
Fraud
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23 March, 2021
McAfee bodyguard pleads not guilty in $13M digital currency fraud case
Jimmy Gale Watson Jr. faces a seven-count indictment including conspiracy to commit securities fraud and substantive wire fraud.
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22 March, 2021
DoJ charges 6 with running illegal $10M digital currency business
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people with operating an unregistered money transmitting business.
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19 March, 2021
Texas securities regulator intervenes to stop another digital currency scam
Delta Crypt has already been the subject of warnings from regulators, who claim the scheme has been “illegally offering securities...
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16 March, 2021
US regulator intervenes in ongoing alleged digital asset fraud
Shawn Cutting is accused of raising millions of dollars off the back of false claims about his licensing status, and...
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12 March, 2021
Ripple settles its lawsuit against YouTube over scam accounts
The lawsuit alleged that YouTube had “feigned ignorance” as XRP scams defrauded millions of dollars on the video sharing platform.
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12 March, 2021
Bithumb ramps up anti-money laundering protections
The new measures include enhanced Know-Your-Customer verification processes, as well as the introduction of new specialized blockchain intelligence technologies.