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SEC Charges Texas Man With .3 Million Crypto Fraud Using Fake AI Trading Robots

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SEC Charges Texas Man With $12.3 Million Crypto Fraud Using Fake AI Trading Robots Coinstar

May 30, 2026 - by Coinstar

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Texas man with running a crypto fraud scheme that collected $12.3 million from roughly 150 investors by falsely claiming to use AI-powered …

Copy-Paste Error Leads to Million in Address Poisoning Fraud

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Copy-Paste Error Leads to $50 Million in Address Poisoning Fraud Coinstar

December 20, 2025 - by Coinstar

A single transaction error led to one of the biggest onchain losses seen this year, after a user mistakenly sent nearly $50 million in US dollars to a fraudulent address …