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ForkLog 10 11.10.2021

Russian civil-society groups tally average losses from the Finiko pyramid

Two hundred Russians harmed by the Finiko financial pyramid turned to the Federal Public Fund for the Protection of Depositors’ and Shareholders’ Rights.

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ForkLog 17 11.10.2021

US Navy employee sold secret data for $100,000 in cryptocurrency

A United States Navy employee and his spouse have been arrested on suspicion of selling secret data for cryptocurrency. This was reported on the Justice Department's website.

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ForkLog 20 08.10.2021

Cyprus foiled assassination attempt on Israeli billionaire and Distributed Lab investor Teddy Sagi

Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, founder of Playtech and investor in Distributed Lab, escaped an assassination attempt in Cyprus.

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ForkLog 10 07.10.2021

Suspects identified in 2-million-ruble mining-device theft in Irkutsk region

Authorities in the Irkutsk region charged four local residents with the theft of mining equipment. The local investigative directorate reported this.

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ForkLog 8 06.10.2021

Evolved Apes creator suspected of $2.7 million scam

The developer behind the Evolved Apes NFT project, operating under the alias Evil Ape, deleted its site and account, vanishing with 797 ETH ($2.86m) of users' funds.

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ForkLog 9 06.10.2021

Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes studying the role of cryptocurrency in ransomware payments

Ransomware victims would be required to report to the DHS information about payments to criminals. The proposal is contained in the ransomware disclosures bill from Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Deborah Ross.

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ForkLog 18 06.10.2021

Russia’s central bank blacklists a pyramid scheme targeting Chia miners

On 5 October, the Bank of Russia identified signs of illegal activity in the financial market among 63 companies. Among them were several financial pyramid schemes promising profits from investments in cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 12 05.10.2021

Police arrest suspects in cryptocurrency owner’s kidnapping, $523,000 stolen

The Kaliningrad region's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency owner.

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ForkLog 11 05.10.2021

In Kalmykia, criminals stole more than 1.4 million rubles from a ‘bitcoin investor’

The Kalmyk police are investigating a criminal case of fraud disguised as brokerage services on a cryptocurrency exchange.

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ForkLog 13 04.10.2021

US to convene 30 countries to tackle illicit cryptocurrency use.

The United States will hold a meeting with representatives of 30 countries focused on joint efforts to combat cybercrime and illicit use of cryptocurrency. This was stated by U.S. President Joe Biden.

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ForkLog 13 04.10.2021

Ukraine identifies ransomware operator; crypto wallets worth $1.3m blocked

Ukraine's cyberpolice identified the operators behind the ransomware. The international operation involved Europol, Interpol, French authorities and the U.S. FBI.

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ForkLog 11 04.10.2021

Brazil to tighten penalties for cryptocurrency-related crimes

The Special Committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies proposed increasing fines for money laundering using cryptocurrencies from one-third to two-thirds of the amount, and the prison term to four to sixteen years and eight months.

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