Cryptocurrency Scams

圣何塞的一名寡妇因网恋陷入虚假的加密货币投资骗局而损失了近 100 万美元。她按照这名男子的指示，花光了积蓄，还做了二次抵押贷款，然后才意识到这是一场骗局。

俄亥俄州韦斯特莱克市一名 71 岁的妇女被电话骗子骗到比特币自动取款机上存入数千美元，尽管工作人员和警方发出了警告。警方冻结了骗子的加密货币钱包，但目前还不清楚她能否拿回自己的钱。

一项全欧洲范围的调查发现了一个加密货币欺诈网络，该网络通过虚假交易平台、深度伪造广告和呼叫中心洗钱超过 7 亿欧元。当局逮捕了多名嫌疑人，缴获了现金、加密货币和奢侈品，同时在七个国家对该骗局的营销和运营网络进行了打击。

美国司法部查封了一个与泰昌大院有关的缅甸加密货币诈骗网站。这次行动针对的是拥有虚假交易平台的投资者，是打击国际加密货币欺诈行为的更广泛努力的一部分。

Scammers are taking advantage of the holiday season, targeting online shoppers and crypto users with faster and more convincing tricks. Most attacks happen on social platforms, using fake profiles and urgent messages to steal money, and victims need to act quickly to protect their assets.

Monad’s highly anticipated token launch has quickly shifted from excitement to frustration as MON opened below its pre-sale price and immediately pushed early buyers into the red.

A British man, Joseph James O’Connor, has been ordered to return $5.4 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts in 2020. The civil recovery covers the increased value of the stolen crypto and will be managed by a court-appointed trustee for public restitution.

Spain’s financial authority, the CNMV, has hit X with a €5 million fine for allowing unauthorized crypto promotions to run on its platform. The ads in question promoted Quantum AI, a company with no legal permission to offer investment services in Spain.

Travis Ford, the co-founder and CEO of Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in federal prison for operating a $9.4 million crypto investment scheme that defrauded nearly 2,800 investors, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 14.

South Korean supermodel and TV personality Han Hye-jin has lost access to her YouTube channel — and more than 860,000 subscribers — after hackers took over her account to livestream a deepfake video of Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse promoting an XRP-themed crypto scam.