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BlackRock Seeks Court-Approved Crackdown on Potentially Fraudulent Copycat Sites

According to the filing, “over 95% of the 500 most popular sites on the Internet are the subject of typosquatting”. The New York-based investment giant BlackRock Inc has called for a crackdown on dozens of domain names that have been registered to imitate the investment firm as they could potentially be

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Crypto Trading Platform Coin Cafe Ordered By New York AG to Pay Back $4.3M in Fraudulent Fees

The company, granted a New York BitLicense in January 2023, had advertised free wallet storage on its website, but it charged fees that sometimes entirely emptied investors’ accounts, the investigation concluded. In an agreement with the state, Coin Cafe is paying back those harmed, including 340 investors in New York. Source

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State regulators crack down on fraudulent cryptos promoted as ‘Elon Musk AI Tokens’ and ‘TruthGPT Coin’

The Texas State Securities Board, including several state regulators, have come together to issue cease-and-desist orders against Horatiu Charlie Caragaceanu and his organizations, The Shark of Wall Street and Hedge4.ai, for promoting two cryptocurrencies named TruthGPT Coin and Elon Musk AI Token. The orders seek to clamp down on what

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US Seizes 18 Crypto ATMs Purchased Using Fraudulent SBA Loans — Arrests Owner – Regulation Bitcoin News

U.S. law enforcement has seized 18 cryptocurrency ATMs that were purchased using fraudulent loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) meant to assist small businesses financially harmed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The loans were also used to purchase bitcoin from a New York-based cryptocurrency exchange, said the U.S. Department of

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