August 04, 2023

“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes

Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.

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October 28, 2019

Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange's “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.

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May 03, 2019

Cryptocoin theft, scam and fraud could total more than $1.2b in Q1

Crooks have developed "ingenious" new ways to drain user accounts and wallets, CipherTrace says, prodding regulators into action.

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June 15, 2018

SHOCK! HORROR! SURPRISE! Bitcoin priceplosion may have been market manipulation

Researchers claim that Bitcoin's 2017 price spike was built on little besides hot air and dodgy dealing.

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December 14, 2017

Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange is back up after repeated DDoS

It's been hit by two attacks in just over a week, as well as a third in November. Expect more as currency values continue to skyrocket.

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August 05, 2016

Bitcoin robber offers $600K “giveaway”

Reddit user rekcahxfb says they're planning to give away 1,000 bitcoins next Wednesday

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August 04, 2016

World’s largest bitcoin-dollar exchange robbed

The crooks stole nearly 120,000 bitcoins worth about $72 million

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