Crime
Crypto Hacks Surge to $142M in July, CoinDCX Suffers Largest Breach
At least $142 million was stolen from the cryptocurrency industry in July 2025, marking a sharp rise in digital asset-related...
CoinDCX Employee Arrested Following $44 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Social Engineering Attack
An employee of Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has been arrested in connection with a massive $44 million security breach that...
FaZe Clan CEO Steps Down Amid $200M MLG Crypto Scandal, Denies Wrongdoing as Fallout Roils Esports Community
Richard “FaZe Banks” Bengtson, the co-founder and CEO of FaZe Clan, has resigned following explosive allegations linking him to a...
AML Bitcoin Founder Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Crypto Fraud
The founder of the failed cryptocurrency AML Bitcoin, Rowland Marcus Andrade, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison...
New Wave of Coinbase Phishing Scams Use Insider Data and Fear Tactics to Target Crypto Users
A new and highly sophisticated wave of phishing scams is sweeping the crypto sector, zeroing in on Coinbase customers with...
U.S. Seeks Forfeiture of $2.4 Million in Cryptocurrency Linked to Chaos Ransomware
Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas have moved to seize more than $1.7 million in cryptocurrency that the...
ASIC Warns Australians Against Bitget’s Unlicensed Crypto Futures
Australia’s corporate regulator has issued a strong warning to investors over cryptocurrency futures products offered by Bitget, a digital asset...
Kuaishou Employees Jailed in $20M Bitcoin Embezzlement Scandal Despite China’s Crypto Ban
Kuaishou, China’s second-largest short video platform, has become the latest high-profile firm entangled in a crypto-driven corruption case—raising concerns over...
Arizona Influencer Jailed for Aiding North Korean IT Workers in Massive Remote Job Fraud
A TikTok influencer from Arizona has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for running an elaborate scheme that...
WOO X Hit by $14 Million Security Breach Linked to Phishing Attack
Crypto exchange WOO X has reported a security breach that led to unauthorized withdrawals totalling $14 million across nine user...
