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Category Criminal
Criminals Behind $2M School Theft Admit Guilt: Crypto Mining Scheme Uncovered
In recent developments, two California school district officials have admitted guilty to stealing up to $1.8 million and misappropriating electrici...
Feb, 03, 2024
2 min read
by NewsBTC
Man Behind Defunct BTC-e Exchange Once Popular with Criminals Faces U.S. Charges
One of the men behind BTC-e, a now-defunct crypto exchange once popular with cybercriminals and money launderers, has been arrested and charged in ...
Feb, 01, 2024
by CoinDesk
HyperVerse's Alleged Ponzi Scheme Raked in Nearly $2B, Hired Actor as Fake CEO
HyperVerse was a nearly $2 billion fraudulent crypto investment scheme with a fake CEO at its helm, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SE...
Jan, 29, 2024
by CoinDesk
FBI Arrests Trio Accused of Bilking Banks Out of $10M, Converting Funds to Crypto
Three men duped New York-area banks into shelling out more than $10 million and tried to make off with the money by converting it to crypto, U.S. A...
Nov, 16, 2023
by CoinDesk
'Mutant Ape Planet' NFT Developer Pleaded Guilty in $3M Fraud
The developer behind the Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible token (NFT) collection – a knockoff of the Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFTs – pleaded guilty on T...
Nov, 14, 2023
by CoinDesk