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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Insiders Cash Out $107,000,000 in Crypto Before Memecoin Backed by Argentinian President Collapsed: Lookonchain

Insiders extracted over $100 million from crypto markets after Argentinian President Javier Milei backed the launch of a memecoin that…

February 16, 2025

$374,068 Drained From Bank Accounts As Bank Employee Allegedly Uses Customer Funds To Pay Husband’s Credit Card, Property Taxes and E*TRADE Deposit

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is accusing a bank employee of making unauthorized transfers from customers' accounts to pay…

February 15, 2025

569,012 Americans Exposed As Massive Data Breach Reveals Names, Financial Account Numbers, Credit and Debit Card Numbers, Security Codes, PINs and More

A major cybersecurity incident has exposed sensitive personal, medical and financial records of more than half a million Americans. In…

February 14, 2025

Wells Fargo Refuses To Return Woman’s Life Savings After Bank Account Gutted by Fraudsters – Here’s How She Reportedly Broke Through the Bank’s Denials

Wells Fargo has reportedly refused to reimburse a woman who lost her life savings to an impostor who claimed to…

February 14, 2025

Hacker Offered 10% Bounty After Stealing Over $9,000,000 in Ethereum (ETH) From Lending Platform

A decentralized money-lending protocol built on the Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution Starknet is taking action to recover the funds stolen…

February 13, 2025

Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Sentenced To 45,376 Years in Prison Over $131,000,000 ‘Farm Bank’ Scam

The creator of a mobile gaming app that was later deemed to be a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to…

February 12, 2025

Florida Man Ordered To Pay $7,600,000 in Restitution After Promoting Supposed ‘Gold-Backed’ Cryptocurrency Scam

A federal court has ordered a Florida resident who operated a digital asset fraud scheme years ago to pay millions…

February 12, 2025

President Trump Does Prisoner Swap With Russia, Freeing Crypto Exchange Owner With American Teacher: Report

President Donald Trump has reportedly traded prisoners with Russia, freeing the former owner of a crypto exchange for American teacher…

February 12, 2025

Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Official SEC X Account and Falsely Claiming Regulator Had Approved Bitcoin ETFs

An Alabama man has pled guilty to hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account last year and…

February 12, 2025

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Says Quantum Computing Will Allow Hackers To Take Bitcoin From Lost Wallets

The chief executive of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) says that quantum computing will allow hackers to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from…

February 10, 2025