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FBI Arrests Jeremy Spence in Coin Signals’ Ponzi Scheme

January 26, 2021

US federal prosecutors have brought criminal charges against a Rhode Island-based cryptocurrency trader in a case involving a Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency trading scheme.‎ The US Department of ...

FBI And Tesla Prevent $4 Million Bitcoin Ransomware Scheme

August 28, 2020

FBI and Tesla prevent $4 million Bitcoin ransomware scheme. Last week, a criminal complaint against a conspirator was unsealed by the United States Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) in a thwarted ransomware ...

FBI Warns Against Rising Crypto Scams with COVID-19 Pandemic

April 14, 2020

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning on Monday against the rising number of cryptocurrency scams, leveraging the ongoing fear of the COVID-19 outbreak. The agency det...

FBI Arrests Russian Rapper For Crypto Laundering After Flaunting On Instagram

April 6, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a Russian rapper in the United States on charges of cryptocurrency laundering. According to a report by The Moscow Times, authorities arrested Maxim B...

Kraken Rejects 28% Of Law Enforcement Information Requests In 2019

January 7, 2020

Popular San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has demonstrated its compliance credentials by revealing how many times it has cooperated with global law enforcement agencies. In a 6th January...

Confido ICO is Being Called an ‘Exit Scam’; TokenLot Involves FBI

November 22, 2017

Confido, a company that touted itself as a “smart contract” startup, has veritably disappeared, leaving its ICO investors in the dust with empty pockets. The Confido ICO, which raised US$374,000 – no small ch...

Campaign Group Circulates FBI iGaming Warning Letter

January 17, 2014

The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling has reiterated calls for online gaming to be banned in the US after it began circling a letter from the FBI that warned that terrorist and criminal organisations could ...