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ForkLog 15 13.05.2022

New York resident charged in $59 million cryptocurrency fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged 50-year-old New York resident Eddie Alexander with cryptocurrency fraud. According to court documents.

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ForkLog 14 13.05.2022

Chainalysis: 97% of crypto stolen in 2022 was tied to DeFi protocols

The total volume of illicit cryptocurrency transactions has fallen sharply in recent years, but cybercrime in the DeFi sector has risen, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 6 12.05.2022

FSB says it is necessary to introduce comprehensive rules for the Bitcoin market.

The Financial Stability Board will develop new rules for the cryptocurrency industry.

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ForkLog 16 11.05.2022

OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova added to Europol’s most-wanted list

The European Union's law enforcement agency Europol has included the founder of the OneCoin pyramid, Ruja Ignatova, in Europol's list of Europe's most-wanted criminals. The information is posted on the agency's website.

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ForkLog 12 07.05.2022

US State Department offers $15 million for information on Conti ransomware operators

The U.S. State Department will pay $10 million for information enabling the identification of the 'key leaders' of the group behind the Conti ransomware. Authorities will also pay $5 million for information leading to the arrest of individuals connected with the hackers.

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ForkLog 46 06.05.2022

US authorities charge Mining Capital Coin CEO with $62 million fraud

Port St. Lucie, Florida resident Luis Capuchi Jr. has been named in a $62 million fraud case, according to the Department of Justice site.

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ForkLog 16 06.05.2022

Hacker hijacks OpenSea Discord server to promote NFT scam

An unknown hacker compromised the OpenSea NFT marketplace's Discord server and published a link to a phishing site. PeckShield researchers said.

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ForkLog 21 04.05.2022

Founder of Finiko points to the ‘real culprits’ behind the pyramid’s collapse

The founder of the Finiko financial pyramid, Kirill Doronin, blamed the collapse of the project on people who had access to bitcoin accounts.

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ForkLog 10 02.05.2022

Russian businessman Sergey Mendelyev received a letter demanding monthly Monero payments

CEO of Indefibank Sergey Mendelyev received a letter from unknown actors extorting cryptocurrency from him under the threat of false bomb-threat messages in his name.

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ForkLog 6 02.05.2022

Hacker siphoned assets from DeFi protocol Saddle Finance worth $10 million

An unknown hacker breached Saddle Finance, a decentralized exchange dealing in stablecoins and wrapped assets. The hacker's haul amounted to over $10 million in Ethereum.

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ForkLog 27 01.05.2022

Rari Capital loses $80 million in hack

An unknown actor withdrew assets estimated at about $80 million from the Rari Capital decentralized-finance protocol, held in its Fuse lending pools.

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ForkLog 12 28.04.2022

Hacker drains more than $13m from DeFi protocol Deus Finance DAO

The DeFi protocol Deus Finance DAO was hacked again. PeckShield reports that the attacker drained assets worth about $13.4 million from the smart contracts, though the project could have suffered more.

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