August 23, 2019 Australian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing $450,000 in XRP Last Year An Australian woman has pleaded guilty to stealing $450,000 worth of the cryptocurrency XRP last year, and will face a hearing in October.…
August 23, 2019 US Charges Two Canadian Nationals Over Alleged $230K Bitcoin Fraud Two Indian-origin Canadians are charged in the U.S. with a $230K Bitcoin fraud using a fake Twitter account of HitBTC exchange.…
August 21, 2019 Saudi Arabia Warns of Crypto Scammers Posing as Gov’t Projects Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry has warned against crypto tricksters using the kingdom’s official emblem to promote tokens that purport to be tied to government projects.…
August 20, 2019 Bitfinex and Tether Respond to New York Judge, Will Pursue Appeals Bitfinex and Tether have acknowledged the judge’s decision not to dismiss their case due to a claimed lack of jurisdiction in New York but plan to appeal.…
August 20, 2019 SEC Asset Freeze Caused ‘Significant Harm’ to Holders, Says Veritaseum The chief defendant in an alleged $15 million ICO fraud case has submitted a formal reply to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.…
August 20, 2019 Judge Rejects Multimillion Dollar Asset Plea in Crypto Fraud Case A Canadian judge has dismissed a motion to set aside an asset freeze in a civil forfeiture case involving the purported FUEL token.…
August 18, 2019 $240M in Suspected Scheme Assets Moves in Four Bitcoin Transactions Over $240 million in suspected proceeds from crypto exit scheme PlusToken have moved in four Bitcoin transactions.…
August 16, 2019 CoinGecko Joins AMLT Network to Combat Exchange Fraud, Scams, Hacks CoinGecko has joined a blockchain analytics network focusing on anti-money laundering and know-your-customer issues in an effort to improve its exchange transparency services.…
August 14, 2019 Luxembourg Financial Watchdog: Crypto Entity Lied About Licensure Luxembourg’s financial regulator has warned the public that a cryptocurrency-related firm has no license to operate in the country, despite its claims.…
August 13, 2019 US Court Temporarily Freezes $8M in Response to SEC Request Yesterday A United States District Court has entered a temporary emergency freeze requested by the SEC on $8 million held by a New York citizen and two of his entities’ related assets.…
August 12, 2019 SEC Requests Freeze on Assets in Connection With Alleged $15M ICO Fraud The SEC is prosecuting a New York businessman and his two companies in connection with an allegedly fraudulent ICO that netted $14.8 million.…
August 11, 2019 Bitmain Accuses Cryptocurrency Project of Impersonation Bitmain has accused a cryptocurrency project of falsely using its name in the promotion of a product dubbed Mangocoin.…
