Fraud
2 Canadians get jail time in US over HitBTC Twitter scam
The two were involved in a scam impersonating a customer service Twitter account of digital currency exchange HitBTC.
Former Riot Blockchain chief settles penny stock case with SEC
John O’Rourke III has reached agreement with the U.S. SEC over an alleged pump and dump scheme involving penny stocks.
Pair linked to crypto Ponzi scheme in US pleads not guilty
John Caruso and Zachary Salter have been accused of running a crypto scam responsible for defrauding some $9 million from...
Scammer found on social media posing as a CoinGeek employee
A would-be scammer is running loose on the Internet, claiming to be an employee of CoinGeek.
Ex-Microsoft engineer guilty of stealing over $10M with Bitcoin mixer help
Volodymyr Kvashuk had been using cryptocurrency and laundering the proceeds through coin mixers to attempt to cover his tracks, U.S....
Beware of Instagram fraud posing as Calvin Ayre asking for Bitcoin SV investments
A fake account posing as Calvin Ayre is hatching some get-rich-quick scheme on social media.
