10 years ago
In the Murky World of Bitcoin, Fraud Is Quicker Than the Law
The call went out on Twitter: “For insane profits come and join the pump.” It was an invitation to a penny stock-style pump-and-dump scheme — only this one involved Bitcoin, the soaring, slightly scary virtual currency that has beckoned and bewildered people around the world. While such bid ’em up, sell ’em off scams are shut down in the financial markets all the time, this one and other frauds involving digital money have gone unchecked.
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