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Hospitality worker jailed for $2.5B Bitcoin laundering scheme
29.5.2024
The authority’s suspicion was based on Wen's change in lifestyle. In 2017, she reportedly moved to a six-bedroom mansion in North London
The European Central Bank Is Either Lying About Bitcoin or Lying to Itself
22.2.2024
ECB Director General Ulrich Bindseil and advisor Jürgen Schaaf are definitely against bitcoin, but their reasons don’t make a lot of sense
Tornado Cash Ban Blows Winds of Both Division and Unity Through Crypto Community
9.8.2022
The move from the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to effectively ban the Ethereum (ETH)-powered crypto mixing service Tornado Cash has polarized the crypto community.
Some think it is a sign that more sweeping regulatory measures could be on their way – while...
FBI Arrests 2 Men Planning ‘Violent’ Robbery of Bitcoin Worth Millions of Dollars — They Face 20 Years in Prison
28.6.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested two men who participated “in a violent plan to break into a family’s home in the middle of the night” to steal bitcoin worth tens of millions of dollars,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. They could go...
UK Crime Agency Calls For Crypto Mixing Regulation Amid Clampdown On Criminals
15.3.2022
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has called on the country’s authorities to regulate decentralized crypto mixers that enable multiparty bitcoin (BTC) transactions, claiming that the process can be used by criminals to launder money from illicit sources and to avoid detection.
Gary Cathcart...
Bitfinex-backed LEO soars to record high on supply crunch expectations
9.2.2022
The token surged almost 70% in a day after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had recovered most of the stolen funds from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
South Korean gov't makes $10.5M profit from 4-year-old Bitcoin crime haul
1.4.2021
The coins languished in cold storage for four years after being confiscated by authorities during an arrest
Unlicensed crypto exchange operator faces 25 years for laundering $13m
2.2.2021
A California resident is expected to plead guilty to charges of operating an unlicensed exchange and laundering more than $13 million
Over 13% of Bitcoin Crime Proceeds Laundered Through ‘Privacy Wallets’: Elliptic
9.12.2020
The number of crypto criminals using so-called privacy wallets to help hide their identities is on the rise, according to analytics firm Elliptic
Coronavirus-Induced Poverty Will Bring More Bitcoin Crime in 2021: Kaspersky Report
30.11.2020
The cybersecurity specialist foresees a rise in crypto crime ahead in 2021, as the COVID-19 epidemic hits national economies
The Many Facts Pointing to Paul Le Roux Being Satoshi Nakamoto
14.10.2020
The 48-year old former programmer and criminal cartel boss, Paul Calder Le Roux, was deemed a Satoshi Nakamoto suspect in the spring of 2019. The suspicion caused a few people to believe Le Roux is the most credible Satoshi yet, and to this day individuals still think it is him. The following...
Palestinian Civilians Are Using Bitcoin More Than Terrorists
22.8.2019
Terrorists are using bitcoin, but they aren't the only ones. Here's the real story about bitcoin usage in Palestine