Fintech owner laundered millions with bitcoin for ‘finger cutter’ drug lord, police say
Caio Marchesani allegedly used bitcoin to launder hundreds of millions of euros for the "Brazilian Pablo Escobar" and "finger cutter."
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‘Israeli FBI’ busts crypto scam allegedly run by top crime families
Scammers lured crypto investors with promises of handsome profits but their so-called portfolios were faked by computer programmers.
Government sites targeted by MetaMask scam
A MetaMask scam is impersonating government sites of India, Brazil, Nigeria, and others to trick victims into handing over their crypto.
Four admit to $1.6M Tether scam in Taiwan
A group of four fake currency traders were arrested in Taiwan for tricking at least 10 victims by into buying Tether through fake sites.
Crypto-using Sky_HIGH fentanyl dealers plead guilty
An undisclosed amount of crypto was among the property seized when Cheerish Noel Taylor and Robert James Fischer were arrested.
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US crypto radio host imprisoned for $650K alpaca farm fraud
A former pizzeria owner and crypto radio host lied on Covid-19 relief forms to live out his alpaca farm dreams in Vermont.
UN report links crypto scams to Southeast Asia slave trade
According to the UN, in addition to being forced to work crypto scams, trafficked people are also suffering myriad human rights abuses.
EU teaches Ukraine police to track criminals and their crypto
Alongside rising rates of crypto crime, Ukraine has also lost $81 million in taxes in the past 10 years through unregulated crypto exchanges.
Police want party animal and alleged crypto scammer Moshe Hogeg charged with fraud
Hogeg also faces charges of theft, money laundering, and forgery after a two-year investigation into an alleged $300M crypto scam.
Steroids for crypto: ‘JuicePal’ sentenced to 8 years behind bars
James Charles Rivera, known as 'JuicePal' on the dark web, organized the international steroids for crypto operation while living abroad.