Cryptocurrency, FBI and Miami
FBI Reports Financial Losses From Crypto Scams Increased By 45% Last Year
As if handling your money wasn't difficult enough already (between inflation, interest rates, and housing prices), new scams have been reported throughout the country. Even worse, these scams are carrying higher price tags for their victims while happening more frequently.
Losses From Crypto Scams Spiked 45% to $5.6B in 2023, FBI Reports
The FBI’s latest report shows that losses from crypto scams spiked 45% to $5.6B in 2023. Investment fraud accounted for $3.9B of the losses.
Losses from crypto scams grew 45% in 2023, FBI says
Losses from cryptocurrency-related frauds and scams increased 45% in 2023 from 2022, totaling more than $5.6 billion, as scammers increasingly took advantage of the speed and irreversibility of digital asset transactions,
FBI Says People Lost $5.6 Billion in Crypto Scams Last Year
The agency singled out digital currency swindles to highlight the rising frequency and increasing dollar amounts of crypto crimes, an asset class GOP nominee Donald Trump wants to embrace.
Crypto scams cost Americans $5.6 billion in 2023, FBI says
Americans lost $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to a new report released by the FBI on Monday.
Miami man among 2 charged in $230 million cryptocurrency theft and laundering scam
A Miami man is facing charges after authorities said he teamed up with a California man in a scam to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency.
2 California men charged in $230 million cryptocurrency theft following FBI raid of Miami mansion
The indictment states the suspects “used the illegally obtained cryptocurrency to purchase international travel, service at nightclubs, numerous luxury automobiles, watches, jewelry, designer
Miami waterfront mansion raided by FBI is linked to $230 million crypto scam, feds say
The FBI descended on a luxury Miami waterfront home Wednesday in a raid connected to the theft of cryptocurrency the government said was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. At the same time agents were serving the warrant in Miami,
FBI arrests Singaporean man in US over $297m crypto heist
Malone Lam and his co-conspirator allegedly spent the laundered proceeds on luxury goods. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Over 10% of financial fraud cases are crypto-related, FBI report reveals
Despite representing only 10% of total complaints received, crypto fraud accounted for nearly half of all financial losses ...
Crypto-related fraud jumped by 45% last year, FBI says
Victims reported more than $5.6 billion in fraud related to cryptocurrency in 2023, a 45% increase from losses reported in ...
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FBI Says Scams Targeting Crypto Users Skyrocketing in Severity and Complexity After $5,600,000,000 Lost in 2023
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is detailing the rising scale and complexity of cryptocurrency fraudulent ...
US Hardest-Hit Amid $5.6B Losses Last Year In Security Incidents Linked To Crypto: FBI
A new report by the FBI showed that many Americans suffered financial fraud attacks last year, with elderly people being hit ...
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FBI Alert: How Did Crypto Fraud Losses Surge To Reach $5.6B?
Crypto fraud surged 45% last year, with losses reaching $5.6B. According to FBI, investment scams dominated, impacting ...
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New FBI Report Details Extent of Damage of Crypto-Related Frauds
The Internet Crime Complaints unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published a Cryptocurrency Fraud Report ...
Column: Trump and his family jump into crypto, which the FBI calls a hive of ‘pervasive’ criminality
A new FBI report says the U.S. is the world center of crypto fraud. Donald Trump and his family just announced a big crypto ...