1,200 slaves freed from Myanmar pig-butchering compound
Pig-butchering scams based at the Myanmar compound have reportedly raked in around $100 million in USDT over the past two years.
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China has problems with fake wallets copying its digital yuan
The China CBDC scam uses 'dividends' to trick users into sharing the app while also directing them to tools capable of seizing their funds.
Single Chinese ‘pig-butchering’ operation made $100M in USDT, report
The Myanmar-based compound that houses the USDT-powered pig-butchering scam is "likely home to thousands of trafficked workers."
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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Fake HyperVerse CEO says sorry, claims it was all an act
Steven Harrison, the actor behind the fake HyperVerse CEO, says he's sorry for his part in the scheme and was paid just $5K and a new suit.
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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.
Charity worker says bitcoin scam forced him to steal $150K from veterans
Martin J. Svoboda II says he stole from the veterans charity after scammers threatened to post edited nudes unless he paid a bitcoin ransom.
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.