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ForkLog 14 25.08.2023

Former FSB officer admits stealing 68 BTC from a hacker

A former FSB officer in the Samara region admitted guilt in the theft of 68 BTC totaling 187 million rubles from a hacker who was under investigation.

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ForkLog 21 25.08.2023

U.S. DEA accidentally sent 55,000 USDT to a scammer

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lost $55,000 in {{AOPEN_1}}stablecoin{{ACLOSE_1}} USDT due to an 'address poisoning'.

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ForkLog 12 24.08.2023

Israeli businessman Moshe Hogeg charged in $290 million crypto scam

Israeli police are set to press charges against the businessman and former Beitar Jerusalem Football Club owner Moshe Hogeg for fraud involving digital assets worth $290 million.

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ForkLog 23 20.08.2023

Scam Surge: The Top 10+ Vectors of DeFi Attacks

As the DeFi ecosystem expands, hackers and scammers are growing more sophisticated, devising new attack methods. Yet there are time-tested schemes that remain relevant, unfortunately, in 2023 as well. ForkLog recalls these persistently problematic areas of decentralized finance and the methods to counter them.

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ForkLog 12 19.08.2023

“Bring back Tone Vays”: hunt for crypto celebrities, tycoon forecasts from Kiyosaki, analysis from KuCoin

Topics: a series of killings of crypto entrepreneurs, criminal prosecutions for operations with digital assets in China, Trump's NFT collection and the start of the US presidential race, forecasts by Robert Kiyosaki and Tom Lee, and KuCoin's study of Russian users.

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ForkLog 23 18.08.2023

BNB Chain hacker linked to breach loses $53m in liquidations

The wallet linked to the BSC Token Hub bridge hack faced liquidation on the Venus Protocol platform. The attacker's losses amounted to $53.2 million.

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ForkLog 28 17.08.2023

Group arrested in Singapore for laundering more than SGD 950 million through cryptocurrencies

The Singapore police said they arrested 10 people on suspicion of laundering more than SGD 950 million (about $700 million), including via digital assets.

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ForkLog 27 16.08.2023

Two Belarusians to stand trial over cryptocurrency transactions worth around $800,000

In Belarus, police identified cases of exchanging funds stolen from citizens into cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 12 16.08.2023

SwirlLend developers carried out rug pull worth about $460,000

The SwirlLend lending protocol team in the L2 networks Base and Linea carried out a fraudulent scheme, stealing around $460,000 of client deposits.

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ForkLog 18 16.08.2023

The FBI seized about $1.7 million in cryptocurrencies over three months

The FBI seized cryptocurrency assets worth about $1.7 million from March through May 2023.

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ForkLog 40 16.08.2023

American crypto magnate found dismembered in Bulgaria

A 41-year-old crypto-millionaire Kristian Peev was found murdered in one of the apartments in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was dismembered and flushed down the toilet.

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ForkLog 13 09.08.2023

South Korea’s Bitsonic chief executive arrested over alleged $7.6m asset theft

The CEO of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, Jinwook Shin, has been arrested for allegedly stealing assets worth 10 billion won ($7.6 million).

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