[Link] Crypto Co-Founder Revealed to Be Infamous Fraudster, Investors Shaken

Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com

Investors are shaken after the co-founder of a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency protocol was accused of being a serial scammer with a record of conviction and deportation, and the co-founder of a fraudulent Canadian exchange that imploded.

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[Link] Hostage-Style Bitcoin Scam Videos Are Spreading Across Instagram

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Hackers are forcing Instagram users to film hostage-style videos instructing their followers to participate in fraudulent get-rich-quick Bitcoin schemes as part of a new kind of scam that is spreading across the Facebook-owned app.

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[Link] Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

A hacker is taking over Instagram accounts before forcing their owners to make hostage-style videos promoting the hacker's money-making scams to try and get their money back.

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