Crypto scam uses fake AI chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini AI to promote fraudulent 'Google Coin' cryptocurrency. Malwarebytes researchers expose scam.

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U.S. digital investment advisor Betterment confirmed that hackers breached its systems and sent fake crypto-related messages to some customers. The threat actor last week delivered fraudulent emails ...

Federal agents have quietly pulled off one of the largest financial seizures in American history, taking control of roughly 15 billion dollars in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" ...

In new research published today, crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis found that crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking—largely forced laborers trapped in compounds across Southeast Asia and ...

The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...

Chen Zhi faces an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn on charges of swindling millions of dollars from Americans as part of a global cryptocurrency scam. By Santul Nerkar A man who U.S. federal ...

Crypto payments tied to trafficking rose 85% in 2025, Chainalysis said. Blockchain data showed services were largely based in Southeast Asia. However, paying customers originated from the Americas, ...