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SEC Charges Unicoin, Top Executives With $100M ‘Massive Securities Fraud’
21.5.2025
Unicoin’s CEO announced last month that he’d rejected the SEC’s offer to negotiate a settlement
SEC charges Unicoin and executives for alleged $100 million fraud
21.5.2025
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged crypto platform Unicoin and three of its executives, alleging they made false and misleading statements about its crypto assets that raised $100 million from investors.The SEC said on May 20 that it charged Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin, board...
SEC charges Unicoin crypto platform over alleged $100 million fraud
21.5.2025
Update May 21, 4:32 am UTC: This article has been updated to add more information from the SEC’s complaint.The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued crypto investment platform Unicoin and three of its executives, alleging they made false and misleading statements about their crypto...
Russian Court Orders Detention of Crypto Game Co-Founder on Fraud Charges
19.5.2025
Russian law enforcement has arrested the co-founder of the crypto game Blum in Moscow as part of a criminal investigation into large-scale fraud. Smerkis Steps Down as Blum CMO Russian law enforcement arrested Vladimir Smerkis, co-founder of the crypto game Blum, in Moscow as part of a criminal...
Russia arrests Blum co-founder Vladimir Smerkis on fraud charges
19.5.2025
Vladimir Smerkis, a co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow, Russia, on fraud allegations, amid Blum confirming he is no longer affiliated with the project.The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow approved a request from investigators to keep...
Russia arrests Blum co-founder Vladimir Smerkis on fraud charges
19.5.2025
Vladimir Smerkis, a co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow, Russia, on fraud allegations, amid Blum confirming he is no longer affiliated with the project.The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow approved a request from investigators to keep...
DOJ Charges 12 With $263M Crypto Theft Linked to Genesis Creditor
16.5.2025
Most of the individuals were arrested this week in California
Coinbase Expects to Pay Up to $400M to Customers for Data Breach
15.5.2025
The exchange fired staff involved in the breach on the spot and will press criminal charges
Samourai Wallet Prosecutors Say Delayed FinCEN Disclosure Wasn’t a Brady Violation
9.5.2025
At most, the late disclosure impacts one of the two charges against Samourai Wallet’s co-founders, prosecutors said in their Friday letter to the judge
Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Fraud
8.5.2025
Mashinsky pled guilty to securities and commodities fraud charges last December
Samourai Wallet’s Lawyers Say Prosecution Suppressed Critical Evidence, Call for Dismissal
5.5.2025
Before SDNY prosecutors filed charges in the case, FinCEN told them that Samourai Wallet didn’t meet the definition of a money transmitting business
Mango Markets exploiter sentenced to over 4 years on child abuse material charges
1.5.2025
Avraham Eisenberg was sentenced to more than four years in prison on child sexual abuse material charges, unrelated to his role in the 2022 exploit that drained the decentralized exchange Mango Markets of roughly $100 million.According to reporting from Inner City Press, a judge sentenced Eisenberg...
Mango Markets exploiter sentenced to over 4 years on child porn charges
1.5.2025
Avraham Eisenberg was sentenced to more than four years in prison on child pornography charges, unrelated to his role in the 2022 exploit that drained the decentralized exchange Mango Markets of roughly $100 million.According to reporting from Inner City Press, a judge sentenced Eisenberg to...
Mango Markets Exploiter Avi Eisenberg Sentenced to 4+ Years in Prison for Child Porn
1.5.2025
The judge overseeing Eisenberg's case said he was considering approving a retrial on fraud charges for the Mango Markets theft
Samourai Wallet Prosecutors Are Considering Dropping Charges Under New DOJ Crypto Enforcement Priorities: Filing
29.4.2025
The co-founders are each facing up to 25 years in prison for alleged money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting
PGI Global Founder Hit With Fraud Charges in Alleged $200M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
23.4.2025
According to the SEC, Ramil Palafox misappropriated more than $57 million in customer funds, using it to buy Lamborghinis and luxury products
Here’s how HEX’s Richard Heart beat SEC fraud charges
23.4.2025
Richard Heart, the controversial founder of HEX, is claiming total victory over the US SEC after years of court battles.On April 21, the SEC said that it would not amend and refile its fraud case against the former child actor and crypto evangelist. A court had dismissed the SEC’s fraud...
SEC and feds charge man over $200M crypto trading scheme
23.4.2025
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors have charged a man they allege created a crypto scheme that swindled 90,000 people out of $200 million in the hopes of earning returns from Bitcoin and forex trading.The SEC said on April 22 that it had charged Ramil Palafox, a dual...
SEC and feds charge man over $200M crypto trading scheme
23.4.2025
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors have charged a man they allege created a crypto scheme that swindled 90,000 people out of $200 million in the hopes of earning returns from Bitcoin and forex trading.The SEC said on April 22 that it had charged Ramil Palafox, a dual...
Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds
17.4.2025
Former Galaxy, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan executive Richard Kim faces securities and wire fraud charges after allegedly gambling away "nearly all" of his investors' funds