Fraud

French man who bought luxury car with BTC convicted in Morocco
-
15 May, 2023

French man who bought luxury car with BTC convicted in Morocco

The Moroccan trial court handed down an 18-month prison sentence on 21-year-old French citizen Thomas Clausi and a steep fine...
UK government bans cold calls for digital asset sales
-
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...
OpenSea insider trading case involving digital assets leads to fraud, money laundering convictions
-
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...
Phishing scam via Google search ads stole over $4M from users
-
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...
Mirror Trading boss fined over $3B in US over unlawful crypto Ponzi scheme
-
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...
SPAC ex-CFO gets 3 years in prison over $5M stolen for meme stocks, digital assets trading
-
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...
Advertisement