BSV
$66.37
Vol 67.6m
3.91%
BTC
$91280
Vol 88612.18m
3.71%
BCH
$434.13
Vol 495.04m
2.75%
LTC
$83.87
Vol 1446.78m
1.95%
DOGE
$0.37
Vol 14890.8m
-4.04%

fraud

Founder of $90M digital currency hedge fund faces 20 years after guilty plea
-
10 February, 2021

Founder of $90M digital currency hedge fund faces 20 years after guilty plea

Australian national Stefan He Qin, founder of Virgil Sigma Fund LP, has pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud.
South African watchdog warns against growing digital currency scams
-
10 February, 2021

South African watchdog warns against growing digital currency scams

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority said it’s receiving a large number of complaints from South African investors who have lost...
Discord fake BTC exchange scam identified by Kaspersky
-
9 February, 2021

Discord fake BTC exchange scam identified by Kaspersky

The scam could be part of an effort to collect data on digital currency users, which would then have resale...
BTC miner Bit Digital removes CEO and chairwoman following fraud charges
-
9 February, 2021

BTC miner Bit Digital removes CEO and chairwoman following fraud charges

Bit Digital, the BTC block reward mining firm facing fraud charges in New York, has announced changes to its management.
Two Malaysians face 10 years in jail and caning over $37K BTC scam
-
5 February, 2021

Two Malaysians face 10 years in jail and caning over $37K BTC scam

The two allegedly lured three women to invest in their BTC scheme for guaranteed returns over a seven-month period, according...
Europol bust large scale Spanish digital currency investment scam
-
3 February, 2021

Europol bust large scale Spanish digital currency investment scam

Europol, in partnership with Spanish and Catalan police, detained the suspects as part of a coordinated raid on an Andorran...
Steven Seagal-promoted Bitcoiin2Gen charged over $11M scam
-
2 February, 2021

Steven Seagal-promoted Bitcoiin2Gen charged over $11M scam

Kristijan Krstic and John DeMarr also allegedly operated and promoted Start Options as a digital asset mining and trading platform...
Digital currency scammer gets 6 months in jail over $20M fraud
-
1 February, 2021

Digital currency scammer gets 6 months in jail over $20M fraud

Jerry Ji Guo allegedly defrauded his clients over $20 million worth of digital currencies at the height of the 2017...
US trader faces 30 years in jail over $5M digital currency fraud
-
29 January, 2021

US trader faces 30 years in jail over $5M digital currency fraud

Jeremy Spence, also known as Coin Signals, he created and managed a number of cryptocurrency investment pools from November 2017...
Bit Digital sued by investors over alleged fraud
-
28 January, 2021

Bit Digital sued by investors over alleged fraud

Block reward miner Bit Digital faces a class-action lawsuit in the Southern District Court of New York as investors are...
SEC flags digital currency companies allegedly duping investors globally
-
27 January, 2021

SEC flags digital currency companies allegedly duping investors globally

The alleged digital currency scammers on the SEC’s list include Axtrading Investment, SmartCoins24, RetireWell Investors and Passive Trade Plan.
Liquidators request greater powers in probing South Africa’s BTC Club
-
23 January, 2021

Liquidators request greater powers in probing South Africa’s BTC Club

Mirror Trading International was forced into liquidation in December 2020, amid claims it was operating illegally and fraudulently.