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Feds indict John McAfee for cryptocurrency pump-and-dump fraud

Enlarge / John McAfee on his yacht off the coast of Cuba in 2019. (credit: Adalberto ROQUE / AFP / Getty) Federal prosecutors have indicted noted cybersecurity eccentric John McAfee for securities and wire fraud for misleading investors at the peak of the last cryptocurrency boom. In late 2017 and early 2018, McAfee urged his […]

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Court Retains $100 million Kin coin Supplying violated federal Legislation

Expand (charge: Wachiwit) The 2017 launching of this Kin cryptocurrency broke federal securities legislation, a federal judge has ruled.  Federal law requires anyone who gives a fresh safety to the public to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The messaging program manufacturer Kik did not do this as it offered $100 million value of […]