Brooklyn ICO Scammer Jailed for 1.5 Years
Maksim Zaslavskiy, who ran two fraudulent ICO projects, received a year and a half-long prison sentence this Monday which made ...
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Victims of Mayweather-Backed Centra Scam Defend Themselves in Court
Investors in Centra Tech, a defunct crypto firm that was accused of fraud, defended their renewed class certification bid in ...
Bitfinex Challenges NYAG Claims of Servicing US Customers
Bitcoin exchange platform Bitfinex has issued a court filing refuting claims by the New York Attorney General (NYAG) of servicing ...
CFTC Says Bitcoin Trader Who Lost $1.1M Will Serve 15 Months in Jail
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed that a former employee of Consolidated Trading will serve 15 months in jail and ...
Bulgarian Officials Caught Accepting Bitcoin Bribes to Issue Passports
A handful of Bulgarian officials were busted accepting Bitcoin bribes for illegally issued passports. Busted! A trio of Bulgarian officials ...
1Broker.com Domain Seized by the FBI
U.S. authorities, including the FBI, have come down against securities dealer 1Broker for allegedly coming into conflict with federal law. ...
Chinese Police Hold OKCoin CEO For ‘Investigation’ Over Alleged Fraud Links
The CEO of Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges OKcoin and OKEx is in police custody over alleged fraud, local media report September ...
5 Common Ways to Lose Your Bitcoins (And How to Stop It)
While the Bitcoin network is secure, things like poor safekeeping methods, malware, and user error can part people from their ...
