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…
SafeMoon founders arrested on wire fraud and money laundering charges
SafeMoon founders arrested; Kyle Nagy at large. The charges include wire fraud and money laundering. There are also accusations of misappropriation and investor deception. In a significant development, the founders…
New York AG sues Gemini and Genesis for alleged $1 billion fraud
The New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the lawsuit against Gemini, Genesis and DCG on Thursday. It’s alleged the crypto firms lied to investors and concealed losses of over…
CFTC fines Utah man over $2.5M for leveraged Bitcoin fraud
CFTC announced Jacob Orvidas had conducted a leveraged Bitcoin fraud between October 2017 and July 2020. Orvidas was also charged for failing to register as a commodity pool operator. The…
Terra LUNA price plunges: SEC charges Terraform Labs for fraud
The SEC has charged Terraform and its founder with fraud. The SEC accuses Terraform Labs of embezzling billions of dollars from investors. The news has sent the price of Terra…
Rug pulls: uncovering crypto fraud
How does a crypto rug pull fraud look like? The three main types of rug pulls in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Expert tips on how to avoid falling victim to rug…
JPMorgan CEO says Bitcoin is ‘a hyped-up fraud’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon previously slammed Bitcoin as a “Ponzi scheme”. On Thursday, he told CNBC’s Squawk Box that crypto is a decentralised Ponzi scheme and that Bitcoin is just…
Authorities dismantle a cross-border crypto fraud network in Europe
The cross-border fraud network used call centres to defraud victims. The network operated in Germany, Serbia, Cyprus, and Bulgaria. 15 people connected to the network have been arrested so far.…