by Dan Mangan Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a complex money …
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Trung Nguyen Convicted for Operating Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange and Money Laundering Scheme
Trung Nguyen, 48, of Danvers, Massachusetts, has been convicted of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, which facilitated the conversion of over $1 million in cash to …
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Jonathan Greig Babatunde Francis Ayeni, a 33-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 10 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in a cyber fraud scheme that stole nearly …
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By Jody McDonald Melbourne, Australia – Jatinder Singh, 39, has been sentenced to three years in prison for spending over AU$6 million mistakenly deposited into his partner’s bank account by …
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STAMFORD — A Massachusetts woman, Iara Maximo, 66, of Revere, is facing charges for allegedly defrauding a Norwalk condo association managed by a Stamford company out of $75,000 through a …
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By Daryna Antoniuk Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national and former operator of BTC-e, once one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges, has pleaded guilty to participating in a money …
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Delhi Police Unravel Online Investment Scam, Arrest Four Fraudsters
by Ananya MehtaThe Delhi Police has dismantled an online investment fraud syndicate that allegedly swindled a senior resident from Safdarjung Hospital out of over Rs29 lakh. The victim, Ashish Lakhote, filed a …
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A glamorous Russian influencer known as the ‘Queen of Crypto,’ Valeria Fedyakina, 24, has been accused of scamming investors out of £17 million while falsely claiming she was funding the …
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The city police’s cybercrime unit has arrested six individuals for allegedly defrauding a private company of over Rs 10 lakh by promising to convert their investment into USDT, a type …
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In a significant operation against cyber fraud, the Cyber Police Station in Dwarka district has arrested six individuals involved in various online scams across Jaipur, Rajasthan, and New Delhi. The …
by Ananya Mehta