Crypto Scam
US, UK, and Canada Launch Operation Atlantic Against Crypto Approval Phishing
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada have started Operation Atlantic, a joint law enforcement effort aimed at crypto approval phishing scams tied to investment fraud. The operation began...
Singapore Court Sentences Man in $6.9M SafeX Crypto Heist Case
A Singapore court sentenced a Chinese national to two years in jail for his role in a cryptocurrency theft that drained millions from a trading platform. The case highlights rising...
Lawsuit Alleges JPMorgan Provided Banking Infrastructure for a Massive Crypto Fraud
A class-action lawsuit has accused JPMorgan Chase of providing the main banking infrastructure for an alleged cryptocurrency fraud tied to Goliath Ventures. The case was filed in the U.S. District...
Chinese-born Businessman Chen Zhi Alleged For Operating “Pig Butchering”
The U.S. government is pursuing the seizure of 127,271 Bitcoin linked to Chen Zhi, a Chinese-born businessman once based in Cambodia. Chen allegedly operated a sprawling network of global “pig...
Canadian Police Warn the Public About Fake Recovery Service Scam
The Canadian police department has cautioned the public against fake crypto recovery scams. The police department stated that fraudsters are accessing and exploiting information from original crypto scams to steal...
Fake Google Ads Drain Trader’s Portfolio; Uniswap Founder Calls for Action
Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, has warned that crypto phishing scams tied to online advertisements remain a serious threat. This came after a trader lost a mid-six-figure portfolio in a...
Snail Mail Scam Targets Trezor and Ledger Users
Criminal groups have launched a new wave of cryptocurrency scams by sending physical letters to hardware wallet owners. The letters impersonate trusted brands and pressure recipients to act quickly. Instead...
Wallet Poisoning and Phishing Scams Drain Millions in Crypto
Blockchain analytics platforms have spotted rising instances of social engineering and wallet poisoning within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. A crypto anti-scam group, Scam Sniffer, reported that two individuals lost $12.25 million...
Co-founder of BTC Prague Warns of Sophisticated Phishing Attack
A sophisticated phishing attack targeting crypto users has been flagged. Martin Kuchař, co-founder of BTC Prague, has cautioned crypto users that a high-level hacking campaign is ongoing and it is...
Crypto Scam? Trove Raises $11.5M, Then Drops Hyperliquid Plans for Solana Launch
Trove Markets, a crypto trading project that raised $11.5 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) last week, is facing heavy criticism after changing its launch plans shortly after the...
ZachXBT Reveals $282M Bitcoin and Litecoin Theft from Hardware Wallet Scam
A large-scale cryptocurrency theft linked to a social engineering attack has drawn attention after on-chain investigator ZachXBT disclosed that a single victim lost more than $282 million in digital assets...
Utah Man Gets 3 Years of Prison Sentence for $2.9M Crypto Investor Fraud
Southern Utah entrepreneur Brian Garry Sewell was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Januray 15, 2026, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. Prosecutors tied him to...
Mayor NYC Eric Adams Faces Scrutiny Over Alleged $NYC Memecoin Liquidity Pull
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing scrutiny from the crypto community after social media posts alleged that he removed liquidity from a newly launched memecoin, $NYC, minutes...
Alleged Scam Kingpin Chen Zhi Sent to China After Cambodia Arrest
Two days ago, it was reported that Chen Zhi, accused of running one of the world’s biggest online scam networks, was arrested in Cambodia and sent back to China. This...
Dubai Court Jails Woman Over Dh4.3 Million Crypto Wallet Swap Scam
A Dubai court has sentenced a woman to jail and ordered her deportation after finding her guilty of stealing cryptocurrency worth about $1 million by secretly swapping a hardware wallet...
ED Recovers ₹3 Crore Assets in Haryana Crypto Fraud Probe
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recovered cash, frozen bank accounts, and identified high-value properties following search operations linked to an alleged cryptocurrency investment fraud operating across parts of Haryana and...
December Crypto Losses Fall Despite High-Impact Security Incidents
Cryptocurrency-related losses declined in December 2025, despite several high-value security incidents being reported. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, total losses from 26 major crypto exploits reached approximately $76 million...
Brooklyn Man Indicted in $16M Coinbase Phishing Scheme Targeting 100 Users
A 23-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with orchestrating a massive crypto phishing and social engineering scheme that defrauded nearly 100 Coinbase users across the United States of almost $16...
Jump Trading Hit With $4B Lawsuit Linked to Terraform Collapse
The court-appointed bankruptcy administrator handling the shutdown of Terraform Labs has filed a lawsuit against trading firm Jump Trading, accusing it of playing a role in the downfall of the...
Billions Lost to Crypto Scams Push U.S. Senators to Act
Two U.S. senators from opposite parties have introduced a new bill directed at protecting Americans from cryptocurrency scams. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, and Senator Jerry Moran, a...
Crypto, Conflict, and Corruption: Inside Central African Republic’s Digital Gamble
The Central African Republic once promised the world a bold leap into the future of money. Under President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, cryptocurrency was presented as a shortcut to modernization, foreign investment,...
Hollywood Director Convicted of $11 Million Netflix Fraud, Spent Cash on Crypto and Rolls-Royces
Carl Erik Rinsch, Hollywood director best known for the 2013 Keanu Reeves flop, 47 Ronin, has been convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan of defrauding Netflix out of $11...
Samourai Wallet CEO Speaks Out Before Reporting to Prison for Money-Transmission Case
Samourai Wallet CEO Keonne Rodriguez warned that U.S. enforcement actions may reshape how Bitcoin privacy tools are treated under federal law. He spoke about his case in a Coin Stories...
Do Kwon Handed 15-Year Sentence: Terra Tokens Crash 20% upon Verdict
Do Kwon, the architect of the $40 billion Terra-Luna collapse that precipitated the 2022 crypto winter, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. The sentence, handed down on...
