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Cybercrime Marketplace Crumbles as Authorities Seize Hidden Crypto Stash
22.11.2024
The U.S. Justice Department has announced the seizure of Popeyetools, a cybercrime marketplace, and unmasked its role in illicit cryptocurrency transactions. Administrators Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Sami, and Javed Mirza were charged with selling stolen financial data and facilitating crimes involving...
El Salvador mined over 474 Bitcoins, expanding its crypto stash
15.5.2024
According to a recent report by El Salvador’s official government organization, its coffers presently contain 5,750 Bitcoins. El Salvador has mined nearly 474 Bitcoins for the past three years, and the credit goes to its geothermal powerhouse, which uses volcanoes as fuel. Touted as a green...
South Korean Woman Avoids Jail After Stealing Ex-husband’s $1.3m Crypto Stash
15.11.2023
Source: moon/Adobe A South Korean woman who stole her ex-husband’s $1.3 million crypto stash has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Per Yonhap News, an unnamed woman aged 32 stole the coins from her ex-partner’s crypto wallet after the end of their common-law marriage. The 14th Criminal...
LHV Bank Founder Has Lost Private Key to ETH Stash Worth $470 Million
7.11.2023
Rain Lõhmus , founder of Estonia-based LHV Bank, has lost the private key to his crypto stash consisting of 250,000 ETH, worth approximately $470 million. The stash was acquired during the Ethereum Initial Coin Offering (ICO), Conor Grogan, a director at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase...
Prisoners’ Dreams to Stash $54M in Crypto in Exotic Locales Dashed as Feds Grab Them for Treasury
2.11.2023
Federal law enforcement has seized $54 million worth of cryptocurrencies from the leader of a notorious New Jersey drug ring, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday in a statement
Russian Investigator Took Over 1,000 BTC in Bribe Money From Hackers, Report
7.6.2023
An investigator working in Moscow has been caught with a record-breaking bribe paid by a hacking group in cryptocurrency. According to a Russian press report, the corrupt official accepted millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin and saved the digital money for his retirement years....
Terra Founder Do Kwon’s Crypto Stash Under Threat as S Korean Prosecutors Make Move
12.4.2023
South Korean prosecution officials want to freeze crypto holdings and cash belonging to the Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, and have asked a court to help them freeze funds located in Switzerland and elsewhere.
Per the newspaper The Joongang, prosecutors are “proceeding with the process of tying...
Alleged Hydra Administrator Refuses to Provide Access to His Crypto Wallet, Report Claims
1.6.2022
A Moscow court has ordered the seizure of the crypto wallet of one of the alleged administrators of darknet market Hydra. Media reports reveal, however, that the man — who was arrested in Russia in mid-April — is refusing to share access to his presumed crypto stash with Russian...
Microstrategy Buys 7,002 More Bitcoins, Growing Crypto Stash to 121,044 BTC
30.11.2021
Microstrategy has purchased 7,002 more bitcoins, growing its cryptocurrency stash to 121,044 coins. CEO Michael Saylor says, “Bitcoin is the only property you can truly own, as well as the first technology capable of granting property rights to everyone on earth.” Microstrategy...
Soccer Superstar Lionel Messi Gets Part of His Contract Paid in Cryptocurrency
14.8.2021
Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer superstar, has opted to receive cryptocurrency as part of his new contract signed with the French club Paris Saint-Germain. The club revealed that the player will receive crypto as part of his $30 million payment, as a “welcome package” given to...
German Authorities Can’t Access Bitcoins Worth $65 Million ‘Seized’ From Hacker
7.2.2021
German authorities have been unable to gain access to more than 1,700 bitcoins belonging to a convicted hacker, who kept silent about how to access his crypto stash while serving his prison sentence. German prosecutors in the Bavarian town of Kempten said Friday that they have been unable to gain...
‘Ship-to-Ship’ Trade and Other Secrets of North Korea’s Illicit $1.5B Crypto Stash
7.4.2020
Experts on North Korea say the country’s $1.5 billion cryptocurrency war chest is used to fund an illicit web of trade networks and supply chains