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Amazon sellers to pay penalties in New York for price gouging hand sanitizers amid COVID-19 pandemic
The New York Attorney General’s Office stopped three Amazon sellers from price gouging hand sanitizers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered them to pay penalties and reimburse consumers. On Tuesday,…
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Coinbase website crashes again as bitcoin nears $17,000, a three-year high
The Coinbase website crashed when the bitcoin price was nearing a three-year high to almost $17,000 each. Users…
By Jackie AllenSEC orders these advisory firms, broker-dealers to return over $3 million to harmed investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered three investment advisory firms and two broker-dealers (also registered as advisory…
By Marivic Cabural SummersPayza founders sentenced to prison for breaking federal money transmission laws
MH Pillars (doing business as Payza) founders, Canadian brothers Firoz and Ferhan Patel are going to spend time in…
By Jackie AllenSEC sues former Wells Fargo execs for deceiving investors over key performance metrics
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against two former top executives of Wells Fargo & Company…
By Marivic Cabural SummersSEC Enforcement Division collected $1.26B penalties from unregistered ICOs in 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recorded an unprecedented achievement this 2020 after its Enforcement Division seized…
By Dee DulfoScammers are impersonating the IRS in phishing emails
Scammers are continuing to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with phishing emails designed to trick people into…
By Jackie AllenEx-Microsoft employee gets 9 years in prison in first Bitcoin case with tax fraud component
A former Microsoft engineer is facing nine years in prison for stealing more than $10 million in digital…
By Dee DulfoDOJ seizes $1 billion tied to Silk Road in largest crypto seizure ever
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $1 billion in bitcoin tied to an early darknet player,…
By Jackie AllenDid Dan Bilzerian paid marketing firm to boost his Instagram following?
A marketing firm is claiming that social media influencer Dan Bilzerian, the CEO of Ignite International Brands (CN:…
By Colby McCoyRussian cybercriminal gets eight years prison sentence for role in $100M botnet conspiracy
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Russian cybercriminal received a prison sentence of eight years…
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