Proxy Network Crushed: 369,000 Hacked Routers Taken Offline in Crypto Fraud Bust
Authorities pulled the plug on the Socksescort proxy empire, freezing $3.5 million in crypto and exposing a global router botnet....
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Washington’s Crackdown on Southeast Asian Scam Centers Tops $580 Million in Crypto Seizures
Washington’s newest crypto-fraud crackdown is starting to put real numbers on a shadowy ecosystem that has quietly drained innocent people’s...
Crypto ‘Liquidity Pools’ Mask $328 Million Ponzi Scheme, CEO Arrested
Federal prosecutors allege a massive cryptocurrency investment fraud that funneled hundreds of millions from investors into a lavish lifestyle, placing...
$100M Crypto Laundering Bust Reveals 81 Bank Accounts and Offshore Transfers
Nearly $100 million in investor funds was funneled through shell companies, offshore accounts, and major cryptocurrency exchanges in a sweeping...
Defunct P2P Crypto Platform Paxful Sentenced to $4M Penalty for Money Laundering, Travel Act Violations
Peer‑to‑peer cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful was sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to conspiring in...
Fugitive Mastermind of $73M Crypto Scam Sentenced to 20 Years by US Court
A fugitive crypto scam operator Daren Li was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison and three years of...
US Secures $400M in Assets Linked to Helix Crypto Case
The U.S. government has secured ownership of more than $400 million tied to the Helix darknet crypto mixer, closing a...
