According to a Dec. 11 statement, IcomTech founder David Carmona, along with four promoters of the scheme, namely Juan Arellano Parra, Moses Valdez, and David Brend, for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations. The court ordered them to jointly pay over $1 million in restitution to defrauded customers and imposed a...
India’s ED is investigating Raj Kundra in a $800m cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, seizing assets and linking him to a failed Bitcoin mining project. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Raj Kundra, a prominent businessman and husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, concerning a money laundering case linked to a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme dubbed ‘Gain Bitcoin.’ Notably, Kundra is not the...
Cybersecurity analysts have uncovered a new phishing campaign targeting crypto users by deploying FatalRAT alongside Clipper and Keylogger malware. Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs have uncovered a novel phishing campaign targeting Chinese crypto investors and organizations, with an emphasis on users of the Exodus crypto wallet. In a blog article, the cybersecurity experts revealed that unidentified threat actors...
Google has initiated a lawsuit against a group of individuals accused of orchestrating a vast cryptocurrency scam that impacted over 100,000 users globally. The lawsuit, filed today, targets the alleged fraudulent distribution of investment and crypto exchange applications through the Google Play Store. Google says it’s the first tech company to take action against crypto scammers, aiming to...
The CONDOM meme coin team on the Solana network collected 4,965 SOL as part of the coin’s presale and deleted its X page. The funds raised were estimated at $906,000 at the time. Whale Insider reports that the community suspects the CONDOM team of committing a rug pull. User X, who used the pseudonym Harfordton, called for...
The URF meme coin team committed a rug pull and disappeared with 2,400 SOL collected during the coin’s presale. According to on-chain researcher ZachXBT, the meme token team on the Solana blockchain withdrew Solana (SOL) worth about $450,000. The developers completed the fraud less than 24 hours after URF launched. The team also used the funds raised...
Cybercriminals stole more than $104 million worth of crypto in February, marking a 42% decrease compared to January. According to data compiled by PeckShield, hackers successfully executed 20 attacks against decentralized protocols in February, with the most significant breach occurring at PlayDapp, resulting in a loss of $36 million worth of crypto for the project. #PeckShieldAlert Hackers stole ~$104.73m across over...
