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American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase disclosed a major data breach on May 15 that cost the company up to $400 million, affected more than 69,000 customers. Known to be its biggest security failure to date, this incident occurred after hackers bribed customer service workers in India to leak sensitive data, according to a report by Fortune….
India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday confirmed the suspension of LS Industries, its promoter, and four other individuals from participating in the securities markets until the results of an investigation into allegations of fraudulent practices and stock price manipulation. The promoter of LS Industries Profound Finance, Jahangir Panikkaveettil…
(Bloomberg) — Alex Mashinsky, the founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was ordered to spend 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of thousands of customers lured by his firm’s high interest rates on digital-asset deposits. Mashinsky, who pleaded guilty in December, was sentenced Thursday by US District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors…
Markets regulator Sebi Chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey has ruled out the possibility of an aptitude test for retail traders wanting to participates in the Futures & Options (F&O) segment, saying it is impractical and prone to regulatory overreach. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had earlier introduced measures in November last year in…
The arrest of absconding jeweller Mehul Choksi in Belgium over the weekend has brought the spotlight back on the ₹14,000-crore scam that hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) back in 2018. Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is a key accused in one of the largest financial frauds in Indian banking history, which they pulled…