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UK Seizes First NFTs in $2 Million Fraud Crackdown — Arrests 3 People

15.2.2022
The U.K.’s. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its first non-fungible token (NFT) seizure. British authorities also seized some crypto and arrested three people in a fraud case involving 250 allegedly fake companies. “Our first seizure of a non-fungible token serves as...

UK Tax Authority Confiscates 3 NFTs in Fraud Case as a First

14.2.2022
  As part of its probe into a potential value-added tax (VAT) fraud, UK tax authority Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HRMC) has confiscated three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in what represents the first seizure of such assets by a British government institution. On HMRC’s initiative, three...

Fraud in Crypto Apps Has Never Been Higher

7.2.2022
A recent survey by Pew Research showed more than 86% of Americans that are now aware of cryptocurrency, and the number of cryptocurrency users is now estimated at more than 300 million. Growth of awareness has also attracted fraudsters’ attention, with crypto fraud peaked in the past year....

Wonderland DeFi Protocol to Shut Down After Fraud

1.2.2022
The Wonderland DeFi Protocol has announced its closure after revealing that its treasury manager was a convicted felon. Wonderland was thrown into disarray after a Person on Twitter revealed 0xSifu’s true identity as Michael Patryn. He must have earlier pled guilty of credit card theft...

The biggest crypto heists of all time

29.1.2022
Crypto exchanges are hacked surprisingly often. A few of the biggest crypto heists that occurred in the past few years are discussed in this article

Cryptsy CEO Indicted for Defrauding Crypto Investors, Destroying Evidence

28.1.2022
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy has been indicted in the U.S. The 17-count indictment charges the crypto exchange executive with “tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud, tampering with records, documents, and other objects, and destruction of records in...

IRS Special Agent on Crypto: ‘We See Mountains of Fraud in This Area’

28.1.2022
A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says the tax agency is “seeing mountains and mountains of fraud” in the cryptocurrency space. The IRS criminal investigation unit is trying to train all of its agents on crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) issues because...

US Sentences Bitcoin Seller to 1 Year in Jail for Defrauding Investors

27.1.2022
A bitcoin seller has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail for defrauding customers, according to a notice by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The man took money from customers but did not provide them with the agreed-upon bitcoin. Fraudulent Bitcoin Seller Going to Jail The U.S....

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