The CFTC has announced that a New York federal court has ordered New York corporation Gelfman Blueprint, Inc. (GBI) and its Chief…
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MAS warns against fraudulent website soliciting Bitcoin investments
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has informed the public that a fraudulent website has been soliciting investments in Bitcoins…
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CFTC wins $1M Bitcoin/Litecoin fraud trial against Patrick McDonnell and Coin Drop Markets
The CFTC has announced that a New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island,…
Read MoreBitcoin exchange BitFunder and founder Jon Montroll charged with fraud
The SEC alleges that BitFunder and its founder Jon E. Montroll operated BitFunder as an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded exchange users by misappropriating their bitcoins and failing to disclose a cyberattack on BitFunder’s system that resulted in the theft of more than 6,000 bitcoins.
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Dillon Michael Dean and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited charged in Bitcoin and Binary Options fraud scheme
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District…
Read MoreFraud charges filed against Bitcoin and Office Co-Working Space entrepreneur Renwick Haddow
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against the clandestine founder of a purported Bitcoin platform and…
Read MoreSEC charges Josh Garza in Bitcoin mining Ponzi scheme fraud
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today charged two Bitcoin mining companies and their founder with conducting a Ponzi…
Read MoreMt Gox saga continues as former CEO Mark Karpeles arrested in Tokyo
Karpeles is suspected by Japanese police of inflating the value of his own account by $1 million, and faces up to five years in prison.
Read MoreUS prosecutors charge Coin.mx executives for operating illegal Bitcoin exchange
In addition to operating an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange, US prosecutiors have stated that exchanging cash for Bitcoins for victims of ransomware attacks, as well as transferring funds to bank accounts in several other jurisdictions also took place
Read More‘Bitcoin Jesus’ denied US visa, despite having been born in America
Maverick Bitcoin proponent Rover Ver has been denied access to the United States, having renounced his citizenship last year, and subsequently encouraging others to do the same by buying citizenship of a Carribean island with Bitcoin
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