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Blockchain ID Solution Aims to Tackle Spike in Delivery Fraud Amid Coronavirus Measures

Nuggets, a digital identity and payments platform, has developed a way to accept deliveries without needing a physical signature to combat a spike in fraud during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Meet the Russian Man Whose Job It Is to Fake Token Activity (Full Interview)

CoinDesk presents the full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the Russian market maker whose job it was to make tokens look better than they were.

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CFTC Claims 'Massive Fraudulent' Scheme Defrauded Investors of $20M

The CFTC alleged three individuals and affiliated entities defrauded crypto and binary options investors out of $20 million over 5 years.

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SEC Sues Dropil Founders for Fraud After $1.8M Token Sale

The SEC has charged three California residents with defrauding investors of $1.8 million through an unregistered token sale.

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CFTC Charges Florida Resident With Defrauding Crypto Investors Out of $1.6M

The CFTC alleged Florida resident Alan Friedland defrauded investors out of $1.6 million, promising returns through his “Compcoin” token and an algorithmic trading software which never materialized.

Compcoin brought in $1.6 million, the CFTC claimed, and even managed to get listed – temporarily – on digital asset exchanges during its sale from 2016 through 2018. (CFTC Chair Heath Tarbert image via CoinDesk archives)

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US State Regulators Order 'Fraudulent' Crypto Mining Scheme to Shut Down

The Texas State Securities Board and Alabama Securities Commission filed an emergency action against Ultra Mining, alleging it offered unregistered securities by promising to double investments in a cloud mining scheme.

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Victims Accuse Wells Fargo Subsidiary of Turning Blind Eye to $35M Crypto Ponzi

Plaintiffs claim Wells Fargo Advisors did not check on the activities of a financial advisor accused of defrauding 150 investors.

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SEC Charges 2 With Fraudulent Water-Backed Token Sale

The SEC charged a former Texas pastor and his wife for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors through an alkaline water-backed cryptocurrency TeshuaCoin.

The SEC alleges a fraudulent operation involving a"TeshuaCoin" backed by alkaline water. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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SEC Charges Former State Senator Over Digital Asset 'Scam'

The SEC alleges the Meta 1 Coin sale violated antifraud and securities regulation. It also promised some crazy returns.

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Canadians Get US Jail Time for Stealing 23 Bitcoin in Twitter Scam

The two scammers used a Twitter account to pose as crypto exchange staff to persuade an Oregon resident to hand over bitcoin.

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