Polymarket Insider Trading: Google Engineer Wins $1.2M on Rigged Bet
Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo made $1.2M on Polymarket using confidential search data. Manhattan prosecutors charged him with commodity fraud and money…
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Tether Freezes $72M USDT: How Monero's Price Spike Exposed a $120M Laundering Scheme
Tether froze $72M in USDT on June 12, 2026, after a Tron wallet pumped Monero 30%. ZachXBT traced the $120M laundering route that the price spike made visible.
US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Betting on Maduro Operation Using Classified Intel
US soldier Gannon Van Dyke, 38, was arrested by the DOJ on April 24, 2026, for betting $33K on Polymarket using classified intel — and winning $409,881.
FBI: $11.4 Billion Lost to Crypto Fraud in 2025
The FBI's 2025 IC3 report recorded $11.4 billion in crypto fraud losses in the US — a 22% surge from 2024 and an all-time record. Americans over 60 accounted for $4.4 billion of those losses.
G. Love Loses 5.9 BTC to a Fake Ledger App on Apple's App Store
G. Love lost 5.92 BTC — roughly $420,000 — after downloading a fake Ledger Live app from the Apple Mac App Store on April 11, 2026. ZachXBT traced the funds to KuCoin. Here is what every hardware wallet user needs to know.
X Will Auto-Lock Crypto Accounts on First Post: Nikita Bier's Anti-Phishing Move Sparks Debate
X, Elon Musk's social network, will automatically lock any account that mentions crypto for the first time. Nikita Bier says it will "eliminate 99% of phishing incentives."
Japan's Gen Z: The Most Scam-Aware Generation in Crypto
A Clabo survey of 1,486 Japanese respondents finds Gen Z is the most scam-aware generation in crypto, while Boomers struggle with blockchain technology itself. Millennials lead actual investment.
Class Action Targets JPMorgan Over $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A federal class action accuses JPMorgan Chase of facilitating a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme tied to Florida-based Goliath Ventures and its CEO Christopher Alexander Delgado, raising major questions about bank AML liability.
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