Security firm MARISKS warned of crypto scam in the Strait of Hormuz as fraudsters demand Bitcoin and Tether for fake transit clearance.

Recently, we have been seeing an increase in the number of frauds involving perpetrators who tell the intended victims that they have warrants for their arrest.

Bitcoin valued at $15 billion has been seized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) from a massive "pig butchering" network, and in what officials say is the "largest forfeiture action in U.S. history." ...

A retired teacher says a Bitcoin scam took her life savings — and now she might lose her home. The warning she wants everyone to hear. 7’s Heather Walker has this exclusive investigation. Karla Kelley ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- An ITEAM investigation in collaboration with ABC News is exposing scams involving Bitcoin ATMs - kiosks that are popping up across North Carolina and throughout the country.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bloomington police say a local man was scammed out of $7,600 in Bitcoin by a suspect claiming to have an arrest warrant from the sheriff’s office. A man contacted the Bloomington ...

SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Salina woman lost almost $10,000 after becoming a victim of an online bitcoin scam. Salina Police report that a 72-year-old woman received an email on Saturday which appeared ...

The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive "pig butchering" fraud operation based in Cambodia, prosecutors said. The seizure is the ...

You may think it could never happen to you or someone you love, but bitcoin ATM fraud is on the rise. Thieves often use urgent threats and fake documents to trick people into depositing cash into ...

[Watch previous FOX 8 News coverage in the player above.] PERRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — It’s rare for a scam investigation to have anything but a bad ending. “Scam cases — especially those involving ...