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Nigerian national pleads guilty to $6 million inheritance fraud targeting U.S. elderly
Nigerian Okezie Bonaventure Ogbata admits to orchestrating a scheme that targeted over 400 elderly victims in the U.S., stealing millions through fake inheritance promises.
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Scams, stolen funds, and fake services: uncovering Fortes.pro’s criminal network
A scandal is brewing online involving Fortes, a company specializing in protection against DDoS attacks and other cyber threats.
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Gennaro Lanza’s web of fraud: Unlicensed forex schemes targeting EU and UK consumers
Gennaro Lanza is a forex scammer who runs multiple companies to defraud consumers. His fraudulent enterprises primarily target EU and UK residents.
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Guy Galboiz and TitanTrade: Unraveling the network of binary options scams
TitanTrade Binary Options has received allegations of being a scam. Find out if those allegations are true or not in this review.
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Crypto user loses $7.8 million in SolvBTC as phishing scams proliferate on social media
Sophisticated social engineering and malware tactics hike crypto phishing scams on social media.
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U.S. prosecutors allege Do Kwon orchestrated $40 billion cryptocurrency scam
For years, Kwon allegedly directed a fraudulent crypto scheme that cost investors tens of billions.
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From innovation to infamy: the collapse of Kuailian and its CEO, David Ruiz de León
Kuailian’s downfall: the controversy surrounding David Ruiz de León and the dangers of cryptocurrency investments.
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How Vuokazi Sangoni and Puovendran Chetty manipulated the truth: The fake DMCA takedown scandal
How Vuyokazi Sangoni and Poovandaren Chetty Manipulated the Truth
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Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs: The alliance combating stablecoin abuse
The unit collaborates with global authorities to combat financial crime using blockchain forensics across billions in volume.
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Hermes Leong and associate sentenced in Singapore over $13.7M forex scams
Two Malaysian scammers behind SingliWorld and TriumphFX have been jailed.
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How Moldavian info gypsy Sergey Gutsu runs crypto scams and exploits clients’ trust
As a crypto guru, Sergey Gutsu appeared in Ukraine in 2018 when he realized the main thing — to a simple person eager to earn a lot quickly, you need to say what they want to hear.
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Inside Jeunesse Global: allegations of pyramid schemes and Adam Vincent Gilmer’s role
Entrepreneur Adam Vincent Gilmer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, immigrated to the US in 1989.
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Pyramid mastermind Yehor Alshevski faces global scrutiny for $20M fraud
The New Ostap Bender of his time, Yehor Valerevich Alshevski (previously Evdakov) (Alshevsky), achieved success through the IRS and Kairos Technologies projects.
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MSP Limited: A high-risk broker under fire for scamming traders and dodging regulations
MSP Limited has garnered attention in the forex trading world, but not always for the right reasons.
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Crypto fraudster Bohdan Prylepa hides stolen billions in Dubai and cooperates with Russian intelligence services
The dealer who embezzled a billion from the military and is suspected of working for the FSB mistakenly thinks he is untouchable.
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Luxury in Dubai at clients’ expense: crypto scammer and owner of Coinsbit and Qmall, Bohdan Prylepa, accused of large-scale fraud
The owner of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and other platforms, Bohdan Prylepa, has been put on the wanted list in Ukraine due to suspicion of large-scale fraud and misappropriation of clients’ funds amounting to over a billion hryvnias.
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Crypto fraudster Bohdan Prilepa: fraudulent schemes, billion-dollar thefts, and escape to Dubai
The dealer who embezzled a billion from the military and is likely tied to the FSB falsely believes himself untouchable.
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Mykola Udyanskyi and Bohdan Prylepa: crypto pyramids, scandals, and fake charity
The owners of the Qmall crypto exchange have stooped from bandit "raids" to petty "show-offs".
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Crypto fraudster Bohdan Prylepa stole billions from the Coinsbit exchange and fled to Dubai
Studying Bohdan Prylepa’s personality inevitably brings to mind the lines of a poet: «Oh, how many wonderful discoveries…». Yesterday’s «innovative businessman» has suddenly been revealed as an ordinary fraudster—though not entirely ordinary, as his deceit is compounded by betrayal.
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British businessman Sanjay Shah jailed for 12 years over £996m Danish tax fraud
Shah found guilty of gross fraud and given longest sentence for financial crime in country’s history
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The Qmall crypto exchange, owned by Bohdan Prylepa who embezzled billions and fled to Dubai, has been exposed as a scam: clients are unable to withdraw their funds
According to information from Entrepreneur, the situation with cryptocurrency exchanges is becoming increasingly alarming.
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LuLaRoe found guilty of fraud and ordered to pay $164 million to its supplier
Following a jury verdict against them, LuLaRoe has been ordered to pay $164 million in damages.
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Over €500 million in mafia-led VAT fraud uncovered across Europe
Investigators across Europe froze more than half a billion dollars in mafia-linked revenue generated from Value Added Tax fraud
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‘Grandma’ devises creative way to get back at scammers and waste their time
Daisy may seem like a scammer’s dream, willing to chat on the phone and hand over her bank details.
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"Moby Dick" investigation exposes widespread fake invoicing network, including key participants from Marano
There are 195 people under investigation in the operation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office "Moby Dick", coordinated by the deputies Gery Ferrara, Amelia Luise, Giordano Baggio, Sergio Spadaro and Gaetano Ruta, which involves various cities in Italy, especially Milan, Rome and Naples, and also several countries.