U.S. Scam Center Seizes $580 Million in Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud
TLDR: U.S. authorities seized over $580M in crypto linked to Southeast Asia fraud networks. “Pig butchering” scams used social eng...
Tether Freezes $4.2B in USDT Linked to Global Crypto Crime Crackdown
TLDR: Tether has frozen $4.2B in USDT since 2021, with most enforcement actions taking place after 2023. U.S. authorities linked n...
‘47 Ronin’ Director Convicted of $11 Million Fraud in Netflix Case
Carl Erik Rinsch, a Hollywood director and writer, was convicted of stealing $11 million from Netflix. A part of the ill-gotten ga...
Oklahoma Man Lands 5 Years Behind Bars For Nearly $10 Million Crypto Scheme
The DOJ has sentenced Oklahoma resident Travis Ford, CEO of Wolf Capital, to 60 months in prison for a $9.4M crypto scheme. Ford h...
Fraudsters Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Portal to Impersonate Police and Steal...
Scammers are exploiting Australia’s ReportCyber platform to impersonate federal police and steal cryptocurrency.The post Fraudste...
High-Profile Ethereum MEV Fraud Trial Collapses as Judge Declares Mistrial
A landmark crypto fraud case involving two brothers accused of stealing $25 million through an alleged exploit on Ethereum has end...
Appeals Court Seems Unmoved by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Claims of an Unfair Trial
The former FTX CEO, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for fraud, has repeatedly claimed that the crypto exchange was sol...
Cleaning Up Crypto ATMs Isn’t Anti-Crypto
The louder these companies protest regulation, the clearer it becomes that something’s off, argue Paradigm’s Katie Biber and Domin...
Singapore Seizes Over $150M from Cambodian Crypto Fraud Leader
TLDR: Singapore police froze over SGD 150 million linked to Chen Zhi and his accomplices in a crypto fraud case. Authorities seize...
Chinese Woman Convicted in UK for Leading $6.9B Bitcoin Scam
Qian defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China between 2014 and 2017, subsequently storing her spoils in BTC and fleeing to the...