Fake crypto wallet in App Store for four years drained $120K in Stacks
A crypto-draining app that mimics bitcoin wallet Leather was available via Apple’s app store for at least four years, despite warnings.
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Colorado couple accused of inventing church to run crypto scam
The church allegedly made $3.4 million through a religiously backed crypto with its pastors spending $1.3 million of it on personal luxuries.
UK police warn against Coscoin ‘pyramid scheme’ after traders lose $215K
Launched in 2015, Coscoin claims to be a "leading AI quantitative trading platform." However, police say it appears to be a pyramid scheme.
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Who is Steve Harrison? The fake HyperVerse CEO unmasked
The fake CEO of crypto scam HyperVerse that lost more than $1B of client funds was a freelance British TV presenter living in Thailand.
This alleged $1.3B crypto scam likely faked its own CEO
Steven Reece Lewis was introduced as HyperVerse CEO in 2021 but nobody listed on his resume seems to have heard of him.
Old Twitter flaw still exploited for crypto scams on X
The X (Twitter) URL exploit is being used for crypto scams as users impersonate prominent figures to redirect users to crypto phishing links.
‘Bitcoin Yoda’ accused of using AI crypto trading bots to scam $25M
Bitcoin Yoda allegedly spent investor funds on private jets, luxury vacations rented mansions, a personal chef, and security guards.
Two years for builder who lost fraudulent Covid loan in crypto scam
Lukasz Nowak secured a $63,000 Covid loan and invested it in crypto, however, his broker turned out to be a scammer and he lost everything.
Apple support imposter to pay back $1.2M after stealing NFTs and crypto
Amir Hossein Golshan used Apple's official support line number to gain victims' trust, hack into their iCloud account, and steal crypto.
Police probe HK crypto exchange after users lose $15M to scams
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission listed the Hounax exchange as suspicious this month after it faked ties with a VC firm.