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South African Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Using Bitcoin to Fund Terrorist Activities
4.1.2025
A South African law enforcement agency recently apprehended a 35-year-old man suspected of using cryptocurrency to fund terrorist activities. Suspicous Transactions A South African law enforcement agency recently apprehended a 35-year-old man who is alleged to have used cryptocurrency to fund...
Bengal man arrested in connection with $235M WazirX crypto heist
14.11.2024
Delhi Police have made a breakthrough in the $235 million WazirX hack case, arresting a key suspect in West Bengal
Missouri Man Arrested for Extorting Former Employer With Bitcoin Ransom
29.8.2024
A Missouri man, Daniel Rhyne, was arrested for attempting to extort his former employer, a New Jersey-based industrial company. Rhyne, a former core infrastructure engineer for the company, allegedly sent an extortion email on Nov. 25, 2023, claiming to have locked out or deleted the company’s...
Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Wielding Tiny Master Sword In Public
3.7.2024
A man in England has been sentenced to four months in prison after police found him walking around outside while brandishing a miniature replica of the Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda. Arguing that it was an actual weapon, the police eventually detained Anthony Bray, who claims he bought...
Pokémon Hacker Arrested For Selling Modified Violet Monsters
12.4.2024
A Japanese man in his mid-30s has been arrested for allegedly tampering with Pokémon Violet save data to sell rare monsters online to interested buyers.Read more
Another Man Arrested in India’s Multi-Billion GainBitcoin Ponzi Scam as Investigation Intensifies
3.1.2024
Source: Pixabay India’s probe agency, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), has arrested Nitin Gaur, the brother-in-law of Ajay Bhardwaj, in connection with the multi-billion-dollar GainBitcoin Ponzi scam. This arrest is part of the ongoing investigation into the cryptocurrency fraud case involving...
Singapore Police Officially Confirm “36-Year-Old Man” Arrested Connected to Crypto Hedge Fund 3AC
5.10.2023
Cryptonews reported last week that Su Zhu, the co-founder of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has been arrested in Singapore. The local police have officially confirmed the arrest, responding to a Reuters query on Thursday....
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Man Arrested After Making 'Minecraft' Death Threat To Sheriff
19.3.2023
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in South Brunswick, New Jersey after allegedly posting a death threat targeting a Sherriff in Florida, and ending his statement with the words “In Minecraft”.Read more
Man Arrested in Amsterdam in Tornado Cash Crypto Mixer Case, More Arrests Possible
12.8.2022
The Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) of the Netherlands said it arrested a 29-year-old man in Amsterdam on suspicion of "concealing criminal financial flows" and "facilitating money laundering" through crypto mixing service Tornado Cash.
The suspect is brought before...
New York Man Arrested, Charged With Fraud For Alleged Role in $59M Crypto Pyramid Scheme
12.5.2022
A New York man has been arrested and charged with fraud for his role in alleged crypto investing scheme “EminiFX."
New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam
21.4.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday it says defrauded more than a dozen victims out of a total of $1.8 million in a long-running crypto mining scam
Man Arrested For Allegedly Sending Death Threats To Sega
21.3.2022
A 54-year-old resident of Toyokawa, Japan, was arrested on March 16 for allegedly sending repeated death threats to Sega. Read more
Man Arrested For Re-selling Game Consoles That Were For Delivery
26.11.2021
A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Tokyo police for allegedly reselling approximately two hundred video game consoles and games that were set for delivery. The suspect has confessed to the charges.Read more
Man Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Four Copies Of Tokyo Revengers Manga Worth $18
22.10.2021
A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing four volumes of Tokyo Revengers, a popular manga about hoodlum high school kids. Illustrated and written by Tokyo Revengers, the award-winning Tokyo Revengers is serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. (Full disclosure: My first...
California Man Arrested for Using Government’s Covid-19 PPP Loan to Buy Cryptocurrency and Tesla
12.7.2021
The U.S. has arrested a man on criminal charges after he allegedly defrauded the government’s Covid-19 loan programs and used the money to buy cryptocurrency and Tesla. Using PPP Loan to Buy Cryptocurrency and Tesla The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that Lebnitz Tran...
Man Arrested For Selling Modded Zelda Save Files
10.7.2021
A 27-year old man in Japan was arrested after he was caught attempting to sell modified Zelda: Breath of The Wild save files. Read more
Report: Knife-Wielding Man Arrested At Genshin Impact Developer's Headquarters
27.4.2021
According to Sina, one of China’s largest news portals, a man was recently arrested at Mihoyo’s Shanghai headquarters. It is believed the suspect intended to stab the company’s founders and then take his own life.Read more
Man Arrested Following Daring Pokémon Card Robbery
29.3.2021
A 28-year-old Tokyo resident has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a trading card shop atop a six-story building to steal Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, after climbing over the side of the building with a rope.Read more
Another Man Arrested For Sending Death Threats To Square Enix
26.2.2021
A resident of Saitama, Japan is in police custody after sending death threats to Square Enix. A suspect named Toshiyuki Kan sent thirty-seven of them to the game maker last November.Read more
Man Arrested After Selling A Hacked Sobble From Pokémon Sword and Shield
4.2.2021
People in Aichi Prefecture, Japan have arrested a 23-year-old man for violating the country’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act. According to Asahi News, the suspect is accused of selling a modded Sobble.Read more