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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation

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FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

U.S. DoJ charges 18 in a $25M cryptocurrency fraud operation, uncovering market manipulation through an FBI-led sting.

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Nothing about this is entrapment…this cryptocurrency created by the FBI isn’t any different from others. People are breaking the law in the same way in the crypto market every day, these people just got caught.

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