Crime
OneCoin associate Irina Dilkinska charged following US extradition
Dilkinska is the latest individual to face charges in a $4 billion crypto scam.
Mike Dalton 1 min read
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AI dApp Harvester Keeper gets hacked for almost $1M
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Crypto investment fraud losses made up roughly 25% of all money lost to online scams and fraud during 2022 and almost 90% of the $3.31 billion lost to online investment fraud.
Hacks
ZachXBT bids adieu to crypto community requests
The on-chain detective said, having been overwhelmed with requests for help, he will be more selective going forward.
Exchanges
Binance launches anti-scam campaign in collaboration with law enforcement agencies
Binance carried out an initial pilot phase of the program in Hong Kong in collaboration with the local police force.
Crime
Arbitrum-based DEX ArbiSwap rugs users days after launch – token down 99%
Based on on-chain data, the Arbi rug pullers stole roughly 84 ETH from the project and already moved it to Tornado Cash.
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Tokens fraudulently using the name ChatGPT are scamming investors out of money
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NFTs
Friendsies NFT collection rug pulls, deactivates Twitter
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