Tag: financial crime
Mobile Wallets or Trojan Horses? How Tech Giants Are Complicit in Crypto Hacks & Scams
Summary: The rapid rise of cryptocurrency scams, particularly phishing, malware, and theft of private keys, has put a spotlight on the vulnerabilities within crypto wallet [Read More…]
Cryptocurrency Wallet Scam: iPhone App Used to Steal $11.8 Million Uzbek National Faces 20 Years in Prison 4 Crypto Theft Scheme
Summary Nikita Andreevich Sklyuev, a 37-year-old man from Uzbekistan, was extradited from Ukraine to face charges in the U.S. for a $11.8 million cryptocurrency theft. [Read More…]
Coinbase Under Fire: Crypto Catfishing Victims Demand Justice After $66M Liquidity Mining Fraud Are Left Helpless Amid Lax Cryptocurrency Regulation
Summary: A retired police officer, PJ Jenkins, fell victim to a sophisticated crypto catfishing scam perpetrated through the Coinbase Wallet app. Jenkins was defrauded of [Read More…]