Crypto Scam

A crypto user on the Kraken exchange has lost $18.2 million in a suspected social engineering scam, according to on-chain investigator ZachXBT.  Notably, ZachXBT revealed that the threat actor began...

A Busan District Court in South Korea has sentenced a member of an organized crime group to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of seizing crypto assets, participating...

The United Kingdom has intensified its crackdown on global online fraud, targeting a major cryptocurrency-based marketplace, Xinbi, linked to scam centers across Southeast Asia. The move aims to disrupt criminal...

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has uncovered a coordinated network of social media accounts that use fear-driven narratives about war and politics to funnel users into crypto scams. In a detailed thread,...

Joint efforts by the FBI and Thai police to combat scams targeting Americans are yielding results. The joint task force comprising FBI agents and the Royal Thai Police led to...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in New York warned Tron users about a new scam where fake “FBI” tokens are sent to wallets. These tokens claim users are under...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...