Hong Kong law enforcement has successfully dismantled a sophisticated criminal operation accused of swindling victims out of $46 million through a deepfake-cryptodriven romance scam.
Troubles are mounting for San Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, as the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seizes $400 million worth of Robinhood stock (NASDAQ: HOOD ).
The US Supreme Court has recently refused to hear a case regarding the ownership of $4.4 billion worth of Bitcoin seized from Silk Road, a dark web marketplace.
In a recent incident, scammers managed to steal $20 million worth of Tether (USDT) using a zero-transfer phishing attack, according to on-chain analytics firm PeckShield.