Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theftIn a bold social engineering heist, young con artists pilfered over $240 million in bitcoin, leading to an extravagant month of luxury splu...
07 Sep, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
GTA 6 Leak: Gameplay videos and full map appear online ahead of Netflix revealGTA 6 gameplay videos and a map have reportedly surfaced online. These leaks appear just days before Rockstar Games unveils more official d...
19 Aug, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
Malaysia built a $100 billion city just 2 km from Singapore for 700,000 people; only 9,000 came, now scammers are moving into the ghost townGhost town: Malaysia's grand Forest City venture is struggling, left eerily vacant and dubbed a ghost town due to a lack of residents. In t...
13 Aug, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
Sri Lanka probes Chinese cyber fraud links after Colombo clashA violent clash in Colombo Port City has triggered a criminal investigation into Chinese nationals. Investigators suspect links to internat...
29 Jul, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Indian Consulate in Boston warns of scam calls impersonating embassy, law enforcement officialsThe Indian Consulate in Boston has alerted residents about a series of fraudulent calls aimed at the Indian community. Scammers pretend to ...
15 Jul, 2026, 11.19 AM IST
ED sends letters rogatory abroad, seeks info on foreign operativesThe Enforcement Directorate is investigating a sophisticated transnational cyber fraud network. This syndicate used mule bank accounts and ...
13 Jul, 2026, 01.14 AM IST
How global scammers use US tech to fleece peopleIndian scammer Safeer Koorimannil reveals how AI from American tech giants fuels global fraud rings in Myanmar. Trafficked to a scam center...
30 Jun, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
US government seizes $13.4 billion in Bitcoin from alleged Cambodian ‘pig butchering’ scammer, raising anonymity and security questionsAuthorities have seized a massive amount of bitcoin, valued at $15 billion. This seizure is part of a large asset forfeiture by the US Depa...
17 Oct, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Paytm shares nosedive 9% amid reports of ED probe in crypto scamPaytm Share Price: One97 Communications shares fell by up to 9% due to ED investigations into cryptocurrency scams involving several paymen...
24 Jan, 2025, 05.48 PM IST
Australian regulator moves to curtail criminal use of cryptocurrencyThe Australian transaction reports and analysis centre (AUSTRAC) said its findings showed cryptocurrency was increasingly being exploited f...
06 Dec, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
OpenAI’s newsroom account on X hackedA cryptic post on OpenAI newsroom account on X persuaded users that they could claim a share of its initial supply and gain uninterrupted a...
24 Sep, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Key accused in Rs 2,500 crore crypto scam arrested: Himachal PoliceOne of the masterminds behind the Rs 2,500-crore cryptocurrency scam in Himachal Pradesh has been arrested in Kolkata. The accused was invo...
18 Jul, 2024, 08.56 PM IST
SIT conducts searches at 41 locations in Himachal in cryptocurrency scam, 1 arrestedAbhishek, a resident of Una district was one of the main four accused in the scam that started in 2018 when the alleged fraudsters approach...
29 Oct, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
Cryptocurrency Scam: Economic Offences Wing exposes Rs 1,000 crore fraud spanning across IndiaThe Economic Offences Wing of the State Crime Branch has uncovered a nationwide cryptocurrency scam run by STA Token, a company that lured ...
08 Aug, 2023, 09.17 AM IST
Santander to block UK transfers to crypto exchanges in 2023Faster Payments is the infrastructure which facilitates real-time bank transfers for most UK bank accounts. Pay UK, which owns Faster Payme...
05 Nov, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Crypto scam revenue slips 65% amid economic downturnAccording to Blockchain analysis, crypto scam revenue has fallen more or less in line with Bitcoin pricing.
18 Aug, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
Squid coin and meme tokens show how the 'Wild West' of crypto is turning riskierOne such asset is "Squid coin", which last month launched without the permission of Netflix, and within days rocketed in value before plumm...
10 Nov, 2021, 02.34 PM IST