Tbilisi, Georgia — Georgian authorities have arrested Giorgi Bachiashvili, a former top aide to billionaire and ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, on charges of embezzling more than $800 million in cryptocurrency. …
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Fairfield, NJ (KWCH) – A 56-year-old man from Guadalupe, Mexico, Jose Renteria-Medellin, has pleaded guilty to theft by deception and conspiracy after orchestrating a Bitcoin scam that resulted in the …
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MOSCOW – Vladimir Smerkis, co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum and former head of Binance operations in Russia, has been arrested in Moscow on large-scale fraud charges, according to …
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In a major breakthrough, the Kolkata Police Detective Department (DD) arrested seven individuals involved in a crypto fraud racket operating from a Behala address. The police conducted a raid in …
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Joel Ferreira de Souza Gets 128 Years in Brazil Crypto Scam Braiscompany defrauded over 20,000 investors of $190M A federal court in Brazil has sentenced Joel Ferreira de Souza to …
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Police Busts Illegal Call Centres in Kolkata, Arrest 27 for Fraud
by Ananya MehtaIn a major operation targeting illegal call centres, the Bengal Cyber Cell Wing and Bidhannagar Police have arrested 27 individuals, including four women, following raids on illegal call centres operating …
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PATTAYA, Thailand — Police in Thailand arrested a Chinese woman, Wu Di, in connection with a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded victims of over $17.7 million. During the raid, her boyfriend, …
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Assam Police Arrest 3 in Multi-Crore Cyber Fraud Linked to RSN Crypto Scheme
by Ananya MehtaIn a significant crackdown on cybercrime, Assam police arrested three individuals on March 1 for their involvement in a large-scale financial fraud. The operation, spearheaded by DySP (DSB), DySP (B), …
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Manikanta Arrested for Crypto and Mule Account Trading with Chinese Links
by Ananya MehtaManikanta (22), a crypto and mule account trader, was arrested by the Hyberabad Cybercrime Police on Thursday in his hometown in YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. The accused was found …
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The co-founders of HashFlare, a once-popular cloud mining service, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in what is considered one of the largest crypto fraud cases in …