice)

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CFTC Takes Action Against New York Resident for $21M Crypto Pooling Scam
William Ichioka has agreed to the charges and the CFTC has sought full recovery for the defrauded individuals and entities.
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‘WallStreetBets’ Themed Tokens Plummet 90% as Insider Dumps Treasury Holdings
WSB prices fell sharply as the apparent token sale by insiders led to token holders dumping holdings en masse.
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Soulja Boy Has Reportedly Been Cranking Out Promotions for Scam NFT Projects
Research done by internet sleuth ZachXBT indicates that the "Crank That" rapper has promoted dozens of NFT projects on social media, some of which turned out to be rug pulls.
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Real crypto mining operations (Alvarez/Getty Images)
SEC Accuses Utah-Based Green United of Running $18M Crypto Mining Scam
Green United allegedly sold investors crypto mining equipment that didn’t mine what the company claimed it mined.
Real crypto mining operations (Alvarez/Getty Images)

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Crypto Con Artists Leave Trail of ‘Rip Deal’ Victims From Amsterdam to Rome
They invite you to a restaurant to ink an investment in your project, and then they vanish – with the contents of your crypto wallet. Scams have popped up over the last few years targeting crypto companies. European authorities are investigating.
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