UK tax authority seizes NFT for first time in $NZ2.86m fraud case
The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected VAT fraud...
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UK seizes NFT in suspected VAT fraud probe, World News
UK tax authorities have seized Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) amid a probe involving suspected VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies....
OpenSea’s NFT Free-for-All – WSJ
SAN FRANCISCO—Four-year-old OpenSea has gained fame and a $13 billion valuation by staking a claim as the world’s biggest marketplace...
‘Pulled from the pages of a spy novel’: Crypto couple had Russian bank accounts and traveled to Ukraine to collect fake IDs, feds say
The hipster New York couple charged in one of the world’s biggest crypto-currency thefts had been quietly setting up bank...
Asian Company Uses Blockchain Technology to Prevent Fraud With COVID-19 Vaccines
The Asia-based medical services company Zuellig Pharma has developed a blockchain platform to improve its vaccine tracking service and prevent...
Crypto, NFTs are rife with ‘mountains’ of fraud, IRS says
IRS criminal investigators see cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens as ripe for fraud, including money laundering, market manipulation and tax evasion...
NFT Marketplace Admits That 80 Percent of NFTs Are Spam, Scams and Fraud
That's a lot of fraud...Take It BackForget a simple majority — OpenSea, one of the largest online NFT marketplaces —...
Podcast: Fraud in Frog Nation
In the latest episode of “Empire,” Weekly Roundup, Blockworks’ Jason Yanowitz and Santiago Roel Santos gear up for a jam-packed...
Korean prosecutors seek life sentence for crypto execs in fraud case
Prosecutors in South Korea are demanding life sentences for seven former executives of a now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange who were charged...
South African Police Launch Investigation into Alleged Crypto Fraud
The police in South Africa are looking into a possible crypto scam case after an investment company attempted to reimburse...
