Aleksey Madan never thought the day would come. This week he received a $140,000 check in the mail from Massachusetts officials. That was the full amount Madan had lost after falling for a ...

The Massachusetts attorney general's office has sued SpireBit, an allegedly phony crypto trading firm, for defrauding customers. The lawsuit alleges the company targeted elderly Russian speakers with ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Naum Lantsman was sure his ...

Naum Lantsman was sure his cryptocurrency investments were making money. Every time he'd log on to the trading platform he was using, it looked like he was reaping windfall profits. But Lantsman, in ...