A 25-year-old man from Florida has received a 47-year prison sentence after being convicted of running a crypto-stealing scheme that also included kidnapping and assault. In a new press release, …
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Scammers Using AI to Clone Voices, Drain Bank Accounts As Deloitte Forecasts $30,000,000,000 in AI Losses by 2027
by skolnesArtificial intelligence is fueling billions of dollars in losses to scams as criminals clone people’s voices to compromise credit cards and bank accounts. The classic scam where victims receive a …
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Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is accused of knowingly enabling an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting retail investors. Plaintiff David Stapleton alleges the bank boosted an obvious fraudulent scheme orchestrated by Sanjeev …
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Fake $100 Bills Spew From US Bank’s ATM As Customers Receive Paper Marked For ‘Motion Picture Purposes’: Report
by skolnesCustomers at a billion-dollar bank say they’re shocked after a worthless trip to the ATM. More than a dozen people received counterfeit $100 bills marked “for motion picture purposes” and …
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US Judge Accuses Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame of Providing False Testimony During His Guilty Plea: Report
by skolnesA US judge has reportedly accused embattled former FTX executive Ryan Salame of providing false testimony during his guilty plea last year. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan indicated in court …
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FTX’s Caroline Ellison To Be Sentenced This Month for Role in Collapse of Crypto Exchange: Court Documents
by skolnesNew court documents reveal that former FTX executive Caroline Ellison is set to be sentenced later this month for her role in the multi-billion-dollar downfall of the crypto exchange in …
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FBI Says Scams Targeting Crypto Users Skyrocketing in Severity and Complexity After $5,600,000,000 Lost in 2023
by skolnesThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is detailing the rising scale and complexity of cryptocurrency fraud schemes. In its newly released Cryptocurrency Fraud Report for 2023, the FBI says …
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Crypto Exchange Hacked After 150 Suspicious Transactions Drain Over $22,000,000 From Reserves: SlowMist
by skolnesBlockchain security firm SlowMist is reporting that an Indonesian crypto exchange was hacked for over $22 million in digital assets. SlowMist says that crypto exchange Indodax saw its hot wallets …
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New Android Malware Posing As Legitimate App Emerging, Stealing Seed Phrases of Crypto Users: Cybersecurity Firm
by skolnesCrypto wallet owners in Korea should be wary of a new type of mobile malware designed to steal seed phrases, warns the cybersecurity firm McAfee. A seed phrase is a …
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JPMorgan Chase Allegedly Allows $205,542 Withdrawal After Bank of America Warns Cash Is Stolen, Belongs To Customer
by skolnesJPMorgan Chase is accused of allowing hundreds of thousands of dollars to exit a scammer’s account after the bank was warned of fraudulent activity. A new lawsuit from Massachusetts-based Baystate Health …