Security News This Week: The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters
Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal ...
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FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation
U.S. DoJ charges 18 in a $25M cryptocurrency fraud operation, uncovering market manipulation through an FBI-led sting.
Crypto Weekly Update: BTC Gets Stuck on $64k, US Presidential Debate and Crypto Regulations, The SEC Crackdown, and Vitalik for a Nobel Prize
The cryptocurrency market had a consolidating week this past few days beginning October 7 and once again, Bitcoin struggled ...
CT couple's kidnapping may be linked to son's alleged part in $230M crypto theft, police say
The August kidnapping of a Danbury couple may be linked to their son's alleged involvement in a $230 million cryptocurrency ...
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Did The FBI Violate The Securities Laws By Directing The Creation Of A Crypto Asset That Was Offered And Sold To The Public?
Professor Ann Lipton recently wrote about an ingenious scheme developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that has resulted in indictments of ...
FBI token: How the FBI used a fake AI fund coin to nab fraudsters
The FBI’s “NexFundAI” coin was used to catch alleged market manipulators, but the crypto community may have confused it with ...
FBI creates fake cryptocurrency in sting operation to catch pump-and-dump market manipulators
The Federal Bureau of Investigation created its own cryptocurrency token as part of an operation to catch fraudsters in the ...
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US Sues 3 Companies And 15 People For Cryptocurrency Fraud
The FBI for the first time ordered the development of a new digital token to aid law enforcement in their investigation, and ...
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Dr. Dre’s Former Marriage Counselor Sues Music Mogul for $10 Million in Harassment Lawsuit
Dr. Dre’s former marriage counselor is suing the hip-hop star for prolonged harassment following his divorce from Nicole ...
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FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week The FBI created its own cryptocurrency ...
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FBI warns of cryptocurrency scams like 'pig butchering' and influencer fraud
In 2023, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3 ... "A lot of people are deciding they want to jump into using crypto ...
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Danbury teen believed to be part of massive cryptocurrency heist
DANBURY, Conn. — A Connecticut teen is believed to have taken part in one of largest heists of cryptocurrency the country has ever seen. The story dates back to August when a husband and wife were ...