Crypto Crime

A three-month global operation led by the United Arab Emirates has put more than $39 billion of funds and digital assets under scrutiny as suspected proceeds of online fraud, though...

Crypto investor Aiden Pleterski says safety precautions following his 2022 kidnapping have left him struggling financially and unable to afford legal representation as he faces fraud and money laundering charges....

Sharjah Police Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Abdullah Mubarak bin Amer announced the dismantling of four international criminal networks in an operation called “End of the Battle.” The groups allegedly posed as...

Brooklyn prosecutors have disrupted a multinational crypto investment scam that targeted Russian-speaking Americans, seizing or disabling 241 fraudulent domains and 112 servers linked to the operation. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric...

Crypto trader Realist on X said armed robbers broke into his home in the UK, tied him up with tape, and forced him to hand over about $800,000 in crypto...

France continues to see kidnappings, attempted abductions, and violent home invasions targeting people believed to own cryptocurrency. Recent cases involve crypto holders, their families, and even people mistakenly identified as...

Crypto scams and fraud caused $17 billion in losses during 2025, pushing ACAMS and Chainalysis to expand financial crime training. The organizations will add blockchain investigations and crypto compliance material...

Crypto security incidents cost the industry $768.5 million in September 2026, making it the most expensive month of the year for hacks, exploits, and other breaches, according to CertiK. Of...

Two Texas men have been charged in connection with an attempted robbery at a San Jose home that police say targeted a resident known to hold cryptocurrency. Damian Vielma, 20,...

Myanmar scam compounds are major hubs of organized cybercrime, involving online fraud networks and human trafficking. They are primarily located in border areas such as the vicinity of Myawaddy and...

A £10,000 reward has been offered for information about a targeted home robbery involving cryptocurrency in Birmingham. Crimestoppers announced the reward on September 24 as authorities continue investigating the attack...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Cash FX Group and three people over an alleged $950 million foreign-exchange investment scheme that used cryptocurrency. The agency filed the complaint Sept. 25...

Federal prosecutors charged Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van with laundering about $53 million in cryptocurrency allegedly stolen from U.S. victims through romance scams. Van appeared in court Friday as prosecutors...

Bitget temporarily suspended withdrawals after an exploit involving an estimated $351.6 million affected parts of its wallet infrastructure. Following the incident, CEO Gracy Chen said user funds remain safe, all...

The FBI has announced a successful “Operation Blackout,” dismantling an international fraud machine targeting Americans from different parts of the world. The agency said it neutralized a criminal unit that...

Dutch police have arrested two men in the Netherlands over an alleged crypto scam in which Rolex sellers were tricked into giving up their watches after being shown what looked...

Robbers attacked a family in Vendin-le-Vieil, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France, forcefully extorting the father, who reportedly works in cryptocurrency, for €40,000...

Crypto developers face fake job offers that deliver malware and steal wallet data. A joint security alert links these attacks to North Korea’s WaterPlum group. Authorities urge stronger checks on...

A security report by tech giant HP has highlighted the rising threat of attackers using fake AI crypto trading tools to deliver malware that replaces legitimate browser-wallet extensions and steals...

In a joint operation, authorities in the UAE, in coordination with Swedish officials, arrested a Swedish national suspected of running an international money-laundering network. The move coincided with the arrest...

U.S. authorities arrested two Jacksonville brothers after tracing cryptocurrency payments tied to an alleged darknet drug operation, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Investigators used blockchain records to identify a...

Cybercriminals are using Google Docs and Claude.ai to make malware attacks look legitimate. They use social engineering, fake search ads, and impersonation to trick people into installing harmful software or...

Manpreet Kohli is closer to being extradited from the UK to the US after a British judge rejected his challenge over fraud and market-manipulation charges tied to the Saitama cryptocurrency...

BounceBit will permanently shut down its Layer 1 blockchain after an attacker moved approximately 286.5 million BB through a protocol-level authorization flaw. The tokens were worth about $3.3 million when...

Crypto payment processor Coinsbuy lost more than $7.9 million after unauthorized transfers drained digital assets from wallets operating across Ethereum and TRON. The suspicious activity began around 13:00 UTC on...