New York state authorities on Tuesday said they have launched a probe into platforms that trade cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, including potential fraud and conflicts of interest.

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US authorities have extradited a British citizen from Morocco to face charges of allegedly defrauding investors of more than $36 million, US prosecutors said Friday.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Thanachart Bank on Wednesday officially launched a project to produce short video clips to warn Thais about 10 fraudulent scams.

HCM CITY - As many as 32,000 people have fallen victim of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud in HCM City, involving a sum of up to US$666 million.

CAT Telecom on Tuesday urged people not to return missed phone calls from strange numbers, as they could become victims of so-called ‘Wangiri fraud’ gangs.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday laid charges over a fraudulent cryptocurrency fundraiser that boxer Floyd Mayweather and rapper DJ Khaled touted on social media.

DON MUANG Municipal Court yesterday dismissed charges in a fraud trial filed by the Armed Forces Security Centre against Jackson Electronics (Thailand), which supplied eight faulty bomb-detecting devices known as GT200, worth Bt10.4 million, to the centre in 2007.

Twitter on Monday announced a ban on ads for initial offerings of cryptocurrency or sales of virtual currency tokens, sending the value of bitcoin diving below $8,000.

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Investigators find elderly and disabled among victims whose money stolen.

Martin Shkreli, once dubbed the most hated man in America for ratcheting up the price of an HIV drug, was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday on charges of defrauding investors.

AT LEAST 25 people – including directors of five centres – have been involved in the alleged embezzlement of state funds from many protection centres for the destitute, an investigation has revealed.

The alleged embezzlement of state funds involving protection centres for the destitute in many provinces was part of a long-established, nationwide network linked to senior officials in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, a retired official said yesterday.

“I checked with the insurance company he claimed he was working for and they told me that my name wasn’t in their system,” says Nattareeya Boonchoo, a 31-year-old chicken vendor in Krabi.