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The pseudonymous co-founder of crypto casino Rollbit is the subject of an attempted doxxing by an online researcher who says the platform stole from customers, and that some of its games are rigged. According to a 128-page dossier put together by X user “HalfRetired,” Rollbit co-founder “Lucky” is actually a British national called Daniel Robert Dixon. The dossier specifically ties Lucky to Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CSGO) video game skin-gambling scandals, and claims that his companies have refused valid withdrawal requests by some customers. The research also alleges that Rollbit and its predecessor Interdax built their audiences by quietly paying crypto influencers BTC to shill the platforms through referral links, without disclosing those payments to followers. It frames the practice as a repeat playbook, as though the same undisclosed arrangements that drove Interdax’s growth were carried over to Rollbit. HalfRetired’s allega...

A pair of would-be crypto thieves have been sentenced in France this week for their part in a home invasion that targeted a house lawyers say was previously owned by doxxed crypto millionaires. Lawyers representing the house’s current owners, a farmer and bank executive both in their twenties, believe that the financial details of the previous owners, a wealthy retired couple who made millions with crypto, were leaked on the dark web.  As such, they believe that three separate teams of robbers used this outdated information to target the Somme property in the hopes of securing a crypto ransom.   The first group broke into the home on June 24, but the couple’s dogs were able to scare them off. The second broke in on June 26 and managed to tie up one of the victims and beat the other before fleeing. Binance’s France chief targeted by armed men looking for crypto Read more: France crypto conference doubles security as wrench attacks rise A third...