
Fraud
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7 October, 2020
BTC escrow firm CEO faces 60 years in jail over alleged $7M scam
John Barry Thompson is charged with two counts of wire fraud and commodities fraud which collectively carry a maximum prison...
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2 October, 2020
SEC charges man involved in Florida digital currency fraud
Thomas J. Gity claimed to be a highly-successful digital asset trader in soliciting investment from at least 18 victims, the...
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2 October, 2020
US regulator demands jury trial for alleged digital currency fraud
The U.S. SEC is pursuing damages from Swedish national Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson on behalf of “thousands of retail investors.”
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2 October, 2020
Estonia e-Residency scheme linked to growing digital currency fraud: report
The e-Residency program in Estonia has been linked to several high profile cryptocurrency frauds, according to official police reports.
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23 September, 2020
French regulator blacklists $2,500-a-day digital currency scam
Autorité des marchés financiers updated its blacklist, adding dozens of firms that are outright scams or aren’t registered in France...
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22 September, 2020
South Korea’s Bithumb exchange is for sale
Bithumb, South Korea’s largest digital currency exchange, is looking to be acquired. According to The Korea Herald, Bithumb is looking