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FBI Used Bitcoin Trail to Catch Russian Rapper Accused of Money Laundering

3.4.2020
Rapper Maksim Boiko had claimed bundles of money he posed with in photos came from rental revenue and investments in bitcoin

AT&T Files for Dismissal in $24M Phone Hack Case, Claims Crypto Exec Didn’t Read T&Cs

1.4.2020
Terpin claims he lost $24 million in crypto due to AT&T's negligence. The firm says he didn't read the company's policy documents

Thousands of Microsoft Servers Infected By Crypto-Mining Botnet Since 2018, Says Report

1.4.2020
The attackers have apparently been targeting Microsoft SQL database servers to mine cryptocurrency for two years

Alleged Mastermind of Sex Abuse Chatrooms Hid Payments With Privacy Coin Monero

26.3.2020
The 25-year-old used the cryptocurrency monero to obfuscate payments for abusive sexual material, according to a CoinDesk Korea investigation

Alleged Telegram Sex Crime Ringleader Paraded in Public in Korea

26.3.2020
More than 5 million Koreans signed a petition demanding the ringleader behind a notorious Telegram sex crime chat room be named and shamed

Canadians Get US Jail Time for Stealing 23 Bitcoin in Twitter Scam

18.3.2020
The two scammers used a Twitter account to pose as crypto exchange staff to persuade an Oregon resident to hand over their bitcoin

Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers

16.3.2020
The search engine developer downloaded monero mining scripts onto 200 of Baidu's servers

COVID-19: Joseph Steinberg Raises Alert Over Ongoing Cyber Crime

16.3.2020
The Covid-19 outbreak has lead to a lot of haywire in the world, and sadly, cybercriminals are taking full advantage of it. They are, in fact, leaving no stone unturned to attempt fraud during the ongoing pandemic. The cybercriminals are increasingly targeting healthcare institutions...

US Woman Gets 13 Years in Jail After Funding ISIS With Cryptocurrency

16.3.2020
The woman fraudulently obtained credit card numbers in order to buy $62,000 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Tokyo Police Arrest 2 Men for Buying Cryptocurrency Tied to $530M Coincheck Hack

11.3.2020
Tokyo police arrested two individuals on Wednesday for acquiring stolen NEM from the 2018 Coincheck hack. On Jan. 26, 2018, the Japanese trading platform Coincheck noticed an “illicit transfer” of 523,000,000 NEM and it was the largest cryptocurrency exchange hack since Mt Gox....

Crypto Scams Pose More Risk Than Payments Fraud, Report Suggests

11.3.2020
Cryptocurrency scams in 2019 were more risky for U.S. residents than fraud involving romance or payments, says the Better Business Bureau

2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530 Million Hack

11.3.2020
The men are alleged to have been offloading NEM taken from Coincheck since February

Chainalysis: Only 1% of $1 Trillion Transacted in Crypto in 2019 Was Illicit

5.3.2020
Chainalysis reports over $1 trillion was transacted in cryptocurrency in 2019 with only 1.1% of it being illicit

Sweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’

4.3.2020
Ukraine has been asked to act following a report of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive investors from the country's capital

Whistleblower Outs ‘Wolf of Kyiv’ for $70 Million Bitcoin Scam

2.3.2020
A whistleblower has revealed a $70 million Bitcoin scam targeting British and Australian investors through fake news stories on Facebook

MTV Airs Only the Negative Parts of Crypto Youtuber ‘Ya Girl’ Rachel Siegel’s Bitcoin Analysis

1.3.2020
A new television series by MTV features arguably the channel’s first crypto personality. Rachel Siegel, a bitcoin advocate and proponent of mass adoption who’s behind the Youtube channel Crypto Finally, was invited to enrich the story of a $5 million SIM swapping scam with...