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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Hacker Behind $611,000,000 Crypto Heist Left Trail of Digital Fingerprints, According to Blockchain Security Firm SlowMist

Blockchain security firm SlowMist says the attacker behind a $611 million hack of Poly Network left a trail of digital…

August 11, 2021

Money Laundering Bank Scheme Fetches Apartment Buildings, Yacht, a Plane – And an Indictment in Florida

A South Florida resident has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a money-laundering scheme that sought to bribe government…

August 10, 2021

SEC Charges Two Crypto Executives in First-Ever DeFi Securities Case

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pressing charges against two crypto executives in its first-ever decentralized finance (DeFi)…

August 7, 2021

U.S. Marshals Hire Custodian To Handle Massive Trove of Seized Crypto Holdings

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is hiring crypto custody firm Anchorage Digital to handle a trove of seized cryptocurrencies including…

July 30, 2021

US Senator Launches Investigation To Disrupt Use of Cryptocurrency in Cybercrimes

US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) says that a senate committee that he chairs will look into methods that discourage the…

July 27, 2021

Suspect in Alleged $330,000,000 Crypto Fraud Offers To Repay Victims in Exchange for Temporary Release

A suspect accused of masterminding a $330,000,000 crypto scheme says he might be able to repay his victims if the…

July 25, 2021

Authorities Nab Hacker Who Compromised Musk, Biden, Gates, Bezos and Obama Twitter Accounts in Bitcoin Giveaway Scam

Authorities have arrested a citizen from the United Kingdom who is allegedly connected to a massive Twitter hack in 2020…

July 23, 2021

US Government Offers Crypto Bounty To Combat State-Sponsored Cybercrimes

The US government says those who offer information that helps fight malicious online activity can now get paid in cryptocurrency.…

July 20, 2021

Four Arrested in Alleged $54,000,000 Crypto Investment Scheme Involving Artificial Intelligence

Authorities have reportedly arrested four people in Central Japan over an alleged multi-million dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The scheme was…

July 15, 2021

UK Police Seizes $250,000,000 Worth of Crypto in Money Laundering Investigation

The United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police (Met) says it just set a new record for the largest seizure of crypto in…

July 14, 2021