| 30 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sued BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto trading signals fraud that used false SEC filings. | Civil action | $130.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sues DEBT Box joint venture partners and principals over an alleged $200 million crypto offering fraud; some defendants settle. | Civil action | $200.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained final judgments against three BitConnect promoters for selling unregistered lending program securities and acting as unregistered brokers. | Civil action | $2.7m penalty |
| 30 Sept 2026 | CFTC | Court enters default judgment ordering a Louisiana man and Arkansas woman to pay over $31 million for a Fundsz digital asset and metals fraud. | Civil action | — |
| 29 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued four entities over alleged WhatsApp investment confidence scams using fake AI trading platforms that took at least $15 million. | Civil action | $15.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a former Maryland resident over an alleged $1.5 million offering fraud; funds were allegedly used to buy cryptocurrency and lost. | Civil action | $1.5m alleged fraud |
| 11 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC charges Goliath Ventures and its CEO over an alleged $425 million crypto liquidity pool Ponzi scheme; the CEO agreed to a bifurcated settlement. | Civil action | $425.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Aug 2026 | CFTC | CFTC filed a civil complaint alleging Goliath Ventures and its CEO ran a $397 million crypto trading Ponzi scheme. | Civil action | $397.0m alleged fraud |
| 31 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Boston federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly tied to a tech support scam. | Civil action | $47,000 forfeiture |
| 07 Jul 2026 | CFTC | CFTC sued a North Carolina commodity pool operator and Argent Capital Management, alleging a $14 million fraudulent pool including crypto. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Jun 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained default final judgments against four entities and two individuals over the alleged fake NanoBit crypto trading platform scam. | Civil action | $1.2m penalty |
| 29 May 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a Texas resident alleging he raised about $12.3 million from investors in a fake AI crypto trading bot scheme. | Civil action | $12.3m alleged fraud |
| 17 Apr 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a crypto token founder and two affiliated companies for allegedly defrauding investors in a $16 million SAFT offering. | Civil action | $16.0m alleged fraud |
| 02 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action for about $327,829 in USDT allegedly laundered from a romance scam. | Civil action | $327,829 forfeiture |
| 16 Jan 2026 | CFTC | CFTC sues an Oklahoma man and Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, alleging over $10 million fraud via an unregistered commodity pool. | Civil action | $10.0m alleged fraud |
| 22 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC sued three purported crypto trading platforms and four investment clubs for allegedly misappropriating $14 million from retail investors. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 27 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $325,060 in USDT tied to an investment scam on two siblings. | Civil action | $325,060 forfeiture |
| 28 Jul 2025 | DOJ | US filed a civil forfeiture complaint for over $1.7 million in bitcoin seized from a Chaos ransomware group member's address. | Civil action | $1.7m forfeiture |
| 11 Jun 2025 | CFTC | A federal court ordered a Michigan man, a California man, and two My Big Coin companies to pay over $25 million for digital asset fraud. | Civil action | $19.3m penalty |
| 27 May 2025 | SEC | SEC charged Unicoin and four executives with alleged fraud in an offering of crypto token rights certificates that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 22 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued a start-up CEO for allegedly misleading a venture firm into a $500,000 investment in a claimed blockchain payment platform. | Civil action | $500,000 alleged fraud |
| 20 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Unicoin and three top executives, alleging false claims in crypto rights certificate offerings that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued PGI Global's founder, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex Ponzi-like fraud with $57 million misappropriated. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 22 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued the founder of PGI Global, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex fraud scheme that misappropriated over $57 million. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 21 Mar 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered a default judgment against Debiex ordering over $2.2M restitution and a penalty for a crypto romance scam. | Civil action | $2.2m restitution |
| 28 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $8.2 million in USDT tied to a crypto investment trust scam. | Civil action | $8.2m forfeiture |
| 10 Feb 2025 | CFTC | A federal court ordered a New York resident to pay over $1.5 million in restitution in a CFTC digital asset trading fraud case. | Civil action | $1.5m restitution |
| 18 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Nova Labs alleging unregistered crypto asset offerings and false claims about companies using its wireless network. | Civil action | — |
| 13 Jan 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered default judgments ordering Mosaic Exchange Ltd. and its CEO to pay over $1.1 million for a fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme. | Civil action | — |
| 11 Dec 2024 | CFTC | A federal court ordered five individuals behind Icomtech to pay over $5 million in restitution and penalties for a bitcoin trading fraud. | Civil action | $5.0m penalty |
| 10 Dec 2024 | CFTC | CFTC sued a Washington state pastor and his Solanofi entities over an alleged $5.9 million crypto MLM scheme targeting Hispanic Americans. | Civil action | $5.9m alleged fraud |
| 29 Nov 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Touzi Capital and its managing member for allegedly misleading investors in crypto mining fund offerings raising over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charges crypto market maker ZM Quant and two employees with allegedly manipulating markets for crypto assets through wash trading. | Civil action | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC sues crypto market maker Gotbit and an employee for allegedly manipulating the market for the Robo Inu crypto asset via wash trading. | Civil action | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charges UAE market maker CLS Global and an employee with allegedly manipulating trading in the NexFundAI crypto asset. | Civil action | — |
| 10 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Cumberland DRW for allegedly operating as an unregistered dealer in over $2 billion of crypto asset securities. | Civil action | $2.00bn |
| 09 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charged three purported crypto market makers and nine individuals with manipulating markets for crypto assets sold as securities. | Civil action | — |
| 27 Sept 2024 | CFTC | CFTC sued fake trading platforms Aipu and Fidefx for allegedly misappropriating $3.6 million from customers in an online scam. | Civil action | $3.6m alleged fraud |
| 27 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued a U.K. citizen alleged to have hacked five U.S. public companies and traded on earnings data, using bitcoin to hide his identity. | Civil action | $3.8m alleged fraud |
| 24 Sept 2024 | CFTC | CFTC charged four online binary options platforms offering crypto-based products with failing to register as futures commission merchants. | Civil action | — |
| 20 Sept 2024 | CFTC | A federal court ordered a New York man to pay over $36 million in restitution and penalties for a forex and digital asset fraud scheme. | Civil action | $36.0m penalty |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued CoinW6 alleging a romance investment scam using a fake crypto trading platform that stole about $2.2 million from investors. | Civil action | $2.2m stolen |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued four entities and three individuals over an alleged relationship scam using the fake NanoBit crypto trading platform. | Civil action | $2.0m stolen |
| 10 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued an Alabama private fund manager alleging he misled investors in a fund that raised at least $852,000 in crypto assets. | Civil action | $852,000 alleged fraud |
| 03 Sept 2024 | CFTC | Federal court orders an Oregon man and his funds to pay over $209 million for crypto commodity pool Ponzi schemes; CFTC recovers $18 million. | Civil action | $209.6m penalty |
| 30 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charges two brothers and their firms with an alleged $60 million crypto arbitrage bot Ponzi scheme and obtains an asset freeze. | Civil action | $60.0m alleged fraud |
| 26 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charged two brothers and their firms with an alleged $60 million crypto arbitrage Ponzi scheme and obtained asset freezes. | Civil action | $60.0m alleged fraud |
| 12 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charged NovaTech, its two principals and six promoters over an alleged $650 million crypto investment fraud targeting 200,000 investors. | Civil action | $650.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC sued the founder of BitClout, alleging fraud and an unregistered offering of the BTCLT token that raised over $257 million. | Civil action | $257.0m alleged fraud |
| 26 Jul 2024 | CFTC | Federal court orders a former El Paso man and Kikit & Mess Investments to pay over $31 million for a forex and crypto fraud scheme. | Civil action | — |
| 08 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained default judgments against two promoters of the $45 million CoinDeal unregistered offering fraud scheme. | Civil action | $45.0m alleged fraud |
| 03 Jul 2024 | CFTC | A federal court granted the CFTC summary judgment against an Oregon man and his funds over a crypto Ponzi scheme, ordering $83.7M restitution. | Civil action | $83.7m restitution |
| 01 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Consensys Software alleging unregistered securities offers via MetaMask Staking and operating as an unregistered broker. | Civil action | — |
| 23 May 2024 | SEC | A federal court granted the SEC partial summary judgment finding a crypto influencer sold SPRK tokens in an unregistered securities offering. | Civil action | $5.0m |
| 24 Apr 2024 | SEC | SEC charged Texas crypto mining and hosting firm Geosyn Mining and its co-founders with an alleged $5.6 million fraudulent unregistered offering. | Civil action | $5.6m alleged fraud |
| 02 Apr 2024 | SEC | Court enters default final judgment ordering GA Investors, operator of fraudulent crypto investment websites, to pay over $1.1 million. | Civil action | $1.1m penalty |
| 26 Mar 2024 | CFTC | CFTC filed a civil action charging KuCoin operators with running an unregistered crypto derivatives exchange and lacking KYC. | Civil action | — |
| 14 Mar 2024 | SEC | SEC sued 17 individuals over their alleged roles in a $300 million CryptoFX crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Latino investors. | Civil action | $300.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Mar 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a default judgment against a friend of a former Coinbase manager for insider trading ahead of crypto listing announcements. | Civil action | $1.6m penalty |
| 07 Feb 2024 | SEC | Court entered final judgments against two promoters of the CoinDeal blockchain investment scheme, ordering disgorgement and penalties. | Civil action | $3.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Jan 2024 | SEC | SEC sued the founder and a top promoter of the HyperFund crypto pyramid scheme that raised over $1.7 billion; the promoter agreed to settle. | Civil action | $1.70bn alleged fraud |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SEC | Court ordered Crowd Machine and Metavine to disgorge over $19.6 million from a fraudulent unregistered crypto token offering and pay penalties. | Civil action | $19.7m forfeiture |
| 19 Jan 2024 | CFTC | CFTC filed a civil suit alleging Debiex used romance scam tactics to misappropriate $2.3 million from customers seeking crypto trading. | Civil action | $2.3m alleged fraud |