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The FBI revealed what losses the United States suffered from cryptocurrency fraud.

The FBI revealed what losses the United States suffered from cryptocurrency fraud.

Losses from cryptocurrency fraud in the United States and abroad amounted to $5.6 billion in 2023, most of the funds were lost as a result of investment fraudulent schemes, according to a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“The total amount of losses amounted to 5.6 billion US dollars… The most frequently recorded type of crime related to cryptocurrency is investment,” the department’s report says.


In total, last year the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received about 69,500 complaints from users in the United States and abroad. Although cryptocurrency-related complaints accounted for about 10% of total financial fraud complaints, related losses accounted for almost 50% of total losses.