Do Hyeong Kwon, the alleged mastermind of a cryptocurrency fraud, has been arrested by authorities in Montenegro, a Balkan country, far from Terraform Labs, the company Kwon co-founded in Singapore. “One of the world’s most wanted fugitives was arrested in Podgorica,” according to Filip Adzic, the interior minister for Montenegro, who posted an update via… Read More >>
Court Approves the Sale of FTX’s Businesses
The debtors of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX recently won the right legally to sell off key businesses via the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which has set up a schedule for the bidding, auctioning, and sales hearing processes. FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2022 and its affiliated debtors… Read More >>
Titanium CEO Pleads Guilty to $21M Crypto Fraud
Is $21 million scammed from would-be cryptocurrency investors worth up to two decades behind bars? The 54-year-old chief executive officer of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc. (TBIS) might have the next 20 years to ponder his answer to that fraught question. He’ll probably learn much more about his fate on November 18 of this year,… Read More >>
Avoiding Scams That Steal Your Heart & Money
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the CFTC has issued a Customer Advisory that is meant to serve as a warning for people who use online dating and social media platforms but get pulled into scams where they send money to “fraudulent websites that claim to trade foreign currency exchange (forex) contracts, precious metals contracts,… Read More >>
CFTC & SEC Spotlight Crypto-Fraud Websites
Although crypto currencies may yield many surprising benefits, one of the oldest rules of commerce still applies to investing and trading in digital assets — if it seems to be too good to be true, it might be. That is the essence of a guidance, “Investor Alert: Watch Out for Fraudulent Digital Asset and ‘Crypto’… Read More >>