Professional poker player Charlie Carrel believes Johnston has run off with his money British Poker Series (BPS) director Shaun Johnston is facing serious accusations after professional poker player Charlie Carrel publicly claimed that Johnston owes him $60,000. Carrel took to social media to expose the situation, stating that the debt stems from an unregulated online
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Poker Player Ethan Yau Admits Being Scammed Out of Thousands of Dollars
The Hustler Casino Live regular was allegedly scammed by someone at Diamond Sportsbook High-stakes poker player and vlogger Ethan “Rampage” Yau recently revealed that he was scammed out of a significant amount of money, naming the individual responsible as Neema Khazaie, a representative for Diamond Sportsbook. According to Yau, Khazaie allegedly failed to pay out
Crypto Attacks Are on the Rise Once Again
Chainalysis data shows that cryptocurrency attacks are increasing after a lull late last year In 2024, the cryptocurrency landscape has seen a troubling rise in hacking and ransomware activities, according to a recent report by Chainalysis. Despite a general decline in overall illicit transactions within the crypto market—down 19.6% from $20.9 billion to $16.7 billion—specific
Binance co-founder wants Elon Musk to crack down on crypto scams on X
The platform formerly known as Twitter has seen an uptick in cryptocurrency fraud Binance co-founder Yi He recently expressed that he doesn’t believe Elon Musk is doing enough to fight cryptocurrency scams on the X.com platform and questions whether he would do anything to address the issue. He’s worried were about an apparent impersonation scam
Scammer behind R3 Crypto Fund gets 41 months in prison
Rashawn Russell will also have to repay $1.5 million to his victims Former Deutsche Bank executive Rashawn Russell was sentenced to 41 months in prison by an Eastern New York District Court on May 30 for his role in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and a separate device fraud case. The former investment banker entered a
$73M cryptocurrency pig butchering scam lands two in custody
The duo is allegedly part of an international crime gang that used crypto to launder their funds The US Department of Justice has detained two people blamed for orchestrating a money laundering scheme that funneled over $73 million through US financial institutions and eventually converted it into Tether USDT tokens. Daren Li was taken into custody at Hartsfield-Jackson International
Scammers use Google Ads to steal $59 million in cryptocurrency
Scammers continue to find new ways to attack the cryptocurrency ecosystem A wallet-draining service called “MS Drainer” was recently used by scammers over the past nine months to steal about $59 million in crypto from victims, according to blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer in a December 21 report on X (formerly Twitter). The criminals used
$12M cryptocurrency fraud leads to indictments of two criminals in the US
The pair promised investors they could guarantee returns using AI-based trade bots The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two individuals for operating an alleged $25-million artificial intelligence (AI) cryptocurrency-trading Ponzi scheme. According to the December 12 court filing, Australian David Gilbert Saffron and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. from Los Angeles have been accused
GoFundMe to reimburse donations from poker player’s scam
Rob Mercer refused to refund the money he received, so GoFundMe will The GoFundMe fundraising platform announced on Thursday that it has reimbursed donations made to a poker player after he admitted to lying about having terminal cancer to raise money to cover his entry into the World Series of Poker this summer in Las
Rob Mercer allegedly lied about cancer to get WSOP buy-in money
The poker player comes under fire for allegedly using pity to gather donations Rob Mercer was recently accused of faking a terminal cancer diagnosis to scam the poker community and request donations to pay for his entry into the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event. Todd Witteles exposed the likely scam after tweeting a
Two teenagers face charges of stealing $3 million in cryptocurrency in Canada
The stolen crypto was only a small part of the $10 million the police found when they arrested the teens Two adolescents have been criminally charged by the Hamilton, Ontario police for their involvement in a grand theft of CAD4.2 million (US$3 million) worth of digital currency belonging to an individual from the US. As
Over 1,000 fake cryptocurrency scam sites discovered
A group allegedly from Russia is behind the latest crypto thefts Since the beginning of this year, more than 1,000 deceptive websites have been misguiding people through sham reward schemes that were, until now, unrecognized cryptocurrency fraud. Last week, a team of researchers from Trend Micro released a report indicating that a campaign involving collaboration