Prominent American economist Paul Krugman once again shared his negative stance towards cryptocurrencies. He compared a Ponzi scheme. Taking Aim at Crypto The most recent adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency market sparked many negative comments. Joining them was the Nobel Prize laureate – Paul Krugman. In an interview for the New York Times, he described...Read More
Instagram accounts of Maltese residents were attacked recently by hackers. The online intruders specifically insisted on a Bitcoin ransom from the users in order to restore their access. Hackers Insist on Bitcoin Bitcoin and most of the cryptocurrencies keep their rally as their prices escalated in the past few months. Many companies and influential individuals...Read More
The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange platform V Global was accused of luring 40,000 people into illicit multi-level deceit. The entire scheme amounts to more than 1.7 million won, which equals $1.5 billion. The Investigation As reported by the Korean officials, the police raided many places in the country related to a virtual cryptocurrency exchange, and...Read More
Members of the popular WallStreetBets Reddit forum were suspected of a presumable cryptocurrency fraud that could have caused losses of no less than $2 million. By creating a designated Telegram group, they duped investors by guaranteeing remarkable returns through capitalizing on the recent crypto market rally. The Core of the Hoax Per a report by...Read More
The popular cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask warned its customers of a new phishing bot that attempts to get their seed phrases. According to the team, the fraud tries to lead users to a so-called ”instant support” portal where they are prompted to enter information into a Google Docs form. The New Scam MetaMask – a project...Read More
Following a trial against the recently arrested suspects connected to the infamous Thodex crypto exchange, a Turkish court has sent six people to jail. The brother and the sister of the company’s CEO, who reportedly escaped with $2 billion of users’ funds, were among them. Actual Jail for Six Suspects The $2 billion crypto scandal...Read More
The Federal Service in the USA arrested a Russian-Swedish citizen Roman Sterlingov on suspicion of laundering nearly $336M in bitcoin for the last 10 years. The criminal will appear in court and face three charges – money laundering, money laundering without authorization, and unlicensed money transmission. The Fraud Over The Last 10 Years According to...Read More
The tech giant Microsoft has integrated the Intel Threat Detection Technology into its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. This should increase detection ability and enhance protection against cryptojacking malware. The New Addition and Its Technology During the last few years, the primary cryptocurrency along with the many other altcoins have significantly appreciated in value which caused...Read More
Shortly after launching an investigation against Turkey’s notorious crypto exchange, Thodex, the local police have apprehended 62 people in connection to the company. At the same time, reports claimed that the founder and CEO of the exchange has vowed to refund users and return to Turkey to face justice. 62 People Arrested in Turkey CryptoPotato...Read More
Nearly 400,000 users of a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange were left out of their accounts without being able to withdraw their funds. The platform’s website has been down for several days, while reports suggest its CEO has already fled the country with up to $2 billion. Turkish Exchange Does a Rug Pull? Bloomberg reported yesterday that...Read More
TurtleDex, a decentralized Binance Smart Chain protocol, went through a rug pull. The protocol drained 9000 BNB, approximately $2.5 million. The owners immediately deleted TurtleDex’s telegram, the official website, and the Twitter page. A “rug pull” is a popular term in the DeFi space. In essence, the team behind the project pulls out the liquidity...Read More
The Texas securities regulator has issued an emergency cease and desist order against a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform. Interestingly, the project’s latest initiatives included impersonating the world’s leading crypto exchange – Binance. Crypto Scam Impersonating Binance Halted in Texas According to the statement, Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles issued the cease-and-desist order against the alleged...Read More
Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson is the latest to address the growing threat of fake cryptocurrency giveaways. He blamed social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube for inaction, threatened to delete his accounts, and said his company will investigate if these giant firms are actually benefiting from the ongoing scams. The Growing Threat of Crypto Giveaway...Read More
The co-founder of a fraudulent ICO project that duped more than $25 million from investors, Sohrab Sharma, has received a sentence of eight years in prison for his role. The project itself, dubbed Centra Tech, was previously backed by several celebrities, including the boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and the producer DJ Khaled. Centra Tech Co-Founder...Read More
A U.S. court has brought charges against three North Korean hackers, accusing them of massive crypto thefts. The individuals are computer programmers and have allegedly worked alongside government officials on their operations. Stealing More than $1.3B in Cash and Crypto A U.S. court charged three North Korean individuals suspected in an attempt for a massive...Read More
A 19-year old UK resident was jailed for a drug trafficking operation. He had participated in an attempt to import ecstasy bought with Bitcoin on the Dark Web. Buying Dark Web Ecstasy with Bitcoin The 19-year-old drug dealer is to serve two years in prison after a police investigation discovered he has been dealing with...Read More
An Australian man, founder of two multi-million crypto funds in New York, pleaded guilty on a crypto scam charge. The Ponzi scheme used a trading algorithm, taking advantage of price differences for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Draining almost $90M From Investors According to a recent report, Stefan He Qin organized the fraud that stole about $90...Read More
A 49-year old U.S. individual has pleaded guilty to a scheme, defrauding hundreds of investors with millions of dollars via a scheme involving bitcoin and cash. In two and a half years, he managed to fraudulently exchange at least $13 million. Illegally Exchanging Tens of Millions of Dollars A 49-year-old man from L.A. pleaded guilty...Read More
A Bulgarian national was sentenced to serve ten years in prison after a major crypto-related fraud. Not long ago, the man was convicted in a transnational multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud over 900 American citizens. An Auction Fraud That Victimized over 900 Americans According to an official announcement by the United States Department of Justice, Rossen G....Read More
Central District Court in California sentenced GemCoin founder Steve Chen to 10 years in federal prison. Chen has been announced guilty of being the mastermind and leader of a $147 million crypto Ponzi scheme that involved mining and digital currency fraud, and tax evasion. Over 70,000 Investors Defrauded with Gemstone-backed Crypto According to the US Department...Read More
Indian authorities have arrested a 60-year-old greetings maker for duping about 45 people in investing over $350,000 in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. The accused ran the operation through a designated application and promised double-digit monthly returns. Indian Crypto Fraudster Arrested As reported by the Times of India, the local police apprehended Umesh Verma at the...Read More
After a threat of a lawsuit for displaying Bitcoin scams, The Guardian Australia launched an investigation to determine the nature of the increasing number of similar fraudulent activities. It concluded that there’s a group of fraudsters operating a massive global enterprise based in Moscow, Russia. Global BTC Scam Organization Revealed CryptoPotato reported in early October...Read More
Principal actors in the PlusToken Ponzi scheme have bagged 11-year prison sentences in China. The scheme managed to defraud investors of billions of dollars in various cryptocurrencies. End of the Road for PlusToken Scammers According to the South China Morning Post on Dec. 1, principal members of the PlusToken scam project were sentenced to 11...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has extradited a principal member of a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining and trading platform from Panama to the United States. AirBit Club Co-founder to Face Criminal Charges in the U.S. According to an announcement by the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, U.S. authorities...Read More
Chinese authorities seized around $4 billion worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the notorious crypto Ponzi group PlusToken. This comes after the Chinese police arrested the core team running the scheme in July. Around $4 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin And Crypto Assets Seized According to CryptoPotato’s previous report on the PlusToken saga, the crypto...Read More
Scams within the cryptocurrency industry come in different shapes and forms, including impersonating legitimate applications downloadable from trusted establishments. A popular digital asset commentator recently warned the community about such a scam using the Uniswap name, resulting in the loss of $20,000. $20K Lost In A Uniswap-Impersonating Scam Uniswap is a sort of decentralized exchange...Read More
In 2019, cryptocurrency-related crime – thefts, hacks, fraud amounted to $4.5 billion. The latest data from blockchain forensics company CipherTrace shows that this number has fallen to $1.8 billion this year – a 60 percent reduction. Nonetheless, the DeFi space has seen an explosion in criminal activity. Mainstream Cryptocurrency Crime Declining Says CipherTrace In a...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has helped recover almost all $345,000 funds stolen due to an exit scam conducted by an automated market maker (AMM) dubbed Wine Swap. Binance Security Team Recovers 99.9% of Stolen Funds In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the popular exchange shared that Wine Swap launched on Binance Smart Chain...Read More
A 40-years-old man from Auckland has been arrested because of an alleged money laundering scheme he orchestrated. He has been served with multiple charges, amongst which dubious cryptocurrency transactions and purchases of luxury goods. Thousands Of New Zealand Dollars To Buy Cryptocurrency According to a recent news report, the arrested man faces a pile of 30...Read More
This week, Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority made a startling revelation. Cryptocurrency fraud victims have lost at least €10 million between May 2019 and September 2020, the financial regulator said. Belgians Have Lost €10 Million In Cryptocurrency Fraud Belgian citizens have lost almost 10 million euros to fraudulent crypto investment schemes. Belgium’s apex financial...Read More
