
Fraud
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14 July, 2023
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky arrested and charged with fraud
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and former CRO Roni Cohen-Pavon face charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, market manipulation, and wire...
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13 July, 2023
‘Crypto’ scams decline, but ransomware rising at a near-record pace
'Crypto' crime inflows slumped over $5.2 billion this year from the same period in 2022, with authorities crediting it to...
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12 July, 2023
Mastercard AI-powered tool seeks to assist financial institution crackdown fraud
Mastercard stated that combining its AI capabilities and "unique network view of account-to-account payments" will be a game-changer in cracking...
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6 July, 2023
$11.5B lost to pyramid schemes, hacks and exploits in 2022: report
TRM Labs reports that a further $1.5 billion worth of digital assets was used in darknet markets, as TRON held...
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3 July, 2023
CFTC secures $54M default judgment against digital currency fraudster
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered Michael Ackerman to pay $27 million in restitution...
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28 June, 2023
California man charged in landmark CFTC pig-butchering scam enforcement
The regulator alleges that the man led a California operation that used online romance to swindle over $1.3 million from...