Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraudA US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped o...
12 Dec, 2025, 07.50 AM IST
US cracks down on North Korean-backed fraud ring that netted millions in crypto and cashThe US government has cracked down on a North Korean fraud ring, indicting over a dozen individuals, including Zhenxing “Danny” Wang from N...
01 Jul, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
IIT-trained hacker arrested in Rs 22 lakh stock advisory scam linked to Cambodia cybercrime networkAn IIT-trained "ethical hacker" and three others were arrested for running a cross-border cyber scam that defrauded investors via fake stoc...
20 May, 2025, 03.07 PM IST
4 remote job scams to watch out for in 2025Remote work is increasing, but so are job scams utilizing deepfake interviews, fake listings, and phishing schemes. Warning signs include u...
18 Mar, 2025, 02.51 PM IST
Tamannaah Bhatia issues clarification over reports of police inquiry in crypto fraud caseTamannaah Bhatia has denied allegations of involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud case under investigation by Puducherry police. The case co...
28 Feb, 2025, 07.01 PM IST
Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scamThe suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained on December 10 at the seven-storey Big Leaf Building in Lagos,...
17 Dec, 2024, 10.30 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
Indian software professional in US loses her Rs 4 crore savings to 'fake love'. What is 'pig butchering' scam?The "pig butchering" scam ensnared Shreya Datta, a tech professional from Philadelphia, in a devastating cryptocurrency romance fraud, resu...
26 Feb, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
British man cannot be extradited to US over fake cryptocurrency scheme, rules courtChristopher Hamilton, 64, was indicted by a New York grand jury in 2019 over his alleged role in a $4-billion Ponzi scheme that defrauded a...
17 Nov, 2023, 12.34 AM 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
Crypto kingpin behind Rs 200-crore fraud in Himachal Pradesh still at largeThe frauds used a combination of misinformation, deception, and threats to maintain control over their scheme and continued to extract mone...
02 Oct, 2023, 04.17 PM IST
Ex-Deutsche Bank investment banker Rashawn Russell charged in US with crypto fraudAccording to the indictment, Rashawn Russell told prospective investors he was a licensed broker who worked in investment banking and could...
12 Apr, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over fake crypto adsMeta said any ads that scammed people out of money or misled users violated its policies and the company uses technology to detect and bloc...
18 Mar, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisementsThe lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct a...
18 Mar, 2022, 07.46 AM IST
How Prince Harry and Meghan Markle found themselves in the midst of a bitcoin scamHarry and Markle aren't the only one whose identities are being used for such scams.
21 Jan, 2022, 08.01 PM IST
India's new crypto law set to red-flag chit fund, MLM business modelsRegulators including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) have raised concerns before a parlia...
03 Dec, 2021, 09.57 AM IST