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“# ICO fraudster pleads guilty to $7m Covid-relief loan scam ” A 24-year-old New York resident has pleaded guilty to acquiring more than $7 million in Covid-19 relief through fraudulent loan applications and misleading investors in a fraudulent initial coin offering during 2018. According to an April 20 announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice,…
“# UK prosecutor expects crypto scams to increase, but numbers remain low for now ” The United Kingdom Crown Prosecution Service expects to see an increase in the number of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency-related scams in the coming years, but admits they are still rather infrequent for the time being. The CPS estimates that 86%…
“# iPhone user blames Apple for $600K Bitcoin theft via fake app ” A scam cryptocurrency app on Apple’s app distribution service App Store has reportedly stolen $600,000 Bitcoin (BTC) from one iOS user. Cryptocurrency holder Phillipe Christodoulou fell victim to a scam app on the App Store, losing nearly all his life savings to…
“#Bannon wants federal indictment dismissed after Trump pardon” Nationalist firebrand Steve Bannon has asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss the indictment against him over an alleged scam involving private donations to build a border wall with Mexico, since former President Trump pardoned him. But Manhattan prosecutors have opposed an outright dismissal, instead asking the…
“# SEC issues first ever charges over phoney ‘insider information’ on darknet ” The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against California resident James Roland Jones in the first-ever enforcement action from the commission to target securities fraud on the darknet. According to the March 18 complaint, Jones is accused of accessing a…
“#Dating scam artist fugitive captured in New Jersey” A man who defrauded women he met on dating services was captured, again, in New Jersey after slipping out of federal custody. Patrick Giblin, 56, escaped from authorities in July after being approved for a transfer from a federal prison in Pennsylvania to a halfway house in…
“# Texas securities board takes action against hoax ‘Binance’-branded scheme ” Texan regulators have, for some time now, viewed cryptocurrency investment schemes as a risk to Main Street investors, and have continued to issue public warnings against possible crypto-related scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest move from the Texas State Securities Board, or TSSB,…
“#CA father receives 212-year sentence for sons’ murder” A California father was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for the attempted murder of his wife and killing of his two autistic sons by driving their family car off a wharf, the culmination of what prosecutors characterized as a long and “premeditated” plot to…
“#Suit slams Turkish firm for passing off stones as copper” Mercuria Energy Trading has launched a civil suit against a Turkish firm over what the global commodity trading firm’s lawyer described as fraud related to a deal to buy copper worth $36 million. Last year, Geneva-based Mercuria agreed to buy about 10,000 tonnes of copper…
“# Co-founder of Floyd Mayweather-promoted ICO sentenced to 8 years ” Sohrab Sharma, the co-founder of the notorious celebrity-spruiked initial coin offering of 2017, Centra Tech, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his leading role in the fraudulent scheme that duped investors out of more than $25 million. Shama had previously pled…