Wells Fargo Refuses To Reimburse Customer After $15,000 Drained From Account in Sophisticated Scam: Report

November 9, 2024 The Daily Hodl

Wells Fargo Refuses To Reimburse Customer After ,000 Drained From Account in Sophisticated Scam: Report

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An Omaha grandmother is fighting for reimbursement from Wells Fargo after her savings were drained by someone claiming to work at the bank. Arlene Gibbs says she received worrying text messages telling her that three of her accounts had been compromised and that further action was required, reports the NBC-affiliated news station WOWT. Gibbs says the […]

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Crypto Firm CEO Kidnapped in Toronto, Held for Ransom and Then Freed After $1,000,000 Payment: Report

November 9, 2024 The Daily Hodl

Crypto Firm CEO Kidnapped in Toronto, Held for Ransom and Then Freed After ,000,000 Payment: Report

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The chief executive of a crypto firm was reportedly kidnapped in Toronto and only freed after a $1 million ransom was paid. According to a new report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Dean Skurka, the CEO of crypto financial services firm WonderFi was kidnapped in downtown Toronto earlier this week and only released after […]

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Mysterious Mastercard Data Breach Triggers Bank Warning As Customers Urged To ‘Pay Close Attention’ To Money Movements

November 9, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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A US bank is warning customers of a security “intrusion” that may have compromised Mastercard account numbers and other financial data. Maryland-based Eagle Bank says it has received a notice from Mastercard, stating an unnamed US merchant allowed unauthorized access to account information between August 15th, 2023, and May 25th, 2024. The bank revealed the […]

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Former FTX Executive Caroline Ellison Set To Begin Two-Year Prison Sentence for Role in FTX Fiasco

November 7, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison is set to start her two-year prison term in Connecticut. According to a new report by CNBC, a Bureau of Prison (BOP) spokesperson said that Caroline Ellison – the former CEO of FTX’s sister company Alameda Research – will begin her two-year sentence after serving as the prosecution’s star witness. […]

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Bitfinex Breach Launderer Heather Morgan Says She Was ‘In Complete Shock’ When Husband Told Her About Hack

November 5, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Heather Morgan says she was “in complete shock” when she discovered her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, had hacked the crypto exchange Bitfinex back in 2016. In 2022, Lichtenstein and Morgan – known as the “crypto couple” – were arrested for conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of stolen crypto assets from the Bitfinex hack. They pled […]

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Police Syndicate Accused of Extorting 10,000,000 USDT From Man Using Fake Search Warrant: Report

November 4, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Thai law enforcement has reportedly arrested seven police officers and one civilian accused of staging a false domestic search that involved the attempted extortion of 10 million USDT from a victim. Local publication QQ reports that the group targeted a Chinese national by swarming his residence and flashing what appeared to be a real search […]

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Trillion-Dollar Banks Sound Alarm As Sophisticated New Fraud Technique Bypasses Security Measures: Report

November 3, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Banking giants and government regulators are reportedly raising the alarm over a new kind of fraud designed to slip through traditional security measures. Santander, HSBC, TSB Bank, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre are issuing warnings about “quishing,” reports the Financial Times. Quishing, or QR code phishing, is […]

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U.S. Justice Department Indicts Russian National Over Alleged Crypto Market Manipulation and Fraud

November 2, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging the founder and CEO of crypto firm Gotbit with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud. In a new press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts is alleging that 26-year-old Russian national Aleksei Andriunin and two Gotbit directors offered […]

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$18,883 Drained From Wells Fargo Account, Bank Says Reimbursement Not Happening, Customer Says She’s Leaving

November 2, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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A Wells Fargo customer says she’s done with the bank after an impostor posing as the lender drained $18,883 from her account. Colorado resident Melanie Sponselee says she received an alert on her phone that appeared to be from Wells Fargo asking if she had made a large transaction, reports the NBC-affiliated news station 9News. […]

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Crypto Enthusiasts Targeted in Multi-Vector Malware Attack Disguised As Python-Based Trading Tool: Report

October 30, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Malware disguised as a Python-based trading bot has reportedly targeted crypto traders in a multi-vector supply chain attack. According to a new blog post by cloud-based cybersecurity firm Checkmarx, crypto enthusiasts have been targeted by advanced malware cloaked as a suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-based crypto trading tools that aim to steal sensitive data and […]

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