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US charges 5 crypto hackers in $11M scheme linked to ‘Scattered Spider’

DIGIT — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:04:10 +0000

The US has laid charges against a group accused of a hacking spree, with one alleged victim being robbed of over $6.3 million worth of crypto.

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Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme

DIGIT — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:30:47 +0000

Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. If convicted, they would face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for their roles in the purportedly decentralized finance (defi) platform Forsage. Forsage Founders Charged With Running Cryptocurrency Pyramid A […]

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Forsage founders indicted over $340M DeFi ‘Ponzi scheme’

DIGIT — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 02:56:50 +0000

According to the Department of Justice, Forsage employed smart contracts which were coded in ways consistent with a Ponzi scheme.

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Canadian Accused of Assisting Ross Ulbricht Extradited to U.S.

DIGIT — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 07:33:55 +0000

A fifty-nine-year-old Canadian man accused of advising Ross Ulbricht, the creator and operator of the first anonymous free market, Silk Road, has been extradited to the United States from Thailand. Roger Thomas Clark has been charged by federal prosecutors for a number of crimes relating to the operations of Silk Road, including narcotics trafficking, computer […]

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