Text message scammers blasting out bogus job offers swindled several people out of $2.2M in crypto bucks, the New York attorney general alleged Thursday. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General

NY Attorney General Letitia James files a lawsuit against a text scam promising remote jobs to steal cryptocurrency.

In a 50-page complaint, James outlined a complex fraud scheme that ensnared at least seven people in New York, Florida and Florida and ran from at least January 2024 through June 2024. Various aspects of the operation were conducted through cryptocurrency,

Digital Currency Group (DCG), a prominent player in the cryptocurrency industry, on Friday agreed to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading investors.

New York's attorney general says scammers stole millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from people seeking remote work opportunities as part of an elaborate scheme.

One New Yorker lost $100,000 in the scam, which tricked people hunting for jobs into thinking they could earn money from working from home, only to steal their funds in the form of cryptocurrency.

Victims of a remote job crypto scam lose over $2M, as Attorney General Letitia James fights to recover stolen funds.

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently froze $2.2 million worth of crypto allegedly plundered in an employment scam.

Attorney General Letitia James announced that she filed a lawsuit to freeze $2.2 million in cryptocurrency and to recover the stolen funds after scammers posing as remote job recruiters tricked New Yorkers.

Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that she's filed ... But in order to begin earning money, victims were told they had to open cryptocurrency accounts and had to maintain a balance ...

Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit to recover $2.2 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from New Yorkers in a remote job scam. An investigation by the Office of the

Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that she's filed ... But in order to begin earning money, victims were told they had to open cryptocurrency accounts and had to maintain a balance ...