Twiterrati in a frenzy over alleged 51% Attack on Ethereum Classic
The previous night, the official Ethereum Classic team noted that alleged chain reorganization and double spend attacks were going on. Subsequently, they have asked crypto...
Category : Crypto Scams
Crypto Scams | Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles pleads Innocence in Embezzlement Trial
According to a Japanese public broadcaster NHK report, the Ex-CEO of defunct BTC exchange Mt Gox claims to be innocent in the closing arguments of...
Crypto Scams | Taiwan Police arrests Bitcoin Miner for mining using stolen Electricity
A Taiwanese Bitcoin miner has been arrested for using NT$100 million in stolen electricity. He has been accused of operating 17 illegal cryptocurrency mining centres...
Crypto Scams | Phishing Attack on Electrum Wallet , 250 Bitcoins Lost
An ongoing hack against cryptocurrency wallet Electrum saw a party steal almost 250 Bitcoins. The attack consists of a fake version of wallet which allegedly...
South Korean Agencies implicate nine residents for sellings drugs using Cryptocurrencies
On December 23, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office released an official statement in which it noted that via dark web the alleged criminals had...
Crypto Scams | Pune Police Cracks Crypto Ponzi Scheme, Seizes 452 Bitcoins worth Rs. 64 Lakhs
Indian Police has successfully cracked a crypto ponzi scheme which defrauded over 8000 investors. The police force managed to seize nearly $2 million worth of...
Crypto Scams | Ireland’s High Court “Breaks new legal Ground” says Local Media
According to a report by Irish Times, Ireland’s High Court has implicated Neil Mannion for holding 25,000 euro in cryptocurrency. The assets held by him...
Crypto Scams | Belgium’s FSMA Updates Crypto Scam Blacklist to a total of 113 sites
Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) recently updated it’s crypto-associated fraud blacklist and included a total of 113 sites. The authority mentions that despite...
Crypto Scams | Substratum’s Founder admits Day-Trading ICO’s ETH holdings
In a regular project update Substratum founder mentioned how a full time trader in their team is using Monte-Carlo simulations to predict Ethereum prices. This...
Crypto Scams | “Cryptojacking Cases Have Risen 400% in 2018” says Kaspersky Lab
According to Kaspersky Lab, cryptojacking cases have risen by 400 % . There have been a total of 13 million cryptojacking incidents in 2018. While...