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Philippines’ Anti-Cybercrime Group cautions public on risky ‘crypto’ gaming, scams

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21 August, 2023

Philippines’ Anti-Cybercrime Group cautions public on risky ‘crypto’ gaming, scams

With the prevalence of criminal activities in the Philippine "crypto" gaming community, the PNP has urged gamers to be extra...

Filecoin pyramid scheme sees China charges four in $83 million fraud

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Steve Kaaru

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19 August, 2023

Filecoin pyramid scheme sees China charges four in $83 million fraud

The defendants allegedly claimed to be mining FIL, the native token of the Filecoin network, but pocketed the money while...

FBI: Beware of digital currency scammers posing as NFT developers

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Steve Kaaru

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13 August, 2023

FBI: Beware of digital currency scammers posing as NFT developers

The FBI warned that the scammers target industry leaders’ social media accounts and create a false sense of urgency to...

Utah mining software firm DEBT Box faces charges over alleged $50M scam

Tech

Steve Kaaru

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9 August, 2023

Utah mining software firm DEBT Box faces charges over alleged $50M scam

The U.S. securities regulator alleges that the company solicited investment for software mining licenses that generate tokens that are reported...

USDC market cap craters as USDT expands—why are people still pretending Tether is legit?

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Gavin Lucas

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9 August, 2023

USDC market cap craters as USDT expands—why are people still pretending Tether is legit?

USDC is shrinking due to a crisis in confidence, but instead of USDT's market cap plummeting as a result of...

Quantstamp settles with SEC over fraudulent $28 million ICO

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Steve Kaaru

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5 August, 2023

Quantstamp settles with SEC over fraudulent $28 million ICO

Quantstamp promised investors a smart contract auditing platform, but the SEC says it violated securities laws in its 2017 ICO...

Kenya is losing millions of dollars to digital currency fraudsters: report

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Steve Kaaru

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2 August, 2023

Kenya is losing millions of dollars to digital currency fraudsters: report

While the government focuses on taxing digital asset traders, investors lose millions of dollars to digital currency Ponzi schemes executed...

CFTC charges Tennessee couple over $6M ‘Blessings of God Thru Crypto’ scam

Business

Steve Kaaru

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29 July, 2023

CFTC charges Tennessee couple over $6M ‘Blessings of God Thru Crypto’ scam

The couple is accused of luring 100 investors to place their money in a commodity pool to trade digital assets,...

Sam Bankman-Fried risks pre-trial custody as judge losing patience

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Steven Stradbrooke

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28 July, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried risks pre-trial custody as judge losing patience

SBF was in Manhattan on July 26 trying to convince U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan not to tighten his...

Celsius Network victims could see funds before end of 2023: WSJ

Business

Gavin Lucas

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25 July, 2023

Celsius Network victims could see funds before end of 2023: WSJ

Approval for the settlements will see court on August 10, paving the way for 30K claims worth $78 billion to...

Thodex exchange founder sentenced to 7 months imprisonment over failure to submit tax documents

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Steve Kaaru

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23 July, 2023

Thodex exchange founder sentenced to 7 months imprisonment over failure to submit tax documents

Faruk Fatih Özer said he couldn’t access the documents as Thodex was under a trustee, but the judge rejected the...

Business

Steve Kaaru

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19 July, 2023

National Australia Bank bans payments to ‘high risk’ digital asset exchanges to curb scams

Binance may be among the targets of the new crackdown, with NAB saying that half of all scams in Australia...

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