Robinhood’s Twitter Account Promotes Scam Token on Binance’s BNB Chain in Unauthorized Posts
Block explorer BscScan shows roughly $16,000 flowed into the promoted coin.
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Jan 25, 2023 at 9:43 p.m. UTC
Jan 25, 2023
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Binance Named as Counterparty in FinCEN Order Against Bitzlato
Bitzlato is accused of laundering $700 million by U.S. authorities.
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Jan 19, 2023 at 7:33 a.m. UTC
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6 Kinds of Crypto Scams and How to Avoid Them
Crypto hacks and exploits have cost people billions of dollars each year. Here’s how to make sure you’re not among them.
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Jan 18, 2023 at 7:32 p.m. UTC
Jan 18, 2023
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BitConnect Episode 2: Where Is Madeline Bigatton?
This week, we explore the intricate interplay of events that led to BitConnect’s dramatic decline, and the case of the missing woman just left of center of the scheme.
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Jan 17, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Multimillion Euro Crypto Fraud Operation in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Serbia Busted
Authorities searched four call centers and 18 other places and arrested five people.
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Jan 13, 2023 at 12:47 p.m. UTC
Jan 13, 2023
BitConnect Episode 1: The Gujarati Connection
This week, we dig into the rise of BitConnect, the strange kidnapping case that ultimately helped unravel the scheme and an important Texas Securities Commission cease and desist order.
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Jan 10, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Web3 Builders Lose Dozens of High-Value NFTs in Back-to-Back Attacks
Nikhil Gopalani, COO of an NFT project owned by Nike, and CryptoNovo, a prominent NFT collector, lost NFTs estimated to have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers.
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Jan 5, 2023 at 12:09 a.m. UTC
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SEC Pursues $45M Scam Based in Fake Blockchain Technology
The U.S. securities agency is going after the people behind what it says was a massive fraud stealing from tens of thousands of investors.
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Jan 4, 2023 at 11:18 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Adds Unsavory Footnote to Dreadful 2022: Year of the Rug Pull
Fraudsters deployed over 117,000 scam tokens from January through Dec. 1, a 41% increase over the full 2021, according to study from Solidus Labs.
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Dec 23, 2022 at 7:45 p.m. UTC
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US Prosecutors Charge 21 Alleged ‘Money Mules’ With Using Crypto to Launder Proceeds of Cybercrimes
The arrests are the result of a multi-year investigation by the U.S. Secret Service, the Postal Inspection Service and the Department of Justice.
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Nov 30, 2022 at 9:08 p.m. UTC
Nov 30, 2022