Scams

U.S. prosecutors filed five civil-forfeiture complaints on July 21 seeking roughly $26.4 million in cryptocurrency traced through separate international fraud investigations.Investigators can freeze suspected criminal proceeds before they…

A US-based crypto mining venture raised about $22 million from more than 380 investors, then spent just 13 cents of every dollar on its purported mining operation, the SEC alleges.The regulator filed partially settled charges on July 20…

Federal prosecutors say Sioux Falls crypto investor Benjamin Paul Wiener used eight entities in an alleged fraud and money-laundering scheme, then moved investor funds through financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to conceal…

The FBI is seeking potential victims who downloaded eight games named in its Steam malware investigation, a case that shows crypto custody can fail before a wallet ever opens.In a separate federal complaint reported by Local 10, agents…

Cross-chain transaction protocol Relay has claimed that buyers on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood's permissionless Ethereum Layer 2, lost money after tokens they purchased disappeared from their wallets.Relay highlighted the issue and said the…

Interpol said a crypto wallet linked to a 20-year-old fraud suspect processed more than $122.5 million over 10 months.Police in Thailand arrested two people in a money-laundering investigation involving romance-scam proceeds moved through…

The US Justice Department says a prisoner serving a nine-year sentence for money laundering conspired to move about $290,000 in cryptocurrency in January 2024 after a court ordered the assets forfeited to the United States.The case…

Crypto scams start online with a fake bank alert, a cloned voice, a romance message, or a tech-support pop-up. Then, the last instruction is usually much more physical: withdraw cash, find a crypto kiosk, scan a QR code, and keep the…

Florida has turned crypto ATM scam prevention into a business-liability test for kiosk operators.The state’s newly chaptered HB 505, now Chapter 2026-178, creates a virtual currency kiosk framework that will require fraud warnings,…

Some of the costliest crypto scams never touch the blockchain. They wait for you to make one wrong move, and a few simple habits are usually enough to stop them.This guide was prepared with care by SimpleSwap and Cypherock to help you keep…