Scams

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Alex Mashinsky, a co-founder of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network who prosecutors allege bilked investors out of billions, is a serial entrepreneur who has portrayed himself as a modern-day Robin Hood.Mashinsky, 57,…

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YouTuber and self-styled crypto fraud investigator Coffeezilla recently accused media personality Logan Paul of running a scam with CryptoZoo, a crypto game Paul and a team of developers launched in December 2021. Like similar crypto games,…

The agency announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had charged five people and three companies connected to the scam crypto project CoinDeal with fraud. The SEC alleges that from 2019 to 2022, Neil…

Crypto investors and users should be aware of potential phishing and other types of attacks in the coming days, as the hacker who stole the personal data of over 235 million Twitter users has made it publicly available. The attacker…

LOGAN Paul has come under hot water recently for alleged shady practices surrounding his unfinished cryptocurrency game, CryptoZoo, which he disputes. The game would introduce a new cryptocoin, and players would buy and sell eggs that would…

YouTuber Logan Paul has threatened to sue fellow YouTuber and internet detective Coffeezilla for defamation after he accused Paul’s CryptoZoo nonfungible token (NFT) project of being a “scam.”The two have been battling back and forth on…

U.S. Regulators are starting 2023 off with a new round of cases targeting cryptocurrency scams. Six individuals and two companies tied to an investment scheme called CoinDeal were charged on Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Fox News host Jesse Watters questions what was discussed between Biden advisers and Sam Bankman-Fried during his White House visits on "Jesse Watters Primetime."JESSE WATTERS: Tonight, we're learning "Mini-Madoff" visited the Biden White…

A recent study shows that the most common reason for cryptocurrencies dying off is the lack of trading volume with a rate of 66% while being a scam and hosting unsuccessful ICOs are the second and third most common reasons for failure.The…