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Monero-Mining Death Metal Band from 2077 Warns Humans on Lizard People Extinction Scheme
18.8.2020
“Everything you heard, every theory that just doesn’t seem possible, every small inkling that something was just off about the world… is true.”
Amid US Postal Service ‘Crisis’ USPS Files Patent for Blockchain Mail-in Voting Scheme
18.8.2020
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart at the seams and many Americans are blaming the Trump administration. The USPS may have to deal with the U.S. election ballot process, as mail-in votes may be the dominant practice thanks to the coronavirus. Amid the American public’s...
South African Firms Ordered to Cease and Desist in 2 US States for Crypto Debit Card Fraud
17.8.2020
Two U.S. states have issued emergency cease and desist orders to South African firms and a South African national promoting a cryptocurrency debit card scheme. The companies claim that the card is like a traditional Mastercard but the states say the scheme is fraudulent. South African Firms...
Andreas Antonopoulos: Hex Team Offered Me 10 BTC to Speak Well of Their Token
15.8.2020
Andreas Antonopoulos says he was offered 10 BTC for an interview with the objective to show that Hex is not a scam. The alleged offer comes as Hex proponents battle persistent Ponzi allegations. Antonopolous, an influential cryptocurrency advocate, also reveals the offer was on condition he does...
Bitcoin Proceeds of COVID-19 Business Support Scheme Fraud Seized
14.8.2020
The $150,000 worth of Bitcoin was allegedly being used to launder money gained through fraudulent support loan applications on behalf of dummy businesses
From Call Centers to Cryptos: India’s Scammers Don't Seem to Stop
11.8.2020
As cryptos gain ground in India and Bitcoin price spikes, Indian scammers are likely to make the most of the opportunity
Nasdaq-Listed Company Sued for Backing $2 Billion Loans With 83 Tons of Fake Gold
9.8.2020
The Nasdaq-listed company that allegedly used 83 tons of fake gold bars as collateral to secure loans worth about $2 billion from multiple financial institutions in China is now in default and facing several class-action lawsuits. $2 Billion Fake Gold Scheme Unravels The gold industry was recently...
Reports Claim UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ‘Pressurized’ to Remove Onecoin Scam Warning
8.8.2020
A recent episode of the popular BBC Sounds podcast the “Missing Cryptoqueen” has shown the public a very interesting view of the powerful Onecoin Ponzi. According to two witnesses the BBC interviewed, a London law firm and a reputation management company allegedly managed to get...
One Month On, Forsage Continues Despite SEC’s Ponzi Warnings
6.8.2020
Forsage members are courting a high risk with the Philippines' securities regulator
Blockstream’s Adam Back Slams Ethereum as a Ponzi-Scheme
6.8.2020
Crypto tribalism shifts up a gear, with Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back lashing out at Ethereum
Inside a Crypto ‘Ponzi’: How the $6.5M Banana.Fund Fraud Unravelled
3.8.2020
U.S. authorities are trying to return $6.5 million in bitcoin and tether to the victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme
Accused of Spreading a FUD Zeus Capital Doubles Down on Chainlink Pump and Dump Claims
2.8.2020
Zeus Capital LLP has released a new report reiterating its earlier stance that Chainlink is a giant pump and dump scheme. This new report comes after the little known asset management and research firm took a flak for attacking Chainlink’s token in an earlier report. In what it now terms part...
Chinese Police Take Down $6 Billion Plustoken Ponzi, Arrest 109 People
31.7.2020
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested 109 people in connection with the Plustoken Ponzi scheme. Twenty-seven of them are allegedly the scheme’s masterminds and 82 are key members. The Plustoken scammers have swindled funds worth about $5.7 billion from more than 2 million investors....
Zero Collateral: $138 Million in Defi Flash Loans Issued in 24 Hours
30.7.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) realm continues to heat up with concepts like yield farming, but another scheme called defi flash loans has also grown exponential. On Monday, the noncustodial lending protocol Aave issued $138 million in loans with zero collateral. Since the last week of June, defi...
The Onecoin Debacle: Indictments Unsealed, 2 Dead in Mexico, Story Gets ‘Darker’
29.7.2020
The Onecoin fiasco is still making headlines these days as a number of alleged money laundering companies were exposed on July 25, two Onecoin leaders were recently killed in Mexico, and the British author Jamie Bartlett revealed a new “Missing Cryptoqueen” episode is coming soon....
Russia’s Central Bank Keeps Insisting That Crypto Is ‘Criminal’
28.7.2020
Russia’s central bank argues that crypto purchases are not considered an investment
How Billion-Dollar Crypto Scams Lure Victims
25.7.2020
In the past week, reports emerged that some key members of the Onecoin scam were found dead in Mexico. According to reports, the two Oscar Brito Ibarra and Ignacio Ibarra may have been kidnapped and murdered but the motives behind their murder is unclear. Onecoin is one of the biggest...
New Suit Alleges Utahn Ponzi Operators Took the Money and Ran
16.7.2020
New suit looks to recover nearly three quarters of a million dollars from alleged ponzi scheme that claimed major altcoin gains amid crypto winter
South African Bitcoin Investment Company Pushes Back Against Texas Scam Allegations
16.7.2020
Mirror Trading International (MTI), a South African bitcoin investment company at the center of a cease and desist order issued by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB), is pushing back allegations that it is running a Ponzi scheme or a scam. MTI CEO Johann Steynberg issued a statement assuaging...
Zcash Releases New Version of Frost Signature Scheme
15.7.2020
The foundation launched an updated version of FROST to sign transactions between participants that own a single private signing key