April 25, 2019 Malta’s Financial Regulator Issues Guides on Crypto Assets, Scams Maltese financial regulator has issued a note to the public regarding the risks of crypto assets and the possibility for scams.…
April 25, 2019 At Least 95 Percent of Crypto Crimes Involve Bitcoin, Chainalysis Executive Says Bitcoin “is by far the favorite” for hackers and criminals, according to the blockchain intelligence firm’s co-founder and COO.…
April 25, 2019 US SEC Issues Fresh Investor Alert Against Fraudulent Digital Asset Trading Sites The U.S. SEC and CFTC have jointly issued an alert warning investors against fraudulent websites purporting to operate advisory and trading businesses.…
April 23, 2019 Over $100 Million Missing: CoinBene Claims Maintenance, a Month of Questions Point Toward a Hack Back in March 2019, the CoinBene cryptocurrency exchange denied that it suffered a hack but claimed to be undergoing maintenance, despite losing 109 ERC-20 tokens worth about $105 million.…
April 23, 2019 21-Year-Old Jailed for 10 Years After Stealing $7.5M in Crypto By Hacking Cell Phones Joel Ortiz stole more than $7.5 million from dozens of victims, with one crypto entrepreneur losing $5.2 million in a matter of minutes.…
April 22, 2019 Microsoft Korea: Country Faces Growing Threat From Stealth Crypto Mining Attacks Microsoft Korea has said the country is facing an increase in crytojacking incidents, according to their new report.…
April 17, 2019 US District Attorney Indicts Three for Laundering Millions With Bitcoin The Manhattan district attorney has indicted a group of individuals with allegedly selling drugs and laundering millions with bitcoin.…
April 13, 2019 US Justice Dept. Convicts Two Romanians of Cybercrimes Including Cryptojacking U.S. federal jury convicted two alleged Romanian hackers of spreading malware to steal credit card credentials and illicitly mine cryptocurrency.…
April 10, 2019 Singapore Police Secure First Convictions Against OneCoin MLM Scheme Agents Two men were found guilty of promoting and accepting investments for OneCoin, including setting up a dedicated subsidiary.…
April 8, 2019 Danish Man Faces Over 4 Years in Prison for Laundering $450K With Bitcoin A 33-year old Danish man laundered $450,000 by depositing dirty money in Bitcoin and sending it to exchanges overseas.…
