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Karnataka: Congress MLA NA Haris’s son Mohammed Haris Nalapad benefitted from the Bitcoin scam, reveals SIT chargesheet

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2026

The Karnataka SIT probing the 2017 Unocoin Bitcoin scam has named Congress leader Mohammed Nalapad in its chargesheet.

Crime

US and UK bust massive investment scam run by a big corporation using “phone farms” in Cambodia, record $15 billion in bitcoin seized

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2025

The scammers used "phone farms" with 1,250 mobile phones that controlled more than 76,000 fake social media accounts to attract victims.

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Giant golden statue of Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin installed outside US Capitol by cryptocurrency investors

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2025

A towering golden statue of President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin was installed near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday

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The Crypto President: How Donald Trump is using his office to enrich his family, has added $5 billion to his wealth after WLFI crypto...

Shriti Sagar - 6 September, 2025

The Trump family helped launch World Liberty Financial last year during the height of the 2024 presidential campaign.

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Mumbai Airport receives “email threat” to blow up Terminal 2, demand made for USD 1 million in Bitcoin

ANI - 24 November, 2023

The threat mail read: "Subject: Blast. Text: This is a final warning to your airport. We will blast Terminal 2 within 48 hours unless one million dollars in Bitcoin is transferred to the address. Another alert will be after 24 Hrs."

Economy and Finance

Bitcoin scammers find an opportunity in Turkey earthquake, beware if you get an ’emotional message’ to support Turkish people

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2023

Following the devastation left in the wake of the earthquake, the world community has stepped up to help Turkey. However, while most of the world is focused on helping Turkey, this has given an opportunity to scamsters as well.

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‘DM my friend and double your money, earn 8-10k, 100% trusted’: How Instagram ‘influencers’ may be sending you to a scamster

Anurag - 7 February, 2023

Some of the handles that the scammers use are neha.tradingg, neha__crypto__trader, nhea.tradingg1, neha__trading, nehatrading2023, nehatrading7, neha_tranding_, nehatrading7, tradingneha, neha.trading89, neha_trading_22 and others.

Social Media

‘Laxmicoin’, ‘DigiLaxmi’: Netizens get creative to find possible name for India’s digital currency

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2022

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced digital Indian currency that the Reserve Bank of India will issue starting April 1 this year.

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Delhi police unearths cyber fraud module transferring Cryptocurrency into the wallets linked to Islamic terrorist organization Hamas

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2022

The National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel's Defense Ministry announced in July 2021 that it had confiscated a number of digital wallets related to Hamas.

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