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ForkLog 9 15.07.2021

Pennsylvania man sues T-Mobile for negligence after $55,000 Bitcoin loss

A Pennsylvania resident, Richard Harris, accused T-Mobile of negligence that led to the loss of 1.63 BTC due to SIM swap fraud.

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ForkLog 9 15.07.2021

In Khakassia, scammers using ten phone numbers swindled a victim out of 600,000 rubles in a ‘trading’ scheme.

A resident of Chernogorsk became a victim of scammers who promised him earnings from investing in digital currencies.

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ForkLog 13 15.07.2021

Hong Kong arrests four over $113m cryptocurrency money-laundering scheme

Hong Kong Customs arrested four suspects in a cryptocurrency-based money laundering investigation, according to the South China Morning Post.

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ForkLog 17 14.07.2021

REvil hacker sites vanish from the dark web

In the early hours of July 13, the dark-web sites of the REvil hacker group suddenly went offline.

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ForkLog 8 14.07.2021

Crypto-stealing Trojan Found on Kazakhstan Government Site

Documents infected with malware, one of whose functions is cryptocurrency theft, had been on the Kazakh government's official website for nearly six months.

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ForkLog 10 14.07.2021

Four suspects arrested in Japan over $54 million crypto scam

The Aichi Prefectural Police (Japan) arrested four suspects in organizing the Oz Project cryptocurrency fraud scheme, which affected more than 20,000 people with losses of up to 6 billion yen (about $54.3 million). Asahi Shimbun Digital reports.

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ForkLog 6 14.07.2021

Five suspects detained in Irkutsk over serial theft of ASIC miners

The Irkutsk police have halted the activities of a group suspected of stealing mining equipment.

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ForkLog 8 13.07.2021

British police seize record $250m in cryptocurrency

The Metropolitan Police announced another major seizure of digital currencies worth around £180m ($250m).

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ForkLog 12 13.07.2021

Bitcoin ransomware operators received more than $33 million in 2021

In 2021, more than $33 million in cryptocurrency was sent to ransomware-linked addresses, according to data from Ransomwhere.

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ForkLog 25 12.07.2021

Media: Finiko pyramid founder obtains Turkish citizenship and buys property in Thailand

One of the founders of the Finiko financial pyramid, Kirill Doronin, has obtained Turkish citizenship, and his current whereabouts are unknown. This was reported following a joint investigation by Andrei Alistarov, the author of the YouTube channel «Iron Bet» and the Telegram channel «Satoshi's Tears».

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ForkLog 20 12.07.2021

OK Group to Aid Police in AML Crackdown Using Blockchain

OK Group, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, announced a collaboration with the Nanjing Public Security Research Institute to apply blockchain technology in anti-money-laundering operations.

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ForkLog 18 12.07.2021

Chia Network founder unveils plans for a decentralised exchange.

Chia founder Bram Cohen outlined plans to develop DeFi products within the project's ecosystem.

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