February 17, 2019 India: Police Arrest Suspects in Alleged $14 Million Crypto Scam Indian law enforcement busted a group allegedly involved in a cryptocurrency scam that amassed an estimated 1 billion rupees ($14 million).…
February 10, 2019 Lawyers for Israeli Crypto Entrepreneur Say White Paper Confers No Legal Responsibility Moshe Hageg’s lawyers claim that the white paper is a descriptive, non-binding document. Moshe Hogeg, the Israeli entrepreneur behind blockchain firm Stox (STX), has denied misappropriating investors’ funds in a response to the lawsuit filed against him.…
February 8, 2019 ‘Swiss Leaks’ HSBC Whistleblower Plans to Launch ‘Clean, Ethical’ Crypto Token Hervé Falciani, a whistleblower convicted of purportedly the largest leak in banking history, plans to launch an ethical cryptocurrency to combat money-laundering and fraud.…
February 8, 2019 Fake Website Mimicking Bakkt Platform Fails to Scam Crypto Community The apparently fraudulent website failed to scam crypto investors after announcing a fake additional funding round in BTC.…
February 6, 2019 UK Financial Watchdog: $255 Mln Lost in Crypto-Related, Other Investment Scams in 2018 The Financial Conduct Authority reported that investment scams’ losses amounted to over $255 million in 2018.…
February 6, 2019 Crypto Firm Accused of Fraud, Duping Investor Into Buying $2 Million in Tokens New York-based firm Blue Ocean Capital is being accused of fraud for allegedly duping an investor out of $2 million A lawsuit recently filed in a United States district court in New York claims that an investor was misled into investing $2 million dollars in the cryptocurrency MCash, a Feb.…
February 5, 2019 US Indicts Two More Men on Fraud and Extortion in SIM-Swapping Investigation The case is the second indictment to appear from U.S. authorities this week amid the persisting spread of SIM-swapping.…
February 2, 2019 Crypto Thief Indicted in New York’s First SIM Swapping Prosecution The Manhattan District Attorney has announced New York’s first prosecution for SIM swapping, which resulted in the theft of $10K in crypto.…
January 30, 2019 Singapore: Regulator Warns of Online Scam Claiming Gov’t Adoption of Crypto The Monetary Authority of Singapore warned public against a scam that claims crypto is officially adopted in the country.…
January 28, 2019 Italian Securities Regulator CONSOB Adds Crypto Company Togacoin to Scam Blacklist The Italian securities regulator has added crypto company Togacoin to its scam blacklist. The Italian securities regulator, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), has added crypto company Togacoin to its scam blacklist on Jan.…
