All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency

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Two dealers suspected of operating an illegal £1bn cryptocurrency exchange arrested in London
Metropolitan Police also seized several digital devices during raids on two homes in the capital
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"From pig farm to Bitcoin mine: How Dagestan became Russia’s crypto Klondike"
In 2024, Russia stands as one of the world’s leaders in cryptocurrency mining, rivaling the United States.
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Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall.
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Gran loses £10,000 to scammer who pretended to be famous TV actor
The fraudster sent Mary fake graphs which said her £5,000 investment was growing and she was later convinced by the scammers to send a further £5,000 to "activate" her wallet
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Man forced to cancel wedding after parents conned out of $1M in crypto scam
The couple in their 70s, who migrated from the China to the US in the 80s 'with nothing', were hoping to help their son pay for his wedding and buy him a house but ended up losing their life savings
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Grandad loses life savings after building 'relationship' with woman on Facebook
Veteran and grandad Bob Nelson from Florida thought he was getting his big break but was fooled into piling his money into a fake replica of a popular cryptocurrency trading website
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Lloyds Bank issues warning to customers as victims lose £11,000 in growing scam
On average, Lloyds Banking Group found that scam victims were losing an average of around £10,741 - this is more than any other type of consumer fraud
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What next for Sam Bankman-Fried as long prison sentence looms for fraudster
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been convicted on fraud and money laundering charges, potentially facing a 110-year prison sentence, while his co-founders are likely to receive prison terms too
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Crypto fraudsters' island lair as they partied & lived like students in paradise
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will soon be jailed after a New York jury found him guilty on charges of fraud and conspiracy. We've taken a look at the Bahamas lair he called home
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'Crypto King' fraudster's ex-lover he paid millions less and blamed for trouble
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's former girlfriend and CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison, testified against her ex-boss at a month-long trial at Manhattan federal court
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'Cryto King' went from privileged childhood to $10bn fraud & Presidential hopes
One of the biggest financial fraudsters the world has ever seen was yesterday convicted - and now faces decades in prison. But how did young maths prodigy Bankman-Fried become a $10 billion fraudster?
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Parents sob as 'Crypto King' with privileged background faces 115 years in jail
Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford Law School professors, broke down in tears in the courtroom as they learned their son had been found guilty of fraud and money laundering
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Crypto scam victims succeed where Action Fraud fails
Cheated investors take matters into their own hands after getting no help from police
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Crypto fraudster surviving off only bread and water in jail to stay vegan
A judge said there was probably cause to believe the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his arrest
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Suspect in gruesome murder of crypto king 'always hated on anyone who had money'
A close friend of Christian Peev, grieving his devastating loss, has told the Mirror that the alleged murderer always hated anyone who has money and was envious of Chris because he partnered with someone he didn't like
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Crypto king helped bartender make money - before being 'murdered by him'
Investigators believe Christian Peev, an American who built a fortune off of investments in cryptocurrency, had helped his alleged killer, Vesco Valchinov, make money before being killed in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Three unanswered questions after crypto king chopped up and stuffed down toilet
The death of crypto king Christian Peev leaves unanswered questions after the American was found chopped up and stiffed down a toilet in a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Police seize key evidence after missing crypto king found chopped up in sewer
Cops believe a crucial piece of evidence could shine a light on Christian Peev's death after the suspect, Vesco Valchinov, was accused of chopping up his body and flushing some parts down the toilet in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Missing crypto king found chopped up & stuffed down toilet by horrified plumbers
Christian Peev was found in pieces in a sewer after he was allegedly murdered by Vesco Valchinov and his body parts flushed down an apartment's toilet in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Crypto whizzkid tries to 'buy island & make genetically enhanced human species'
Gabe Bankman-Fried, brother of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was eyeing up the Pacific island of Nauru to act as an apocalyptic bunker where he and his mates could hole up in case '50%-99.99% of people die' across the world, a lawsuit claims
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Retired financial advisor lost £80,000 in 'horrendous' cryptocurrency scam
Simon Hoadley was convinced to start investing in cryptocurrency during the coronavirus pandemic - but he ended up handing over £80,000 to unscrupulous scammers
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Crypto-pimps make millions on new type of sex work that people have to train for
An undercover investigation revealed training grounds for sex workers where they were taught how to set up a cryptowallet, how to trade the currency and also the difference between good coins and 'the s**t ones'
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Investors threatened to drown me - incredible claim of collapsed e-company boss
VST Enterprises boss Louis-James Davis claimed innovations would be revolutionary but company went into administration
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'I went undercover in the crypto world and sold a dog photo as an NFT for $20k'
Award-winning journalist Ian Halperin went undercover to lift the lid on the mysterious world of cryptocurrency finding out shocking details about the scale of deaths among the new crypto millionaires
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