Southeast Asia became a Bitcoin mining hotspot after the great China crackdown of 2021. Now authorities in various regions are battling a huge surge in electricity theft used to fuel these mining ...

A U.S. investor lost nearly $35,000 to a cloud mining scam, PFMcrypto.net, which later rebranded as EarnMining.com. Scam tactics show fake returns, block withdrawals, then demand hidden “fees” or ...

TL;DR: A fraud scandal involves the sale of used Seagate hard drives as new, with over 200 cases confirmed globally. The scam traces back to German retailers and involves drives used in cryptocurrency ...

The owner of a former bitcoin mining company in Philadelphia allegedly stole more than $48.5 million from investors in a scheme that promised "passive income" for supporters of the firm's ...

In the annals of corporate fraud, few scandals match the magnitude of the Bre-X mining affair. For compliance professionals, the lessons from this incident resonate deeply, not just because of the ...

What would you think, upon answering a phone call, hear, “How would you like to make 21% on your money, guaranteed?” “Hmmm, sounds interesting, so what’s the catch? Is this a Ponzi scheme?” you would ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Green United can proceed to trial, a Utah judge ruled Monday. Last March, the SEC accused the Utah-based operation of scamming ...

Heightened cases of mining fraud had a correlation to the increase in the market price of gold in the 1980s. Opportunistic companies saw the potential to fleece investors in investing in gold ...

A leading risk advisor's annual Global Fraud Report has highlighted rising incidences of corporate fraud and business losses from fraud based on a poll of 768 senior executives from a range of ...