Crimes | ForkLog - Part 109

ForkLog 17 18.03.2021

Investor sends 10 BTC to scammers posing as Elon Musk

An anonymous user sent 10 BTC to scammers who, from a fake Elon Musk Twitter account, promised to double the amount. BBC reports.

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ForkLog 14 18.03.2021

Ukraine halts call-centre scam that siphoned funds by posing as cryptocurrency investments

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has halted the activities of criminals who extorted funds from citizens of the European Union and CIS under the guise of investments in cryptocurrency, securities, gold and other assets.

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ForkLog 93 18.03.2021

Charles Hoskinson threatens to sue YouTube and Twitter over fake crypto giveaways

The CEO of Cardano-backed IOHK, Charles Hoskinson, threatened a class-action lawsuit against YouTube and Twitter over cryptocurrency fraud on the platforms.

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ForkLog 11 18.03.2021

Wex clients uncover more than $250 million in stolen funds

An initiative group of Wex clients uncovered stolen funds totaling more than $250 million on the platform’s hot and cold wallets.

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ForkLog 8 17.03.2021

Former Dom-2 contestant detained over Bitcoin fraud

Law enforcement detained the former participant of the reality show Dom-2, Pavel Ulomsky, on suspicion of fraud in a Bitcoin sale.

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ForkLog 15 17.03.2021

Eighteen-year-old Twitter hacker sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release

Graham Clarke, who orchestrated the July 2020 Twitter hack, will serve three years in prison with a subsequent three-year period of supervised release following a plea deal with prosecutors, according to Tampa Bay Times.

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ForkLog 19 17.03.2021

Russian woman loses 6.7 million rubles buying a ‘laptop for mining bitcoin’

A Moscow woman handed scammers 6.7 million rubles for a laptop that allegedly could mine bitcoin. This was reported by the Telegram channel Baza.

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ForkLog 7 16.03.2021

Nifty Gateway users report NFT theft; marketplace denies attack

Users of the Nifty Gateway marketplace reported NFT theft. Company representatives confirmed that some accounts were compromised.

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ForkLog 10 16.03.2021

Texas regulators order Binance Assets to halt operations; company says it has no ties to the exchange

The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) issued emergency orders to halt the activities of three unregistered cryptocurrency projects. One of them operated under the Binance cryptocurrency exchange brand, according to the press release.

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ForkLog 15 15.03.2021

CZ urges users to refrain from interacting with PancakeSwap and other BSC projects amid DNS hijack attack

The head of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, urged users to temporarily refrain from interacting with PancakeSwap and Cream Finance. These and other DeFi projects built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) have come under attack.

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ForkLog 8 15.03.2021

Accused of stealing residents’ bank card funds, he moved part of the money into cryptocurrencies.

An inhabitant of Sverdlovsk Oblast was charged with involvement in an organised criminal group that stole funds from bank cards. Part of the stolen money he transferred into cryptocurrencies and handed to the organiser of the criminal group.

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ForkLog 14 14.03.2021

Blockchain platform for issuing ‘social money’ hacked for $5.7 million

An unknown attacker stole and sold a 'huge amount' of Roll tokens issued on the Ethereum platform, according to The Block researcher Igor Igamberdiev. The attacker obtained almost 3,000 ETH (~$5.7 million).

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