B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud

BC Operation by Police, Regulators Finds Losses of $4M in Assets to Crypto Fraud

British Columbia’s securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading platforms and an analysis company in March for “Operation Avalanche,” an initiative to find compromised wallets on a cryptocurrency site where …

BC operation by police, regulators discovers losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud

British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets.

Fraudsters bilked B.C. victims of $4M in crypto, probe finds

British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets.

Authorities stumble upon unexpected energy drain during raid on abandoned houses — here's what they found

An eerie discovery in a quiet Thai neighborhood has quickly gone viral — and it's sparking outrage over both energy theft and environmental harm.  Authorities in Pathum Thani province recently raided three abandoned houses in response to local complaints about suspicious electricity usage. What they uncovered wasn't just a few stolen appliances — but a covert cryptocurrency mining operation, complete with 63 mining machines, computers, routers, …

B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud

British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypt...

Victims who lost $4.3 million to crypto fraud identified in B.C. regulator’s operation

British Columbia’s financial markets regulator is sharing the results of a recent, two-day, multijurisdictional effort to contact and warn victims of cryptocurrency fraud.