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Por qué Milei se enfrenta a una investigación de fraude tras el mayor robo de criptomonedas de la historia

1 month ago | forbes.es | Nina Bambysheva |Steve Weisman |Fernando Latienda |Ty Roush

El presidente argentino, Javier Milei, está en problemas después de su breve incursión en el mundo de las criptomonedas que dejó a la oposición pidiendo su impeachment y a un juez iniciando una investigación por fraude. El 14 de febrero, Milei recurrió a X para promocionar una moneda poco conocida llamada LIBRA, afirmando que impulsaría la economía de Argentina al financiar pequeñas empresas.
Cómo unos hackers coreanos robaron 1.500 millones de dólares de una bolsa de criptomonedas

2 months ago | forbes.es | Steve Weisman |Nina Bambysheva |Ty Roush |Geoff Whitmore

Bybit, un importante intercambio de criptomonedas con sede en Dubai anunció recientemente que había sido hackeado, perdiendo 1.5 mil millones de dólares del valor de la criptomoneda Ethereum y convirtiéndose en el mayor robo de criptomonedas de todos los tiempos. Poniéndolo en perspectiva, el robo anterior de criptomonedas más grande fue de 611 millones de dólares en criptomonedas de la plataforma PolyNetwork en 2021.
Justice Department Sues Walgreens Over Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions

Jan 18, 2025 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

The Justice Department has filed a civil complaint against Walgreens which operates more than 8,000 pharmacies throughout the United States alleging that they dispensed millions of illegal prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). According to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M.
California Man Indicted In Cryptocurrency Trading Scam

Jan 16, 2025 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

Daniel Chartraw of South Lake Tahoe, California was recently indicted on wire fraud charges alleging that through his companies Crypto-Pal LLC and TDA Global he scammed investors who he lured by claiming to have developed a proprietary algorithm capable of generating exceptional returns on cryptocurrency investments. According to the indictment, Chartraw failed to invest the money, but instead used it to fund his personal lifestyle. Investment scams in general are a huge problem.
Con Watch: Watch Out for Cryptocurrency Scams in 2025

Jan 13, 2025 | saturdayeveningpost.com | Steve Weisman

Steve Weisman is a lawyer, college professor, author, and one of the country’s leading experts in cybersecurity, identity theft, and scams. See Steve’s other Con Watch articles. The values of cryptocurrencies have recently increased dramatically. The price of Bitcoin, for example, reached $106,000 in mid-December.
A Firestorm Of Scams Soon To Follow California Wildfires

Jan 10, 2025 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and the ongoing wildfires in California have become common occurrences. The California Wildfires which began on January 7th have displaced close to 200,000 people and already caused damage of as much as 135 billion dollars. These natural disasters bring out the best in people who want to donate to charities to help the victims.
It’s Not Too Soon To Protect Yourself From Income Tax Identity Theft

Jan 9, 2025 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

The year 2024 has just come to a close and many people may not yet be thinking about filing their 2024 income tax return, but perhaps they should. Income tax identity theft is a huge problem that costs the government billions of dollars annually, and also can delay your legitimate tax refund by as much as 675 days.
Microsoft Is Asking To Be Hacked - And Will Pay You To Do It

Jan 2, 2025 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

Microsoft recently announced a new addition to its bug bounty program as well as an invitation-only hacking contest to encourage white hat hackers to find previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in its AI and cloud products, Microsoft AI, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Identity, M365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
CFPB Sues Major Banks Over Zelle Fraud Response

Dec 26, 2024 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

Peer to Peer Payment Payment Service (P2P) Zelle is used by many people to quickly and conveniently send money electronically from their credit card or bank account. Sending money through Zelle only requires you to enter the recipient's phone number or email address. Zelle is an app created by the company Early Warning Services (EWS) which is owned by seven of the biggest banks in the United States including Bank of America and Capital One.
New Developments In TD Bank Money Laundering Case

Dec 11, 2024 | forbes.com | Steve Weisman

In October TD Bank pled guilty to both civil and criminal charges including conspiring to violate the Bank Secrecy Act related to money laundering. As a condition of the settlement, TD Bank will pay a $1.8 billion criminal penalty which when added to the civil fines brings the total to $3 billion dollars that the bank will pay to settle these charges.

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