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2. $5.6B lost to cryptocurrency fraud schemes last year: FBI - AOL

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   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 bureau received more than 69,000 ...

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

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   September 9, 2024 at 12:33 PM. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images. Victims reported more than $5.6 billion in fraud related to cryptocurrency in 2023, a 45% increase from losses reported in 2022, the FBI ...

4. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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   МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to 1,000%.

5. 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 ...

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

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   The federal government received over 70,000 complaints of cryptocurrency scams in 2023. One woman who was defrauded out of thousands from her retirement account tells Isaac Lozano how she got scammed

7. Mirror Trading International - Wikipedia

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   Investigation of Assets and Affairs: The liquidators are actively investigating the assets and affairs of JNX Online, which was used by Steynberg to buy and sell BTC and to pay creditors and employees of MTI. [2] This investigation aims to uncover any potential fraudulent activities or hidden assets that could be used to compensate the victims.

8. 2020 Twitter account hijacking - Wikipedia

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   On July 15, 2020, between 20:00 and 22:00 UTC, 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were reportedly compromised by outside parties to promote a bitcoin scam. [1][2] Twitter and other media sources confirmed that the perpetrators had gained access to Twitter's administrative tools so that they could alter the accounts themselves and post the tweets ...

9. Crypto investment fraud warning issued by major bank - AOL

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   A major bank has issued a warning about crypto investment scams, with victims standing to lose more than £10,000 on average and young adults often being particularly at risk.