In Russia, scammers announce the start of investments in a ‘state cryptocurrency’
Unknown criminals organized an email campaign in Russia announcing the launch of a 'state cryptocurrency'.
In Russia, scammers announce the start of investments in a ‘state cryptocurrency’
Unknown criminals organized an email campaign in Russia announcing the launch of a 'state cryptocurrency'.
Elliptic: more than $4 billion laundered in crypto via DEX and cross-chain swaps
Criminals used decentralised exchanges (DEX), cross-chain bridges and swaps to launder illicit proceeds in crypto worth more than $4 billion.
Fake Bitcoin farm on Twitter raises $100,000 in two hours
Popular Twitter DeFi researcher FatManTerra, as part of an experiment, devised a fake investment scheme and raised $100,000 in Bitcoin in two hours.
In Ukraine, authorities expose fraud scheme tied to Bitcoin investments
The National Police, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, closed a sprawling network of call centres involved in misappropriating funds of Ukrainian citizens and EU countries under the guise of trading cryptocurrencies, securities, gold and oil.
Circle downplays impact of Nomad and Slope incidents on the company
Circle Internet Financial, the company behind the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, was one of the investors in two projects hacked this week — Nomad and Slope.
Russian police shut down four dark-web sites with $263 million in revenue
Specialists from the K Department of the Russian Interior Ministry blocked the operation of four leading darknet sites: the Sky-Fraud forum, Trump’s Dumps, UAS Store and Ferum Shop.
Suspects tied to Bitfinex stolen assets remain jailed on $8 million bail
Accused of conspiring to launder 119,754 BTC stolen from Bitfinex, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan could post an $8 million bail only upon a ruling by a Washington court. The order issued by a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York that had granted them that right has expired.
Those linked to Bitfinex-stolen assets traced after AlphaBay closure
The 2017 closure of the dark web AlphaBay allowed authorities to access records of transfers of Bitfinex-stolen assets to accounts on other services, enabling links to the arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan.
In Russia, a carder used a video camera to steal 12 million rubles and laundered the proceeds through cryptocurrencies
The St. Petersburg police detained a 27-year-old resident of Novosibirsk, suspected of stealing funds from bank cards and transferring them into cryptocurrencies.
In the Russian-language internet, a spike in the sale of fake bank-card databases for Bitcoin has been recorded.
On March 23, in the .ru zone, several dozen domain names appeared offering fake databases of bank cards.
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.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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