Investors lost $3.7 billion in July as Chinese penny stocks crashed following social media pump-and-dump schemes, with FBI ...

Overview Pump-and-dump scams are increasing due to easy token creation and weak regulation on DEXs.Billions in fake trading volume distort true crypto market ac ...

Fox News' Nate Foy reports from New York on growing concerns about young adults and teens flocking to the Pump.Fun app on 'Special Report.' ...

Market manipulators may have made over $240m last year by artificially inflating the value of Ethereum tokens, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain analysis company investigated the 370,000 tokens ...

But whereas the Webistics and penny stock scams involved cold-calling from boiler rooms, a current pump-and-dump plot is said ...

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CHICAGO - A Cook County woman was accused of allegedly vandalizing a Tesla service center in Chicago's northwest suburbs; seven people were indicted in an alleged "pump-and-dump" investment fraud ...

Meme stock icon “Roaring Kitty” allegedly duped his millions of internet followers with a “pump-and-dump” scheme by revealing his position in video game retailer GameStop without disclosing when he ...

Pump-and-dump stock scams are nothing new. These scams have been a mainstay of financial fraudsters for centuries. And while technology has changed the way they operate, the underlying principles and ...

If you’re checking your email one day and you receive an unsolicited email about a stock or crypto, you might very well be on the receiving end of a pump and dump scheme. Pump and dump scammers are ...

It could be a scam out of The Sopranos or The Wolf of Wall Street. But whereas the Webistics and penny stock scams involved cold-calling from boiler rooms, ...