Cryptocurrency and crime describes how criminals use cryptocurrencies or target them for criminal purposes. This includes investment and romance scams (often called "pig-butchering"), ransomware payments, thefts and exchange hacks, money laundering and sanctions evasion, darknet-market transactions, and off-chain coercion to obtain private keys.
Cryptocurrency and crime describes how criminals use cryptocurrencies or target them for criminal purposes. This includes investment and romance scams (often called "pig-butchering"), ransomware payments, thefts and exchange hacks, money laundering and sanctions evasion, darknet-market transactions, and off-chain coercion to obtain private keys.
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