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Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm, as well as provide users with a means to report scams and hacks.The companies shared a press release with
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against a New York-based man and two of his companies. The SEC alleges that these entities conducted a fraudulent and unregistered ICO from late 2017 to 2018, and is requesting that a U.S. District Court issue an
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The San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may be out of the fraud loop but it, however, isn’t completely out of the woods yet. Judge Vince Chhabria of the California District Court ruled against the plaintiff’s charges of fraud and unfair competition against Coinbase but also denied its arbitration motion saying
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Federal authorities in the state of New York have unsealed fraud charges against Jon Barry Thompson, the principal of a purported cryptocurrency escrow company Volantis Escrow Platform, in the amount of over $7 million as stated in a press release released on July 25th by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.The complaint
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US authorities have arrested the operator of a Bitcoin escrow company for defrauding two firms of $7 million. Jon
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Federal authorities in the state of New York have unsealed fraud charges against the principal of a purported cryptocurrency escrow company Volantis in the amount of over $7 million.According to an announcement by the Department of Justice (DoJ), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
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Damian Collins, a senior official at the British Parliament and known critic of Facebook, wants to probe the firm’s crypto project Libra.Damian Collins says Libra is going to be open to massive fraud Collins, chairman of the British Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, who led an 18-month investigation
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A number of cryptocurrency scams have already been reported across India where fraudsters have offered lucrative “oppoetunities” to victims, promising them multi-digit returns over their initial investments.In another such crypto fraud case that was recently reported, the police arrested four people from Surat, Gujarat. It is believed to be the
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46-year-old New York resident Patrick McDonnell admitted to stealing funds obtained from his clients instead of investing them in cryptocurrency, Bloomberg reports on June 21.Per the report, McDonnell — who calls himself the “coyote of Wall Street” — pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Friday in federal court in
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