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Whoops: U.S. Feds Fall for Crypto Scam, Hand Fraudster $US55,000 in Stolen Funds
The same federal agency that once helped bring down the biggest crypto-based dark web drug marketplace Silk Road got swindled by one of the oldest tricks in the crypto scammer playbook. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly handed a fraudster a little more than $US55,000 in confiscated crypto funds after it was duped by a…
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CIA Director: Duh, Of Course, the CIA Is Into Cryptocurrency
In a disclosure that should surprise no one, the head honcho at the CIA has confirmed that the intelligence agency has multiple projects related to cryptocurrency.
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Remember How The First Thing Ever Sold Online Was A Baggie Of Weed?
Online drug sales gained notoriety thanks to the Silk Road market, but the buying and selling of illegal mood-altering substances through computers goes a lot farther back. In fact, the very first online transaction was a drug deal.
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Feds Charged With Stealing Money During Silk Road Investigation
Two former federal agents who investigated the Silk Road, the infamous online drug marketplace seized by the FBI in 2013, have been charged for their own outrageous digital crimes, including stealing money they acquired on their druggie undercover assignment.