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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that there has been a rise in fraudulent schemes using cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs) and quick response (QR) codes to facilitate payments.The FBI said it has seen an increase in scammers directing victims to use physical crypto ATMs and QR codes
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that the Supreme Court of New South Wales has ordered the forfeiture of cryptocurrency belonging to a convicted hacker. “The amount of cryptocurrency forfeited, more than $1.2 million, is the largest Commonwealth forfeiture of cryptocurrency,” the AFP said. ‘Largest Commonwealth Forfeiture of Cryptocurrency’ The Australian
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A nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested in West Virginia on charges of espionage and selling restricted data.The couple sold classified information regarding the designs of nuclear-powered warships to an individual they believed to represent a foreign nation for almost a year. However, the contact was an undercover
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Investigations into the South African company Mirror Trading International (MTI) – widely seen as last year’s most ruinous Bitcoin (BTC) Ponzi scheme – are now engaging the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).MTI, which went into provisional liquidation in December 2020, claimed to have over 260,000 members across 170
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Ripple Labs, the digital asset payment service provider tied to XRP, one of the five largest cryptocurrencies, was blackmailed at the height of crypto mania three years ago, CryptoX has learned.Documents obtained by CryptoX through a Freedom of Information Act request show an unidentified individual emailed Ripple on Oct. 19,
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Yaroslav Shtadchenko, former project manager at now defunct crypto fund Bitsonar, has formally accused his former employer of fraud. As previously reported, Bitsonar is an investment firm that managed to raise up to $2.5 million dollars in crypto from investors worldwide and went bust this summer. Investors from the U.S.,
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Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cryptox in one link.Top Stories This WeekElon Musk, Kanye West and Bill Gates’
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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) expects a rise in the number of crypto scams related to the coronavirus pandemic. In a April 13 press release, the FBI warned that the increase of “cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes” would only be facilitated by more people getting on board with crypto. The elderly
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