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  2. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, around US$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was lost to scams, theft and fraud. In the first quarter of 2019, the amount of such losses rose to US$1.2 billion. [ 6 ] 2022 was a record year for cryptocurrency theft, according to Chainalysis , with US$3.8 billion [ 7 ] stolen worldwide during 125 system hacks, [ 8 ] including US$1.7 billion ...

  3. Crypto-related fraud jumped by 45% last year, FBI says - AOL

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    Victims reported more than $5.6 billion in fraud related to cryptocurrency in 2023, a 45% increase from losses reported in 2022, the FBI said Monday in a new report. A jump in crypto-related ...

  4. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

  5. $5.6B lost to cryptocurrency fraud schemes last year: FBI - AOL

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    September 11, 2024 at 9:49 AM. Americans lost more than $5.6 billion in 2023 from fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, according to the FBI. The agency, in a report published Monday, said the ...

  6. Coffeezilla - Wikipedia

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    Coffeezilla. Stephen Findeisen, better known as Coffeezilla, is an American YouTuber and crypto journalist who is known primarily for his channel in which he investigates and discusses online scams, usually surrounding cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and internet celebrities. [2]

  7. Silk Road (marketplace) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 August 2024. 2011–2013 darknet market most known for the sale of illegal drugs Silk Road Item description page Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner Ross Ulbricht (pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts) URL Old URL: silkroad6ownowfk.onion (defunct) New URL: silkroad7rn2puhj.onion (defunct ...

  8. Here’s how one victim was swindled out of $58,000 in a ...

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    I have a tendency to go really deep on conversations, and he just kept pace. ... According to the FBI, investment scams accounted for 71 percent of all crypto scams and represented over $3.96bn in ...

  9. Jimmy Zhong - Wikipedia

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    November 9, 2021. James "Jimmy" Zhong is an American man who was convicted in 2022 for stealing over 51,680 bitcoin (then worth about $620,000; [2] value as of 2023 approximately $3.4 billion [3]) from the online black market Silk Road between 2012 and 2014. [4] Zhong, who was closely monitoring the early development of bitcoin, [5] had found ...