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Crime

US Treasury says lawful crypto users may use mixers for financial privacy

March 2026 Treasury report draws new line between crypto privacy and crypto crime.

4 weeks ago

Crime

SEC charges members of Trade Coin Club for operating 82K BTC crypto Ponzi scheme

The SEC alleges members of the Trade Coin Club swindled 82,000 bitcoin from investors by disgusing as a crypto trading bot that promised high investment returns.

3 years ago

Crime

Monkey Drainer steals 7 CryptoPunks, 20 Otherdeed NFTs

PeckshieldAlert and Zachxbt revealed that phishing scammer Monkey Drainer stole NFTs worth roughly 520 ETH, which is about $824,200.

3 years ago

Crime

Hackers have stolen $2.98B via exploits in the crypto industry so far

Roughly $760 million was stolen in October through 44 hacks across 53 protocols — making it the worst month for crypto hacks in 2022.

3 years ago

Scams

Over 95% of tokens launched on Uniswap are scams – Research

According to the study, Uniswap's simplicity and lack of regulation make it easy for scammers to list non-valuable tokens.

3 years ago

Crime

UK High Court shutters crypto firm PGI Global for alleged scam involvement

PGI Global UK had collected around $710,000 from its potential investors, promising 200% returns from their investments in the company, but failed to fulfill its commitment

3 years ago

Legal

US DOJ charges two Chinese agents for bribing FBI agent with BTC

According to the DOJ, Chinese agents Guochun He and Zheng Wang agreed to bribe a US government employee to steal some documents that reveal the government's investigation strategy against a Chinese telecommunications company.

3 years ago

Scams

FTX compensating users who lost $6M to phishing attacks “just this once,” says SBF

FTX, Binance and other exchange users recently fell prey to phishing attacks targeting crypto services like 3Commas.

3 years ago

Legal

Ex-OpenSea exec dodges insider trading charge, wire fraud trial to continue

Judge Jesse Furman said that since insider trading charges must involve securities or commodities, the usage of the phrase "insider trading" in Chastain's case is misleading.

3 years ago