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‘I’m sick’ — Scammers use AI, fake ID of crypto influencer to steal $4M
24.4.2025
The host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he’s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least one victim duped out of $4 million. On April 23, the crypto investor said, “I’m sick,” reporting that he’d...
‘I’m sick’ — Scammers use AI, fake ID of crypto influencer to steal $4M
24.4.2025
The host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he’s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least one victim duped out of $4 million. On April 23, the crypto investor said, “I’m sick,” reporting that he’d...
Alabama Man to Plead Guilty in Bitcoin-Focused SEC X Account Hack
10.2.2025
According to the charges, Eric Council Jr. used a fake ID to gain access to a device with SEC account credentials and then falsely said spot bitcoin ETFs had been approved
Russia sentences Hydra market founder to life in prison
4.12.2024
Hydra market founder Stanislav Moiseev and 15 of his accomplices were jailed for between 8 and 23 years for their involvement in the darknet market and crypto mixer
Fake ID crypto exchange sign-ups attract 2-year prison sentence
21.6.2024
Australian authorities sentenced a man who had used other people’s identities to open accounts on crypto exchanges
Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fake ID-for-Bitcoin Case
3.7.2019
A fake ID ring operated between June, 2013, and February, 2018 and may have netted over $4.7 million in bitcoin