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Sam Bankman-Fried. Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried [2] (born March 5, 1992), commonly known as SBF, [3] is an American entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud and related crimes in November 2023. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated as a "poster boy" for crypto. [4] At the peak of his net worth, he was ranked ...
A pig butchering scam is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [1] They are commonplace on social apps, where, in October 2023, twelve percent of Americans using said apps had been ...
The Immunefi Crypto Losses 2022 Report lists industry losses from frauds and hacking as a combined total of US$3.9 billion for the year, and at US$8 billion for 2021. Notable thefts. In 2018, around US$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was lost to scams, theft and fraud. In the first quarter of 2019, the amount of such losses rose to US$1.2 billion.
OneCoin is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme [1] [2] conducted by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd, based in Bulgaria and [3] registered in Dubai, and OneLife Network Ltd (registered in Belize ), both founded by Ruja Ignatova in concert with Sebastian Greenwood. [4] OneCoin is considered a Ponzi scheme due to its organisational structure of ...
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has compiled a searchable collection of complaints about apparent crypto scams. Before investing in crypto, check out California's ...
Bitconnect (also spelled BitConnect and KimConnect; stylized bitconnect, ticker code BCC) was an open-source cryptocurrency in 2016–2018 that was connected with a high-yield investment program, a type of Ponzi scheme. [2] [3] [4] After the platform administrators closed the earning platform on January 16, 2018, and refunded the users ...
Pages in category "Cryptocurrency scams". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [2] Activities also encompass exploitation of personal data, [3] and money laundering techniques. [4] Modern carding sites have been described as full ...