Get the scoop on finance - sign up for mobile alerts

Scams, Hacks & Breaches

CoinGecko Announces Data Breach That Exported 1,916,596 Contacts and Sent 23,723 Phishing Emails

CoinGecko is warning its users to be cautious when opening emails after the cryptocurrency data aggregator experienced a security breach…

June 9, 2024

New York Attorney General Sues Two Crypto Companies for Alleged $1,000,000,000 Pyramid Scheme

The Attorney General of New York is suing two crypto firms for their alleged role in a $1 billion pyramid…

June 9, 2024

Norwegian Authorities Return $5,700,000 Worth of Stolen Crypto Assets From 2022 Ronin Network Hack

Norwegian authorities successfully froze and returned $5.7 million worth of crypto assets that were stolen in a massive 2022 hack…

June 8, 2024

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Customers Lose $456,000,000 in One Year To ‘Dirty Little Secret Called Zelle’: Senate Committee Chairman

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are failing to protect customers from hundreds of millions of dollars in…

June 8, 2024

Wells Fargo Employee Sells Customers’ Personal Information, Triggering $688,000 in Fraudulent Transactions: US Banking Regulator

A US regulator is banning a former Wells Fargo employee from the banking industry after she allegedly sold private customer…

June 7, 2024

HULK Celebrity Memecoin Pumps and Dumps in Alleged Rug Pull As Hulk Hogan Claims His Accounts Were Hacked

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan says that posts made to his account promoting the Solana (SOL)-based memecoin HULK yesterday were not…

June 7, 2024

Scammers Ask for Crypto on Fake SpaceX Elon Musk Livestream by Dubbing an AI Voice Over Real Video: Report

A new report shows that over 100,000 people viewed a fake SpaceX livestream combining real video with an artificial intelligence…

June 6, 2024

DOJ Arrests CFO of Media Outlet Epoch Times for Alleged $67,000,000 Money Laundering Scheme Involving Crypto

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (USAO-SDNY), is charging the chief financial officer of The Epoch Times,…

June 5, 2024

Missing ‘Cryptoqueen’ Behind $4,000,000,000 OneCoin Fraud May Never Be Found: Report

The infamous scammer behind the $4 billion OneCoin fraud allegedly worked with a prolific drug kingpin, according to a new…

June 5, 2024

Bank Employee Banned From Industry After Allegedly Stealing $15,000 From Lender, Hiding Paper Trail With Rotten Receipts

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is taking action against a former bank employee for allegedly stealing…

June 3, 2024