Tag: scheme

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FBI busts $43M crypto and Las Vegas hospitality Ponzi scheme

The FBI arrested a New York resident for defrauding investors of at least $43 million in a…

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US authorities arrest and charge new figure in OneCoin scheme — who is William Morro?

Reports suggested that the latest individual to be charged in connection to the crypto scheme was associated…

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Tink Joins European Payments Council’s SPAA Scheme

Payment services and data enrichment platform Tink has joined the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, which…

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Industry Reacts as PSR Finalises its Authorised APP Fraud Reimbursement Scheme

UK fintechs are concerned that the Payments Systems Regulator’s (PSR) decision to introduce a new fraud refund…

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Creator of Mutant Ape ripoff NFTs pleads guilty to $3M fraud scheme

The creator of the Mutant Ape Planet nonfungible token (NFT) collection — a knock-off of Yuga Labs’…

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UK’s ‘Help with Fees’ scheme won’t define crypto as disposable income

British citizens that hope to access legal assistance through the proposed ‘Help with Fees’ (HwF) scheme will…

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DOJ charges exec over ‘cherry picking’ scheme involving crypto futures

The former CEO of a Miami-based investment firm has pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit commodities…

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Former CEO of sham crypto miner IcomTech pleads guilty of wire fraud for Ponzi scheme

Marco Ruiz Ochoa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the Southern…

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Former Deutsche Bank exec pleads guilty over ‘R3 Crypto Fund’ scheme

A former Deutsche Bank investment banker, who was charged earlier this year in relation to a fraudulent…

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Gemini Earn users could recover all funds in new DCG remuneration scheme

Digital Currency Group (DCG) has proposed a new agreement plan for the creditors of the now-bankrupt Genesis…