Scams

$243M Cryptocurrency Heist: Arrests Made Following Sophisticated Social Engineering Attack

$243 million stolen in a single month through an elaborate social engineering attack.Key players identified: Greavys, Wiz, Box, Light/Dark, and Danny Trauma.Funds were quickly...

California Loopholes Help Scammers Exploit Tether’s Name

Two fraudsters used corporate loopholes to falsely claim ties with Tether executives.Chinese pig-butchering scammer Sun Yunfeng and US-based Mohammad Alam teamed up for the...

Solana Memecoin Scam Exposed: Martin Shkreli Admits Fraud

Claims of Barron Trump's involvement in DJT were false.Shkreli possibly violated parole terms through his actions.Significant financial impact observed, including a drop in TRUMP...

Brothers Charged in $25 Million Ethereum Fraud Scheme

Anton and James Peraire-Bueno are charged with wire fraud and money laundering.They allegedly stole $25 million in cryptocurrency through a scheme on the Ethereum...

SEC Charges Crypto Mining Firm Geosyn Mining with Fraud

The SEC has charged Geosyn Mining and its founders with fraud and unregistered securities offering.Nearly $5.6 million was raised from investors under false pretenses...

The Rise of Deepfake Scams: A Growing Concern

KEY TAKEAWAYA deepfake video of Andrew Forrest endorsing a scam crypto platform has raised alarms.Meta, Facebook and Instagram's parent company, banned deepfakes in 2020,...

Cryptocurrency scams: What you need to know and how to protect yourself

People are obsessed with cryptocurrencies. Digital currencies like Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, and Dogecoin are everywhere on the internet. Their skyrocketing value promises big profits...

Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather Sued For Cryptocurrency Fraud

Kim Kardashian and former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. are accused of collaborating to artificially increase the price of cryptocurrency and a lawsuit has...

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US Probes Binance Over Iran Sanctions Violations

The Manhattan US attorney's office and the Justice Department are investigating Binance over potential Iran sanctions violations, Bloomberg reported...

EU central banks drop stablecoin deposit rule for liquidity

The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) proposes replacing mandatory bank-deposit thresholds for stablecoin reserves with new liquidity requirements.The...

Critical VeloCloud Orchestrator flaw actively exploited

Arista disclosed a critical flaw (CVE-2026-93952) in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) actively exploited as of September 22.The vulnerability, with...