SEC Sues Privvy Founder Over $12.3M Crypto Fraud!
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against the founder of Privvy, alleging a $12.3 million…
SEC Sues Privvy Founder Over $12.3M Crypto Fraud!
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SEC sues Texas man over $12.3M fake-AI crypto bot scheme
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SEC sues Texas man over $12.3M fake-AI crypto bot scheme
Only about 3% of investor money ever touched crypto, roughly $6.2M went to a home, gambling and travel, and an AI-generated auditor letter was used to stall withdrawals — the anatomy of a textbook…
CoinDesk
South Korea arrests CatFi operators in first DEX rug-pull case
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South Korea arrests CatFi operators in first DEX rug-pull case
A Solana memecoin rug pull becomes the first criminal prosecution under South Korea's new DeFi legislation — and it lands during the same week regulators are re-opening crypto enforcement boundaries.
Crypto News
James Wynn Launches $WORLD Token and Immediately Rugs It
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James Wynn Launches $WORLD Token and Immediately Rugs It
James Wynn, the crypto trader known on X as @JamesWynnReal, launched a token called $WORLD and executed what appears to…
Lookonchain
Whale 0xaa92 Down $1.16M on $ASTEROID in 20 Days
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Whale 0xaa92 Down $1.16M on $ASTEROID in 20 Days
A four-million-token position bought for $1.81M is now worth $649K — a ~64% drawdown in three weeks that crystallises the risk of size-on-thin-liquidity bets.
South Korea makes first DEX rug pull arrest in Catfi case
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South Korea makes first DEX rug pull arrest in Catfi case
The Catfi prosecution sets a live precedent: a Korean court is now willing to treat a Solana meme-coin exit as a criminal manipulation case, not just a civil loss.
Singapore charges ex-Hodlnaut CEO over Terra-linked…
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Singapore charges ex-Hodlnaut CEO over Terra-linked…
Singapore authorities have charged the former CEO of Hodlnaut, the now-defunct crypto lending platform, over allegedly…
South Korea Makes First Rugpull Arrest Under New Crypto Law!
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South Korea Makes First Rugpull Arrest Under New Crypto Law!
South Korean authorities have arrested suspects behind CatFi, a Solana-based memecoin, in what marks the country's…
South Korea arrests first suspect in Solana DEX rug pull case
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South Korea arrests first suspect in Solana DEX rug pull case
The CATFI case is small in dollars but precedent-setting: prosecutors built a criminal price-manipulation charge around an on-chain rug pull, not a securities violation.
WuBlockchain
Scammers steal $400K via fake Uniswap Google ads
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Scammers steal $400K via fake Uniswap Google ads
The loss number is modest, but the attack vector — paid Google Search ads spoofing a top DEX's domain — has become the default phishing lane for crypto users and is widening.
$ESPORTS dumps 92% as 197.8M tokens flood the market
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$ESPORTS dumps 92% as 197.8M tokens flood the market
The sell converted 43% of circulating supply into roughly $13.65M in BNB in just four hours — classic distribution-to-exit shape, and the price followed.
Sniper pays 536 BNB ($343K) bribe to snipe $ZEST at launch
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Sniper pays 536 BNB ($343K) bribe to snipe $ZEST at launch
The economics of a single on-chain sniper trade — bribe fee, entry, exit, realized P&L — laid out in one wallet's footprint, with the bribe alone outpacing the profit.
Ohio man gets 9 years for $10M crypto Ponzi scheme
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Ohio man gets 9 years for $10M crypto Ponzi scheme
The prison term is the headline, but the DOJ's own filing shows Giri kept raising from new investors after his guilty plea — the pattern regulators warn about as FBI-cited crypto fraud losses crossed…
Jameson Lopp Flags Google Recovery Form Phishing Exploit Hiding Malicious Links in Blank Space
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Jameson Lopp Flags Google Recovery Form Phishing Exploit Hiding Malicious Links in Blank Space
Casa co-founder Jameson Lopp has issued a warning about a phishing technique that exploits legitimate Google recovery…
CoinTelegraph
Forsage co-founder extradited, pleads not guilty in $340M case
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Forsage co-founder extradited, pleads not guilty in $340M case
Olena Oblamska landed in a Portland federal court after a Thailand extradition; three Russian co-defendants, including the alleged ringleader, remain at large.
DOJ Charges Dream Market Admin With Laundering $2M in Crypto
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DOJ Charges Dream Market Admin With Laundering $2M in Crypto
The $2M figure is small; the playbook — dormant darknet wallets rotated into physical gold shipped across borders — is what compliance and law-enforcement trackers will read.
China, US, UAE Raid 9 Crypto Pig-Butchering Compounds in Dubai
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China, US, UAE Raid 9 Crypto Pig-Butchering Compounds in Dubai
The first joint operation of its kind signals how seriously three governments now treat pig-butchering fraud — a category that has funneled billions into illicit crypto rails over the past three…
A7 Russian Stablecoin Pitches Itself as Durable Beyond Sanctions
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A7 Russian Stablecoin Pitches Itself as Durable Beyond Sanctions
A7, a ruble-pegged token pitched at sanctioned Russian trade, is now positioning for life after the sanctions regime itself — a hedge that says as much about the project's durability as about the…
Myanmar Proposes Death Penalty for Major Cyber Scam Offences!
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Myanmar Proposes Death Penalty for Major Cyber Scam Offences!
Myanmar's government has proposed introducing the death penalty for perpetrators of major cyber scam offences, marking…
Myanmar Bill Targets Crypto Scam Compounds With Death Penalty
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Myanmar Bill Targets Crypto Scam Compounds With Death Penalty
If enacted, the legislation would put Myanmar among the harshest jurisdictions worldwide for fraud tied to forced-labour compounds — the compounds themselves largely feed off cross-border crypto…