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Sam Bankman-Fried Hit With Additional Bank Fraud Charges in New Indictment
23.2.2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning
US Federal Trade Commission Investigates Marketing Schemes of Crypto Firm Voyager
22.2.2023
According to a court document filed recently in the Voyager Digital bankruptcy case, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the marketing of the crypto firm. Like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the FTC has objected to Binance US purchasing Voyager’s...
Blockchain Security Firm PeckShield Uncovers New Crypto Scam That Pretends To Be Affiliated With ChatGPT
22.2.2023
Blockchain security firm PeckShield found a number of scam tokens whose creators look to profit from the ChatGPT craze.
PeckShield tweeted on Tuesday that,
"[It] detected dozens of newly created BingChatGPT tokens, of which 3 appear to be honeypots & 2 have high sell tax."...
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Onecoin Cryptoqueen Killed in Greece in 2018, Report Claims
21.2.2023
Ruja Ignatova, founder of the crypto pyramid Onecoin, may have been murdered in Greece a year after her disappearance. According to an article, quoting а leaked report from a police informant, the “missing Cryptoqueen” was killed on a yacht in the Ionian Sea more than four years ago. Murder in...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen’s Ex-boyfriend Gets 5 Years in Prison
18.2.2023
A former boyfriend of Ruja Ignatova, the mastermind of the Ponzi scheme Onecoin, has received five years in prison. The sentence is for the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of proceeds from the notorious crypto scam which defrauded investors around the world. Ruja’s Former...
FTX Scandal Deepens: Sam Bankman-Fried's Right-Hand Man Nishad Singh to Plead Guilty to Fraud
18.2.2023
Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering for collapsed crypto exchange FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried's right-hand man, is preparing to reach a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors
According to a Friday report from Bloomberg, the former FTX executive is planning to plead guilty to fraud charges...
Custodia CEO Slams US Government Over Broad Crackdown, Lack of Regulatory Clarity in Crypto Industry
18.2.2023
Caitlin Long, CEO of crypto bank Custodia, criticized the U.S. government for its handling of a massive crypto fraud that occurred months before the company’s collapse. She made her remarks in a blog post after disclosing evidence to law enforcement. Long’s post followed...
Report: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh Negotiating Plea Deal with Prosecutors
18.2.2023
Another member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle allegedly plans to plead guilty to criminal charges for his role in the alleged fraud that occurred at the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. According to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Nishad Singh, FTX’s former director...
Former FTX exec will plead guilty to federal charges with a deal: Report
17.2.2023
Nishad Singh, the bankrupt exchange’s former director of engineering, went to a proffer session with prosecutors last month and is reportedly nearing a plea deal
Former FTX Executive Nishad Singh Planning to Plead Guilty to Fraud: Bloomberg
17.2.2023
Singh, the former engineering director for the collapsed crypto exchange, was a member of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle
Prosecutors Seek Restrictions on Former FTX CEO’s Electronic Devices Following VPN Use for Football Streaming
17.2.2023
Prosecutors in the financial fraud case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) are attempting to persuade the judge to restrict his use of electronic devices. It has been revealed that SBF used a virtual private network (VPN) to watch the Super Bowl through a foreign subscription service...
4 Huge Revelations in the SEC’s Charges Against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs
17.2.2023
TerraUSD was a more overt and calculated fraud than was previously known – and Do Kwon is still cashing out, at size
Crypto investors spent $4.6B buying 'pump and dump' tokens last year
17.2.2023
Nearly 10,000 tokens launched on BNB and Ethereum last year are suspected to have been created just to dump on investors, according to Chainalysis
Terraform Labs and CEO Do Kwon Charged by SEC With Multibillion-Dollar Crypto Fraud
17.2.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Hyeong Kwon, with fraud, alleging that Kwon and his company orchestrated “a multibillion-dollar crypto-asset securities fraud.” The securities watchdog insists that Kwon raised billions from...
Breaking: SEC sues Do Kwon and Terraform Labs for fraud
16.2.2023
"We allege that Terraform and Do Kwon failed to provide the public with full, fair, and truthful disclosure as required for a host of crypto asset securities," said SEC chair Gary Gensler
CFTC Charges California Firm and CEO With Fraud, Misappropriation of Digital Assets
16.2.2023
The commission alleges the defendants fraudulently solicited over $7 million worth of bitcoin and ether and misappropriated a portion of the funds in a Ponzi-like scheme
Stanford Alumni Revealed as Co-Signers of FTX Co-Founder’s $250M Bond
16.2.2023
According to the latest court documents in the fraud case involving former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Manhattan, the New York judge presiding over the case unsealed the co-signers of Bankman-Fried’s bond on Wednesday. The names of the two bail bond co-signers that were previously redacted...
Crypto Bro From Big Crash May Lose Access To League Of Legends
16.2.2023
The man who oversaw the most famous crash in the history of crypto and who is currently facing securities fraud and other criminal charges might lose his gaming privileges. Federal prosecutors are now asking a judge to prohibit Sam Bankman-Fried from using computers or going online after...
SBF and FTX fraud 'aided and abetted' by Silvergate Bank, alleges lawsuit
15.2.2023
The filing is the latest proposed class action in a string of lawsuits aimed at Silvergate over the last two months about its links with Sam Bankman-Fried and defunct crypto exchange FTX
SEC and CFTC Lawsuits Against Former FTX CEO Paused Until Criminal Proceedings Conclude
14.2.2023
Two civil lawsuits, stemming from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will be paused until his criminal proceedings are complete. US Attorney Requests Pause on SEC and CFTC Lawsuits...