The FBI has outlined what it believes to be the consistent threads running through fraudulent initial coin offerings.
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Switzerland-based crypto exchange ShapeShift reports seeing a 175 percent increase in law enforcement agency requests in the second half of 2018.
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Kyle Armstrong, of the FBI’s Virtual Currency Initiative, says the Bureau has 130 crypto-related cases, and that dark web drug sales are a particular concern.
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Internet’s “leading forum for prostitution ads” is indicted on 93 counts, including money laundering through cryptocurrencies.
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FBI releases PSA about increasing frequency of tech support fraud, now targeting cryptocurrency investors.
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by Helen Partz
The FBI warns Internet users about death threat hoax emails as a new type of cryptocurrency extortion, victims are highly disturbed.
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by Jon Buck
Problem-plagued exchange BTC-e reopens as WEX-nz.
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