News Scammers Steal $24 Worth of Bitcoin in the First Half-year

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Crypto scammers have stolen around $24 worth of bitcoin in the first half-year of 2020, representing 63% from amount stolen over the past four years, according to the Whale Alert and Scam Alert report. The most “successful” scam scgemes gained over $130,000 in a single day with nothing more than a one-page website, a bitcoin address, and a decent amount of advertising on YouTube. Changing scam shemes among with increasing its quality and scale suggest that entire professional teams are now behind some of the most successful ones. According to Whale Alert, it is just a matter of time when scamers start using deepfakes, a technique that will surely revolutionize the scam market.

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CO-FOUNDER OF CENTRA TECH TO PLEAD GUILTY IN $25 MILLION SCAM​

The second of the three co-founders of cryptocurrency firm Centra Tech, Sohrab Sharma, is reportedly planning to plead guilty in $25 million ICO scam. Sharma may avoid a November trial date as his lawyers told a federal judge he would be interested in changing his plea. Earlier, another one Centra Tech’s co-founder Robert Farkas was convicted of conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud on June 16. Farkas faces up to 87 months in prison and a $250,000 fine. The case of the third co-founder is still scheduled for trial in November. Three founders of Centra Tech scam — Sharma, Farkas, and Raymond Trapani — were arrested in April 2018. The company claimed about partnerships with major firms, including credit card giant Visa to dupe people into investing in Centra Tech’s ICO.

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