Dutch police have arrested a former entrepreneur for fraud after alleging he conned investors in a fake bitcoin (BTC) mining operation out of €100 million ($111 million), Dutch daily news… Read more »
The Chicago Police Department has had a rough go of it of late, what with the Jessie Smullett case blowing up and the shooting death of an attempted carjacking suspect… Read more »
A gang of extortionists demanding Bitcoin for the release of hostages have been arrested by local authorities in Pakistan. The family of the victim had already paid the suspects over… Read more »
The Australian Federal police and ASIC have raided an Australian licenced FX broker office in Melbourne Australian media carry the story: The ABC spoke to two ForexCT clients who claimed… Read more »
An unnamed Bitcoin ATM provider serving the Canadian market was scammed last year across a number of the nation’s cities. Police are now seeking information regarding four suspects believed to… Read more »
Irish auctioneer Wilsons Auctions is to sell off 315 bitcoins seized by the Belgian government in a drug trafficking case that involved the dark net. The 24-hour online auction will… Read more »
Police in Mumbai have busted a gang allegedly involved in a cryptocurrency scam that amassed an estimated 1 billion rupees (nearly $14 million). The gang targeted people by launching a… Read more »
A Canadian online drug dealer, snared by an undercover police agent on the dark web, is pleading to be allowed to keep half of the 288 bitcoins that police seized… Read more »
Donald Trump’s big announcement Saturday wouldn’t be the first time the word “compromise” was used as a euphemism for the government. Stealing even more of your money to pay for… Read more »
New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia is the latest victim of a major cryptocurrency exchange hack that resulted in at least $3.6 million in lost funds. Cryptopia first noticed the hack due… Read more »