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South African Investors to Lose $13 Million as Bitcoin Scammer Declared Bankrupt

7.7.2020
A South African high court has declared an alleged bitcoin scam mastermind, Willie Breedt, bankrupt. The court decision follows an application by one disgruntled investor, Simon Dix, a News24 report states. Willie Breedt is the CEO of the defunct Vaultage Solutions (VS), the company at the center...

Bitcoin Ponzi Scammer Arrested by Jakarta Police for Sexual Assault

16.6.2020
Russ Albert Medlin — co-founder of alleged crypto Ponzi scheme BitClub — was arrested in South Jakarta for sexual assault on minors

Scammer Spoofs SMS Identifier to Steal Funds From Bitcoin User

3.6.2020
A Bitcoin exchange transaction resulted in a user getting scammed as a spoofed SMS message from a payment app made it seem that the attacker executed the payment

PlusToken Scammer Implicated in China’s Second Ten-Figure Crypto Ponzi

16.5.2020
Six people have pled guilty to operating a crypto MLM scam that absorbed roughly $1 billion from over 700,000 investors

US Authorities Freeze COVID-19 Website Alleged Scammer Tried to Sell for Bitcoin

25.4.2020
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security seized coronaprevention.org after its owner allegedly tried to sell it for $500 in bitcoin

US Prosecutors Look to Streamline Criminal Case Against Alleged Crypto Scammer

8.4.2020
U.S. prosecutors are seeking to pause the SEC's civil action against Blockchain Terminal founder and alleged $30 million ICO fraudster Boaz Manor to complete their own criminal prosecution

CFTC Sues Alleged Crypto Ponzi Scammer for $500K Theft

14.2.2020
The CFTC is charging Breonna Clark and Venture Capital Investments with defrauding investors by pretending to run a commodity pool invested in crypto and foreign currency contracts

US ICO Scammer Sentenced to 18 Months In Jail

19.11.2019
The first person convicted for a fraudulent ICO in U.S. criminal court has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars

Satoshi ‘Nakamolto’ Emerges With Great Hair and Questionable Claims

3.11.2019
A viral video taken at a Las Vegas event has put self-claimed “Bitcoin co-founder” Jörg Molt in the spotlight this past week. A Twitter user in the space known for hair trigger accusations calls Molt a scammer in the video, and Molt proceeds to knock off the guy’s baseball...

Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi

18.10.2019
A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner. Also Read: Binance to...

ICOs Are Dead But ICO Scammers Are Immortal

16.10.2019
The initial coin offering may have all but died, but the ICO scammer marches on regardless. Whereas legitimate projects have to wrangle with all kinds of challenges including the strength of the market, generating value for investors, creating a real product and actually delivering on the promises...

Attorneys Seek Bank of Ireland Execs’ Testimony Against OneCoin Scammer

30.9.2019
U.S. attorneys have submitted a motion seeking testimony from former Bank of Ireland execs in the case of a OneCoin cryptocurrency scammer

Texas Securities Watchdog Shuts Down Craigslist Crypto Scammer

9.8.2019
Texas securities regulators issued a cease and desist order against an alleged crypto scammer advertising on Craigslist

Regulators File Cease and Desist Against Craigslist Scam Promising 900% Crypto Returns

8.8.2019
Since launching a sweeping investigation of the crypto industry, the Texas State Securities Board has filed 24  administrative orders

How Crypto YouTuber Scammed a Scammer and Donated the Money to Charity

8.8.2019
Ben Perrin. Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, BTC Sessions When scammers try to take people’s bitcoin out of their wallets on great promises of even greater fortune, some intended victims turn the scam around on the scammer. Such is the case with Ben Perrin, the marketing director at bitcoin...