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SEC Hits Market Makers With Fraud Charges for Misleading Crypto Investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged multiple market makers and individuals with manipulating crypto asset markets, alleging they created fake trading activity to mislead retail investors. These…

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FBI Seeks Crypto Fraud Victims in Major Market Manipulation Case

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging potential victims of cryptocurrency fraud to come forward as it investigates market manipulation involving several cryptocurrency companies. Accusations include “wash-trading” and artificially…

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FBI Creates Crypto Token to Expose Fraud — Seizes $25M in Cryptocurrency, Charges 18

Eighteen individuals and entities have been charged with fraud and market manipulation in the cryptocurrency industry. The charges involve deceptive practices such as wash trading and pump-and-dump schemes that inflated…

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Binance Reportedly Fired Investigator Who Discovered Market Manipulation at Client Company

With Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently sentenced to four months imprisonment, a WSJ report is alleging that the crypto exchange giant fired one of its investigators…

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