Virginia's legislature has passed a bill cracking down on crypto kiosk fraud and sent it to the governor for signature, after lawmakers cited a surge in scams in which victims ...
A Chinese-language crypto laundering service processed nearly $17.9 billion in transaction volume after being banned from Telegram, demonstrating the resilience of illicit crypto infrastructure despite enforcement pressure, according to a ...
Grand Forks residents have lost $474,803 to bitcoin and cryptocurrency scams since October 2022, with fraudsters increasingly exploiting bitcoin ATMs at local businesses to steal funds that are nearly impossible ...
Cybercriminals are using fake gaming modifications and cheats to distribute malware that targets cryptocurrency wallets, with one newly identified strain capable of stealing credentials from more than 80 digital wallet ...
Magdaleno Mendoza, a senior promoter of the IcomTech cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison this week for defrauding primarily Spanish-speaking, working-class investors of millions of ...
Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin and Republican Senator Jerry Moran have introduced the SAFE Cryptocurrency Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a federal task force to combat crypto fraud after Americans ...
Cryptocurrency-based romance scams known as "pig-butchering" have evolved from a consumer fraud problem into a national security threat involving human trafficking and organized crime networks generating $9.9 billion annually, blockchain ...
Binance CEO Richard Teng warned on Thursday that scammers are impersonating company employees on WhatsApp, offering fake investment opportunities and prize giveaways to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The exchange ...
Fraud losses in the United Kingdom hit a record £629 million in the first half of 2025, with AI-fueled scams enabling criminals to create convincing deepfake videos, fake identities, and ...
Leading crypto wallet providers MetaMask, Phantom, WalletConnect, and Backpack have launched a real-time phishing defense network after scammers stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency during the first half of 2025. ...
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