Illegal news articles
DOJ Accuses Four US Residents of Laundering Money for $80,000,000 ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Investment Scam
Four alleged perpetrators of a massive crypto investment scam are facing potential jail time of up to 20 years following their indictment on...
ASIC Sues Aussie Fintech Company Block Earner Alleging Unlicensed Services
Australia’s financial markets watchdog is taking Aussie crypto platform Block Earner to court for allegedly providing unlicensed financial...
SEC Wins Case Against LBRY – LBC Tokens Ruled as Securities
A court ruling in favour of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that upholds allegations that LBC tokens were illegally sold as ...
ASIC Sues Financial Firm Over Aussie Crypto Token ‘Qoin’
The Aussie company behind the controversial crypto token Qoin is being sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), ...
Melbourne Couple to Face Trial Over $10.4M Crypto.com Blunder
A Melbourne couple who spent most of a A$10.4 million refund they received in error from cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com are set to face ...
Terra Co-founder Do Kwon Denies $39.6M Crypto Asset Freeze
Do Kwon, the CEO of Terraform Labs and the man behind the collapsed LUNA ecosystem, has denied a report from South Korean news outlet News1 ...
Kim Kardashian Fined $1.26 Million by SEC Over Unlawful Crypto Promo
High-profile influencer and star of the reality TV show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, Kim Kardashian, has paid a total of US$1.26 m...
Hacker Exploits ‘Audius’ for $1 Million in Malicious Governance Proposal
Decentralised music streaming platform Audius has announced that it lost around US$1 million to an unknown hacker early on July 24. The hack...
29 Moonbird NFTs Worth $1.5 Million Stolen in Phishing Attack
NFT owners have been urged to remain vigilant after 29 Moonbird tokens were stolen in a phishing attack when a malicious link netted a scamm...
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Instagram Compromised in $2.8 Million NFT Phishing Scam
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) Instagram account has been hacked in a phishing scam resulting in an exploit of US$2.8 million worth of NFTs...
$34 Million ‘AkuDreams’ NFT Project Locked Permanently by Smart Contract Error
An error in a smart contract has led to NFT project AkuDreams locking up US$34 million worth of Ethereum. The project was hit by an exploit ...
US Senator Proposes Laws to Make Rug Pulls a Crime
Under new legislation filed in the US state of New York, lawmakers intend to confirm fraudulent rug pulls as a crime along with other crypto...