Crimes | ForkLog - Part 107

ForkLog 13 01.04.2021

Crypto scammers fleece Kaliningrad resident of 1.3 million rubles

A Kaliningrad resident became a victim of criminals who promised her earnings from cryptocurrency, according to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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ForkLog 13 01.04.2021

DeepDotWeb darknet site operator pleads guilty to money laundering via Bitcoin

The administrator of the DeepDotWeb darknet news site, Tal Prihar, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money using cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 14 31.03.2021

Irish residents lose millions of euros on ‘Bitcoin investments’

Irish police are investigating a fraudulent scheme to attract investments in cryptocurrencies from wealthy individuals.

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ForkLog 21 31.03.2021

Fake Trezor app in the App Store swindled $1.6m from users

Users lost at least $1.6 million due to a fraudulent service masquerading as the Trezor hardware wallet app.

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ForkLog 7 31.03.2021

Ziggy ransomware operator to reimburse victims

The Ziggy creator has stated his readiness to compensate users harmed by his malware and who paid the ransom.

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ForkLog 8 31.03.2021

Novokuznetsk man loses 850,000 rubles in bid to profit from cryptocurrency

A 36-year-old resident of Novokuznetsk fell victim to cryptocurrency scammers and lost a total of about 850,000 rubles in an attempt to invest in cryptocurrency, according to the Interior Ministry.

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ForkLog 7 30.03.2021

Broker seeks $800,000 from intermediary after crypto seller vanishes

French national Alexander Raffin has filed suit against the cryptocurrency company Modern Assets Australia after an unsuccessful deal to buy digital assets.

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ForkLog 17 30.03.2021

Court shortens sentence for former Slovak Slovan hockey player Igor Musatov in bitcoin-fraud case

The Moscow City Court reduced the sentence of the former Slovak Slovan hockey player Igor Musatov, who was found guilty of large-scale bitcoin fraud, by three months.

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ForkLog 26 29.03.2021

Telegram channel impersonating a Bitcoin whale stole 0.6 BTC under UNI airdrop guise

A reader contacted ForkLog after paying more than $33,000 in cryptocurrency to the administrators of a Telegram channel selling signals allegedly from the Bitfinex Bitcoin trader Joe007.

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ForkLog 6 29.03.2021

In Hong Kong, Bitcoin ‘sellers’ stole nearly $500,000

In Hong Kong, criminals robbed two employees of a currency exchange company during a Bitcoin purchase worth 3.85 million Hong Kong dollars (about $495,000 at the time of writing).

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ForkLog 9 29.03.2021

In the Russian-language internet, a spike in the sale of fake bank-card databases for Bitcoin has been recorded.

On March 23, in the .ru zone, several dozen domain names appeared offering fake databases of bank cards.

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ForkLog 7 26.03.2021

Kazan pensioner loses 918,000 rubles in attempt to profit from cryptocurrencies

A Kazan pensioner told authorities she was a victim of scammers who promised earnings from cryptocurrency trading.

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