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ForkLog 10 14.07.2023

Ripple CTO Warns Community About Scammers

Fraudsters may exploit positive news about the court proceedings against the SEC and the hype around XRP, said Ripple's Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz.

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ForkLog 8 10.07.2023

Revoke team warns of a new form of scam

The developers of the transaction-management app Revoke have reported a new form of fraud involving 'fake approvals'.

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ForkLog 13 10.07.2023

Fake crypto-project accounts surface on Threads

Fake crypto-project accounts started appearing on Meta's Threads.

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ForkLog 7 09.07.2023

CFTC charges two Floridians in $5 million bitcoin fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged two Florida residents with defrauding investors in a scheme totaling more than $5 million.

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ForkLog 8 05.07.2023

Vietnamese authorities flag risks in Pi cryptocurrency operations.

The Department of Cybersecurity and Crime Prevention in Vietnam’s high-tech sector announced the initiation of an investigation into Pi-related cryptocurrency activity.

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ForkLog 7 30.06.2023

Blockchain Australia calls for unity against crypto scams

Australian banks, authorities and the cryptocurrency industry must unite to tackle rising fraud in the digital-asset space.

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ForkLog 46 29.06.2023

In Russia, 15,000 ASIC miners were hijacked under the guise of an offer from RusHydro

Fraudsters posing as RusHydro employees are sending miners commercial offers to install equipment at several hydroelectric plants.

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ForkLog 14 29.06.2023

U.S. court orders crypto scammer to pay more than $50 million

The district court in New York ordered Ohio resident Michael Ackerman to pay more than $50 million for alleged fraud involving multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 7 24.05.2023

FBI warns of new cryptocurrency fraud linked to overseas job scams

The FBI has warned of a new form of fraud involving overseas job vacancies in which scammers lure people into criminal schemes tied to investments in digital assets.

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ForkLog 10 22.05.2023

Employee of CoinDeal investment project charged with $45 million fraud.

A 57-year-old Brian Li from Las Vegas was charged in connection with the CoinDeal investment-fraud scheme, with losses exceeding $45 million.

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ForkLog 9 15.05.2023

American citizen sentenced to six years in prison for cryptocurrency extortion

The court sentenced former Ubiquiti employee Nicholas Sharp to six years in prison for extortion of digital assets worth $2 million.

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ForkLog 78 15.05.2023

Users lose more than $15 million on fake HitBTC site

Attackers stole more than $15 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and other cryptocurrencies through a fake HitBTC exchange site, according to SlowMist.

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