UK officials debate fate of $7.24B seized Bitcoin in historic fraud case
UK may return £640M to fraud victims but keep $6.4B gains from seized Bitcoin, sparking debate. Largest crypto seizure ever: 61,000 BTC worth $7.24B confiscated in UK fraud case. Officials…
Chinese woman pleads guilty in $7B UK Bitcoin fraud case ahead of trial
UK seizes 61,000 Bitcoin worth $7B in one of the world’s largest crypto fraud cases. Zhang and Ling plead guilty to laundering funds tied to a $5.6B Chinese investment scam.…
MEXC flags 200% spike in crypto fraud: India, Indonesia lead with over 30,000 accounts
MEXC reports 80,057 fraud cases in Q1 2025, a 200% YoY increase. India flagged 27,000 fraudulent accounts, up 17% from last year. Indonesia saw 1,303% surge in fraud cases, reaching…
Crystal Intelligence acquires Scam Alert, aims to protect crypto users from fraud
Crystal buys Scam Alert to fight crypto scams. Uses AI to track fraud and help victims. Backed by Tether, Polygon, and Ethereum Foundation. As crypto fraud reaches alarming new heights,…
Safemoon CTO pleads guilty in $200m crypto fraud case
Safemoon CTO Thomas Smith has pleaded guilty to charges in a $200 million crypto fraud case. US authories arrested the Safemoon exec, alongside CEO Braden John Karony, in 2023. Thomas…
US charges 18 people, companies for crypto fraud
US has charged 14 people and four companies for fraud and market manipulation among other illegal activities. The prosecution says this is the first criminal case involving cyptocurrency companies over…
Caroline Ellison sentenced to 24 months in prison over FTX fraud
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Ellison will also forfeit $11 billion Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive officer of Alameda…
New York man to pay $36 million for forex and crypto fraud
A US federal court ordered William Koo Ichioka to pay $31 million in restitution and $5 million in monetary penalty The New York resident was charged and ordered to pay…
Wisconsin launches an investment scam tracker to combat crypto fraud
Wisconsin DFI launches tracker to combat crypto and investment fraud. Nearly $3.55M was lost to fraud in Wisconsin from Jan 2022 to June 2024. Tracker updates regularly and it is…
SEC sues Bitcoin miner Geosyn Mining for fraud; Bitbot presale nears $3M
SEC sues Geosyn Mining and co-founders for misappropriated funds and misleading investors. Bitbot revolutionizes crypto trading with a non-custodial Telegram bot. The $BITBOT presale nears $3M presale with the token…