Crypto-pimps are turning refugees into crypto-trading escorts
Journalist Ian Halperin visited crypto conferences and found that escorts are being taught to set up wallets and choose the best coins.
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Binance’s French arm says money laundering raid was ‘regulatory obligation’
Since 2019, France has required crypto firms to register with the country's financial regulator. However, Binance didn’t do this until 2022.
Neo-Nazi Satanist who hid crypto from police guilty of new sex crimes
Neo-Nazi student Harry Vaughan kept details of his crypto account hidden after he was handed a two-year suspended sentence.
Police tell Bitcoin ATM firm to ‘go to hell,’ take scam victim’s cash from machine
The 82-year-old victim was tricked into putting $15,000 into a bitcoin ATM after clicking a ransomware link while looking for online recipes.
Hacker who stole unreleased Ed Sheeran songs has bitcoin confiscated
A hacker who tried to sell stolen Ed Sheeran songs for crypto will have to hand over the £49,528 worth of bitcoin he made on the dark web.
Latest round of DeFi exploits display its wide range of vulnerabilities
Threats against DeFi protocols can come from all sides and include hackers, governance attacks, and potentially vulnerable third-party code.
Former US judge stole WW2 veteran’s savings for crypto, lawsuit claims
A lawsuit claims former Cook County judge Patricia Martin stole over $380,000 from the veteran and cashed out via crypto exchanges.
Twitter hackers target high-profile accounts with phishing scam
More than 115 ether have been stolen by the group through phishing scams that give authorization to access users' online MetaMask wallets.
‘Crypto millionaire’ found dead in Ozarks was involved in kidnapping
The family of a bitcoin millionaire found dead in the Ozarks claim that police told them, "We know more than you think we do."
Chief Russian investigator accused of accepting record 1,032 bitcoin bribe
The alleged bitcoin bribe, worth $26.5 million, was accepted from Russian hackers in exchange for protecting their illegal assets.