
Fraud
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5 May, 2023
UK government bans cold calls for digital asset sales
On May 3, the U.K. government announced a blanket ban on cold calls selling financial products, including digital assets, which...
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5 May, 2023
OpenSea insider trading case involving digital assets leads to fraud, money laundering convictions
The prosecution said Nathaniel Chastain used anonymous accounts to commit fraud and money laundering, resulting in a first-ever conviction of...
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3 May, 2023
Phishing scam via Google search ads stole over $4M from users
The bad actors allegedly pay for Google ads to rank first on search results for several keywords that urge users...
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2 May, 2023
Mirror Trading boss fined over $3B in US over unlawful crypto Ponzi scheme
South African national Steynberg was charged with the offense of operating a multi-level marketing scheme, which stole over 29,421 BTC...
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1 May, 2023
SPAC ex-CFO gets 3 years in prison over $5M stolen for meme stocks, digital assets trading
Cooper Morgenthau is charged with stealing from two SPACs and falsified financial documents, using the money to trade meme stocks...
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29 April, 2023
Miami $4M ‘crypto’ refund scam leader pleads guilty to wire fraud
Esteban Cabrera Da Corte, the man behind the Miami-based syndicate operating a refund scheme, entered a guilty plea that would...