Tag Archives: crypto scams

A Reddit user has outlined a fake website trying to copy and even promise more features than the verified Cardano (ADA) wallet – Daedalus. However, the copycat has a slightly different URL address. The user, going by the Reddit handle Tjaaark, posted on August 13th that a “fake Daedalus website is being marketed on Discord.” He advised users to be wary as the copycat had some notable differences from the verified one. For instance, the one marketed on Discord has an URL...

Afek Zard – an Israeli resident – will spend the next eight years behind bars for stealing 75,000 DASH coins worth 22 million Shekels or roughly $7 million from a close friend. Apart from the jail time, the man will pay a fine of $1.5 million and compensation to the victim for $80,000. Beware of Friends When Dealing with Crypto The Be’er Sheva District Court sent to prison for 8 years the 27-year-old Afek Zard, who embezzled 75,000 digital coins worth around $6.8 million....

The Securities and Exchange Commission has targeted the Cayman Island-based Blockchain Credit Partners (BCP), along with Gregory Keough and Derek Acree, for selling unregistered securities from February 2020 to February 2021. $30 Million Trough Token Sales According to a recent press release, the executives allegedly used smart contracts to sell two types of tokens that the SEC considered securities. More precisely, those were mTokens, which could be bought with “specific...

The blockchain data provider Chainalysis revealed that Chinese cryptocurrency accounts had sent over $2.2 billion worth of digital assets to addresses tied to criminal activities such as frauds and darknet transactions in a period of around two years. However, large-scale Ponzi schemes are less popular in China than in other countries. Cryptocurrencies Fueled Illegal Operations in China According to a research conducted by the blockchain data platform Chainalysis, Chinese...

David Lindberg – Chief Executive of retail banking at NatWest – warned investors to beware of dealing with digital assets in Britain. In his opinion, the market there is full of fraudsters who create fake cryptocurrency exchanges to lure users into thinking they are investing. ‘Fraud And Scams Are an Industry’ One of the top executives at the leading British bank NatWest – David Lindberg – alerted that the UK is not the best place for crypto investing. To him, the Kingdom is...

The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a temporary restraining order on a mother-son duo that embezzled more than $12 million from at least 277 investors. Throughout the years, the 86-year-old woman and her 54-year-old son promised to generate income for their clients via investing in securities and cryptocurrencies but instead swindled the funds for themselves. The Deceptive ‘Supercomputer’ The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had stopped...

The British police confiscated £180 million or about $250 million worth of digital assets as part of a thorough investigation for money laundering. The operation was marked as the largest seizure ever executed in the United Kingdom. Breaking The Record According to a recent Reuters report, the Met’s Economic Crime Command made one of the largest global crypto seizures – nearly $250 million worth of various digital assets. The operation, which was part of an ongoing...

The Swedish resident – Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson – pleaded guilty to luring at least 3,575 people into a fraudulent Bitcoin investment scheme. According to the investigation, he embezzled more than $16 million from his illegal actions and will spend the next 15 years in federal prison. The Pension Plans Turned out to Be a BTC Scam The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that the 47-year-old Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson skimmed thousands of people in a typical “Ponzi scheme”...

The cybersecurity firm Lookout detected numerous crypto mining scams employing hundreds of fake Android applications. The fraudulent scheme affected at least 93,000 people and stole more than $350,000 from them. Stealing Money Instead of Mining Crypto According to a recent report, the security company Lookout discovered 172 bogus Android applications meant to be used for digital assets mining. Instead, the apps turned out to scam at least 93,000 victims and embezzled some...

A Maltese man is currently facing several charges alleging that he had fraudulently taken about $700,000 worth of crypto from his drinking companion. According to a Tuesday report by a local media outlet, several police officers testified against the suspect during the hearing of the case which took place before magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech. He faces the following charges: money laundering, misappropriation, theft of cryptocurrency, violently resisting arrest, being in...