Fraud

DOJ nets $112M from fraudsters dabbling in pig butchering scam
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10 April, 2023

DOJ nets $112M from fraudsters dabbling in pig butchering scam

Amid turbulence in the digital assets market, fraudulent activities like pig butchering scams continue to proliferate, with the U.S. DOJ...
Do Kwon registered a company in Serbia despite Interpol red notice
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30 March, 2023

Do Kwon registered a company in Serbia despite Interpol red notice

Documents from the Serbian Business Registry confirmed that Kwon established a company called Codokoj22 d.o.o. Beograd with the principal business...
Titanium Blockchain CEO gets 4-year prison time over $21M ICO scam
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29 March, 2023

Titanium Blockchain CEO gets 4-year prison time over $21M ICO scam

Michael Stollery pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud in 2022 in a case spearheaded by the DoJ, the...
Verifying data while keeping it private, and why it’s important: The Bitcoin Masterclasses 3 with Craig Wright
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28 March, 2023

Verifying data while keeping it private, and why it’s important: The Bitcoin Masterclasses 3 with Craig Wright

Blockchain analysts can tell that "something happened here" in particular transactions—but not what it was. With the Bitcoin blockchain, we...
Terra founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro
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24 March, 2023

Terra founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro

Do Kwon was arrested boarding a flight to Dubai with a second suspect, with forged Belgian and Costa Rican passports;...
Jack Dorsey’s Block ‘facilitates fraud, misleads investors’—Hindenburg report
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24 March, 2023

Jack Dorsey’s Block ‘facilitates fraud, misleads investors’—Hindenburg report

On March 23, Hindenburg Research issued a lengthy report on how "inflated user metrics and 'frictionless' fraud facilitation enabled [Block]...
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