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ForkLog 8 05.09.2024

Russian Financial Pyramid Attempts Deceptive Entry into Digital Asset Market

An unnamed Russian platform for issuing digital financial assets (DFA) encountered fraudsters attempting to list their token on the market. This was revealed by the Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Philip Gabunia, as reported by Interfax. According to the official, the asset belonged to a certain financial pyramid, and the incident occurred “on […]

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ForkLog 42 04.09.2024

FTC Reports Tenfold Increase in Bitcoin ATM Fraud Losses

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimated that from 2020 to 2023, losses from cryptocurrency ATM fraud increased nearly tenfold. In the first half of 2024, they exceeded $65 million, with actual damages potentially much higher. Bitcoin ATM losses by year. Source: FTC. Fraudsters contact potential victims via email or phone, posing as employees […]

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ForkLog 17 29.08.2024

Cryptocurrency Fraudster Undergoes Plastic Surgery to Evade Arrest in South Korea

South Korean police have apprehended the leader of a fraudulent scheme who embezzled 16 billion won ($12 million) from clients under the guise of cryptocurrency investments, according to local media. Investigators report that the 40-year-old suspect promoted a company purportedly involved in cryptocurrency mining from November 2021 to June 2022. He promised clients a monthly […]

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ForkLog 22 29.08.2024

Inferno Drainer Resumes Activity Amid Bull Market

The number of malicious dapps using the Inferno Drainer service to steal cryptocurrencies has tripled over six months, reaching 40,000. This is reported by Cointelegraph, citing statistics from Blockaid. Data: Blockaid. In November 2023, the team behind the crypto drainer announced the tool’s closure, yet it has become active again this year. “At the beginning […]

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ForkLog 12 28.08.2024

Haru Invest CEO Attacked in Courtroom

On August 28, Lee Hyun-su, the CEO of South Korean cryptocurrency investment platform Haru Invest, accused of embezzling approximately $826 million from clients, was attacked with a weapon in a courtroom. This was reported by local media. During the session, one of the aggrieved investors approached Lee and stabbed him multiple times in the neck […]

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ForkLog 13 26.08.2024

Former Heartland Tri-State CEO Sentenced for Embezzling $47 Million for Cryptocurrency Purchases

In the United States, a court has sentenced former Heartland Tri-State bank CEO Shane Haines to 24 years and four months in prison for embezzling $47.1 million to invest in cryptocurrencies. This was reported by the Department of Justice. According to the department, from May to July 2023, the executive conducted 11 unauthorized transfers. In […]

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ForkLog 49 26.08.2024

Discord Channels of Avalanche and ZKsync Compromised to Promote Scams

The Discord servers of the Avalanche blockchain and the ZKsync layer-two network have fallen victim to malicious attacks. SECURITY ALERT: The official Avalanche Discord has been compromised. Please do not interact with any accounts or click any links until further notice. — Avalanche ? (@avax) August 25, 2024 On August 25, the Avalanche team reported […]

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ForkLog 70 23.08.2024

Turkish Authorities Apprehend Organiser of $4 Billion Crypto Scam

Turkish law enforcement has apprehended Swedish national Andreas Sakac for his involvement in orchestrating the OmegaPro cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, which resulted in investor losses of $4 billion. This was reported by Turkiye Today. The scam was structured as a Ponzi scheme: newly attracted funds were used to pay returns to early participants, creating an illusion […]

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ForkLog 46 22.08.2024

McDonald’s Instagram Hacked to Promote Fake Meme Coin

On August 21, a hacker known as India_X_Kr3w breached the Instagram account of fast-food giant McDonald’s and the X-account of the company’s marketing director, Guillaume Huin, to promote a fraudulent meme token called GRIMACE. McDonald’s official Instagram account was suspected to have been hacked, claiming that it had issued the Meme token “GRIMACE” on Solana. […]

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ForkLog 108 21.08.2024

Co-founder of Bitcoin Scheme FutureNet Arrested in Montenegro

Police in Podgorica, acting on requests from Poland and South Korea, have arrested Roman Ziemian, co-founder of the cryptocurrency scheme FutureNet, on suspicion of multimillion-dollar fraud. This was reported by local media. According to the investigation, in 2014, the 51-year-old Polish national, along with Stephan Morgenstern, established a fund engaged in cryptocurrency trading. The platform […]

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ForkLog 42 21.08.2024

MakerDAO User Loses $55 Million in Phishing Attack

An unidentified user lost $55.47 million in DAI stablecoin on the DeFi platform MakerDAO due to a phishing attack, as noted by Lookonchain. A whale lost 55.47M $DAI in a phishing attack! How did it happen?? The whale carelessly signed an unknown transaction 13 hours ago, setting the owner of his 55.47M $DAI in Maker […]

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ForkLog 43 21.08.2024

DOGS Team Warns of Fake Meme Coin Listing on Exchanges

As the listing of the DOGS meme coin approaches, the cryptocurrency exchange Lbank has initiated spot trading of a fraudulent token bearing the same name. This was announced by the developers of the mini-application. Be careful, $DOGS has not been listed yet. You will know the news here from the first hand. Lbank just launched […]

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