They defrauded seniors of $65 million. Got caught by YouTubers who pretended to be their victims
An international network of fraudsters with a $65 million scam has been broken up with the help of YouTubers. A total of 28 fraudsters were captured and will spend the next few years behind bars.
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Mateusz Zelek
September 2, 2025
Money Laundering on Steam? Researchers Point to Suspicious User Activity
A new study may confirm players' old suspicions that trading virtual items in the Counter-Strike series, among others, is a front for money launderers.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 25, 2024
Player Who Swatted Ubisoft in Revenge for Ban Got Convicted
A toxic gamer who sent police to Ubisoft Montreal in 2020 as revenge has been sentended to prison.
video games
Marcin Przała
July 7, 2023
Hacker Suspected of GTA 6 Leak Sent to Youth Detention Center
A teenager who was arrested over leaked GTA 6 footage has been sent to a youth detention center. There are also some highly controversial rumors about the game's skyrocketing budget.
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Adrian Werner
September 28, 2022
2.5 Year Suspended Sentence for WoT Bot Cybertank Creator
The creator of cheats for World of Tanks and World of Warships has been convicted. Andrei Kirsanov received a suspended sentence for causing millions of dollars in damages.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
July 7, 2022
Cartels Recruit Smugglers in GTA Online and Other Games
The popularity of games like Grand Theft Auto Online and Call of Duty is attracting more than just cheaters. Players in these titles have apparently found themselves targeted by cartels looking for „couriers”.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 24, 2022
GTA-like Heist; GeForce RTX 3000 GPUs Stolen
Nowadays GPUs are extremely valuable computer parts. As it turns out, GeForce RTX 3000 series GPUs have become so exclusive a good that they have become an object of a theft in broad daylight.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
November 5, 2021
Jail for Advising North Korea on Cryptocurrencies
Cooperation with North Korea is not profitable, as one US citizen has painfully discovered. He is facing up to 7 years in prison for advising this Asian country.
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Martin Nothing
September 29, 2021
Hackers Carried Out the Biggest Cryptocurrency Theft in History
Hackers exploited a security vulnerability and stole over $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies. This is the largest theft in the industry's history to date.
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Martin Nothing
August 11, 2021
EU Cracks Down on Crypto; No More Anonymous Transactions?
The European Commission intends to limit the anonymity of transactions using cryptocurrencies. The reason is that they are used for money laundering and other financial crimes.
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Adam Krolak
July 23, 2021
Tons of PS4s Discovered in Crypto Mine in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered a huge cryptocurrency mine consisting primarily of PlayStation 4 consoles. Criminals found a way to turn it into a profitable business.
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Konrad Sarzynski
July 12, 2021
$10 Million Stolen by Microsoft Employee by Reselling Xbox Gift Cards
A Microsoft employee caused the company a $10 million loss by illegally reselling Xbox gift cards. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
July 2, 2021
Malware Mines Crypto on PCs of Users Who Pirated Games
Malware unnoticeably mines cryptocurrency on a gamer's computer. It seems that just buying GPUs is not enough for miners. Let me reassure you - the problem concerns only torrent lovers.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
June 28, 2021
Russian Man Arrested in US for Laundering $336 Million in Bitcoin
Roman Sterlingov allegedly laundered 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $336 million. He was arrested in Los Angeles after 10 years of operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service.
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Angelika Kaldus
April 29, 2021
Cryptocurrency Exchange CEO Flees With $2 Billion
When it comes to stealing, there are sums worth taking risks for. This was probably the motto of the CEO of Thodex, a Turkish cryptocurrency trading platform, who fled to Albania after misappropriating $2 billion belonging to the investors.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
April 26, 2021
Availability of PC Components is so Bad It Pays Off Smuggling Them on Fishing Boats
Customs officers in Hong Kong stopped a fishing boat filled with contraband, including PC components. The shortage of computer parts is so bad that smugglers have decided to cut a slice of the pie for themselves.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
April 8, 2021
Empress Arrested for Cracking Denuvo?
It looks like Empress - the woman responsible for cracking the Denuvo anti-piracy security measures in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals: Fenyx Rising, among others - has been arrested.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 25, 2021
$100 Million Worth of Crypto Stolen From Celebrities
Ten people have been arrested in connection with the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrencies. The criminals used a method called SIM-swap, which means taking over a victim's phone number to withdraw funds from their bank account.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
February 14, 2021
Stolen Source Code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 Sold
The auction where we could buy the data stolen from CD Projekt in a recent ransmoware attack, including the source code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, among other things, has probably concluded with a deal.
video games
Tom Borys
February 11, 2021
CD Projekt Employees Suspect Identity Theft
This morning, a former employee of CDP, Marcin Kosman, reported on Twitter that CD Projekt's employees are replacing their IDs for fear of identity theft after the recent attack. In response, the company informed our editors that at this point there is no evidence of personal data leak.
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Michal Ciezadlik
February 11, 2021