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Europe's crypto crackdown spawns wave of fake regulators stealing from confused investors
Crypto Security

Europe's crypto crackdown spawns wave of fake regulators stealing from confused investors

Scammers impersonating EU regulators are stealing crypto from customers of unlicensed exchanges caught in confusion over new MiCA authorization rules that took effect July 1.

August 6, 2026

Crypto

NFT Founder Burned Through $10 Million in Months on Casinos, Day Trading, and Club Gigs

August 5, 2026
Crypto Fraud

NFT Founder Stole $10 Million From Investors, Funneled Cash Into Gambling and Miami Condo

August 5, 2026
Crypto

Shiba Inu Advisor Warns Community Against Fake Official Accounts

August 5, 2026
Finance

Ex-IT Administrator Jailed for Stealing Nearly $1 Million from North Carolina Healthcare Nonprofit

August 2, 2026
Crypto

OpenAI Shuts Down Cambodian Scam Ring Exploiting ChatGPT for Fraud and Trafficking

July 31, 2026
Crypto

IRS Warns of Fake Crypto Compliance Letters Leading to Phishing Scam

July 31, 2026
Crypto

Chinese State Media Warns of Bitcoin Extortion Scam Using Fake Journalists

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Senator Blumenthal Labels Crypto as Criminals’ Preferred Currency

July 30, 2026
Crypto

XRP Price Holds Firm After Korean Police Crack Down on Major Scam Ring

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Three Arrested in South Korea Over $12 Million XRP Staking Scam

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Russian Court Moves BitRiver Founder to Pretrial Detention Over $12.5M Fraud Case

July 30, 2026
Crypto

BitRiver Founder Detained Amid $7.9 Million Mining Equipment Fraud Probe

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Russia’s Top Crypto Miner Held in Custody Over 1 Billion Ruble Fraud Allegations

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Crypto Investor Charged in $20 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Multiple Victims

July 30, 2026
Crypto

Apple Faces Lawsuit After $1.8 Million Lost to Fraudulent iPhone Bitcoin Wallet App

July 29, 2026
Finance

Pennsylvania Woman Convicted for Embezzling Over $1 Million Across Multiple Firms

July 26, 2026
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