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Scams, Schemes and Hacks

Crypto Exchange CoinEx Promises Generous Bug Bounty Reward to Hacker Following $70,000,000 Exploit

Days after suffering a security breach, crypto exchange CoinEx is attempting to reach out to the hackers responsible for the…

September 19, 2023

Five Arrested for Scheme That Robbed $76,000,000 From Victims of Crypto and Gold Scam: Report

Five people have reportedly been arrested in Thailand for allegedly fleecing millions of dollars from victims in a crypto and…

September 18, 2023

Crypto Exchange Gemini Says Investment Giant DCG Is Using Misleading Assertions in Bankruptcy Plan

Digital asset exchange Gemini says venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) is engaging in deceptive practices to avoid fulfilling…

September 17, 2023

US Government Slams Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers for Proposed Questions to Court Jurors

The US Government is countering the attorneys of former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, saying that they’re asking jurors “unnecessarily…

September 17, 2023

Billionaire Mark Cuban Suffers $870,000 in Losses to Crypto Hack: Report

Business magnate Mark Cuban has reportedly been hacked to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of digital…

September 17, 2023

North Korean Hackers Tapping Russian Crypto Exchanges To Funnel Illicit Digital Assets, According to Chainalysis

A market intelligence firm says that hackers from North Korea are using Russian crypto exchanges known to launder money to…

September 16, 2023

‘Cryptoqueen’ Associate Receives 20 Years in Prison, Ordered To Surrender $300,000,000

One of the co-founders of the $4 billion OneCoin crypto pyramid scheme has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.…

September 14, 2023

Phisher Who Stole $24,200,000 Worth of Crypto From Whale Moves Funds to Tornado Cash: PeckShield

A crypto security firm says that a phisher who stole $24.2 million worth of staked Ethereum (ETH) is actively moving…

September 13, 2023

US Government Forces SIM Swapper To Forfeit Millions in Bitcoin (BTC) and Sports Car: Report

A US federal court has reportedly ordered a SIM hijacker who allegedly stole crypto worth millions of dollars while in…

September 12, 2023

Vitalik Buterin’s X Account Gets Hacked, Victims Suffer $691,000 in Losses From False NFT Promotion

Hackers were able to compromise the account of Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin on social media platform X and used…

September 11, 2023