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Crypto romance losses
On dating sites and social media, scammers lure victims into virtual relationships and then push them to invest in bitcoins or other cryptomonnaies on platforms that are presented as legitimate before making withdrawals impossible.
“Niki Hutchinson, une jeune femme de 24 ans”
BFM reports that Niki Hutchinson, a 24-year-old who met the scammer on the Hinge app, was promised: "Je voudrais t'apprendre à investir dans les cryptomonnaies quand tu auras du temps, pour apporter un peu de changement à ta vie et un revenu supplémentaire".
The same report says she lost the equivalent of 300.000 dollars (265.000 euros) in bitcoins, described as the entirety of the inheritance she received after her mother’s death.
BFM adds that, out of 547 millions de dollars lost in an "arnaque à l'amour", 139 millions were transferred as bitcoins or other cryptomonnaies, and that the FTC places the average loss at 9.770 dollars (8.600 euros).
The FTC also says a third of victims were contacted on Facebook or Instagram, and that the losses show a growing share of victims aged 18-29.
Uber One cancellation fight
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Uber over its subscription system, accusing the ride-hailing and home-delivery platform of misleading customers about subscriptions and making cancellation unreasonably difficult.
Capital.fr quotes Andrew Ferguson, FTC chair, saying: "Americans are fed up with being signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel," as the complaint targets the Uber One program.
Capital.fr says the FTC alleges Uber lured users into subscribing by charging nearly $10 per month while promising $25 in monthly savings, and that the promised savings did not take into account the cost of the subscription.
The article also reports that the FTC says Uber claimed cancellation would be simple and quick, but that many users encountered obstacles including lengthy processes and the need to contact customer service.
Uber denies the accusations, and Capital.fr includes the company spokesperson’s statement: "Uber One's sign-up and cancellation procedures are clear, simple, and in full compliance with the letter and spirit of the law," while the FTC complaint proceeds.
Genesis Tech app-store evasion
A separate FTC lawsuit described by TechCrunch alleges that a company known as Genesis Tech defrauded consumers and routed revenues overseas through shell companies designed to conceal its identity and hide its assets.
“transactions through all the company’s connected PayPal accounts totaled nearly $700 million”
TechCrunch says the network allegedly included subsidiaries incorporated in Cyprus and operating in Ukraine, and that from early 2023 to mid-2025 the product offerings of five companies accounted for nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in global revenue.
The suit also notes that, in the 12 months ending in September 2025, transactions through all of the company’s connected PayPal accounts totaled nearly $700 million.
TechCrunch frames the mechanism as subscription scams that are easy to sign up for but hard to cancel, and it says the company made cancellation difficult by omitting cancellation options from its websites and apps.
The case names co-defendants including Stamatis Skianis, Oksana Kucher, Iryna Oleksyn, Olga Garbuzenko, Rostyslav Ivanitsa, and Viktoriia Savchuk, and it is set to be tried in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
