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Ukrainian Cybercriminal “Rabotnik” Sentenced to 13 Years for Orchestrating $700M Worth of Ransomware Attacks
2.5.2024
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national known as "Rabotnik," has been handed a prison sentence of 13 years and seven months for his role in ransomware attacks.
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Ukrainian Lawmaker to Face Trial Over Alleged Bitcoin Bribes
18.4.2024
A Ukrainian lawmaker is set to stand trial after allegedly trying to bribe a government official with $10,000 worth of Bitcoin, anti-corruption officials said on April 16.
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IMF Urges Ukraine to Finalize Crypto Legislation, Government Official Reveals
6.4.2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Ukraine to finalize its crypto legislation, the country’s Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT industry development has revealed. “In the face of war, we have to exploit the full range of opportunities and develop new sectors...
Ukraine Set to Freeze Citizens’ Bank Accounts Who Sidestep War Draft – Can Crypto Help?
8.2.2024
On February 7, the Ukrainian parliament approved the first reading of a bill to enforce stricter regulations for mobilizing recruits into the military. It also proposed freezing bank accounts for those attempting to evade the country’s war draft. This dramatic move highlights the gravity...
Ukrainian Police Collaborate With Europol to Apprehend Alleged Cryptojacking Mastermind
16.1.2024
The Ukrainian police, in collaboration with Europol, recently apprehended the alleged mastermind behind a cryptojacking scheme. According to a statement released by Europol, the arrest underscores why the private sector should collaborate with law enforcement. Law Enforcement and Private Sector...
Ukrainian Central Bank Says ‘Crypto Isn’t Money,’ Vows to Regulate Sector
10.1.2024
Source: Bumble Dee/Adobe The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has stated that crypto “is not money,” and has reaffirmed its intention to regulate the sector – using EU law as a benchmark. The comments were made by the First Deputy Governor of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova in a TV interview with...
Tether Blacklists Over 30 USDT Wallets
4.12.2023
Tether, the company behind the issuance of USDT, the largest stablecoin, has blacklisted more than 30 addresses that have received billions in USDT since their first use. According to blockchain intelligence firm Chainargos, the blacklisted addresses had received $161 million from Whitebit,...
Cryptocurrency Worth $1.5M Seized From Former Ukrainian Head of State Communications
1.12.2023
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has seized $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from Yuriy Shchigol, Ukraine's former head of the State Special Communications Service, according to local news outlet RBC
Ukrainian Lawmakers Mull Two Crypto Tax Bills
29.11.2023
Source: Mariana Ianovska/Adobe Ukrainian lawmakers are set to debate two crypto tax bills, as Kyiv looks to raise money from crypto traders. Per Minfin and PSM7, Yuriy Boyko, a member of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, confirmed that the regulator was the author of...
Fourteen Ukrainian Officials Receive Advanced Crypto Crime Investigation Training
17.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Ukrainian lawmakers and officials have received advanced training on identifying and investigating crypto-related financial crimes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities have organized the 4-day course. Fourteen...
Bankman-Fried’s Legal Team Cries Foul Over Ukrainian Customer Testimony
3.10.2023
Attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried have written a letter to the judge, requesting the court block a government witness, a Ukrainian customer who “lost a substantial portion” of his life savings due to the FTX collapse. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers believe the witness’s testimony...
EU Officials Provide Ukrainian Police ‘Crypto Crime’ Training
24.8.2023
Ukrainian police officers are receiving crypto crime investigation training from EU officials, with the nation continuing to streamline its crypto and blockchain policy with Brussels.
Per a Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) release, law enforcement officers in Lviv, Ukraine, attended...
Crypto Donations Campaign Aims to Empower Ukrainian Children Affected by War
18.8.2023
The Children of Heroes charity fund and the news outlet Cointelegraph have joined hands with the Cryptoverse to raise money and help war orphans in Ukraine.
Per Cointelegraph, over 5,900 children who lost one or both parents in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have received support from...
Lessons of a $37M Attack: How a Ukrainian Payment Processor Was Hacked
8.8.2023
CoinsPaid, a crypto payment processing company with Ukrainian roots, fell a victim to a social engineering attack, thought to have emanated from Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group
Ukrainian government reports $81M tax loss from unregulated crypto exchanges since 2013
2.8.2023
A crypto bill signed into law in 2022 paved the way for the Ukrainian government to amend its tax code, but local exchanges still largely operate outside this framework
Ukrainian Police unravel cryptocurrency fraud
22.6.2023
The Ukrainian Police managed to unravel a cryptocurrency-related fraud that involved the siphoning off of assets from various online wallets belonging to Ukrainians settled in Canada. The fraudsters were carrying out their unlawful activities from two call centers that they had set up in...
Russian Who Sent Crypto to Ukrainian Army to Face Treason Charges
22.6.2023
A Russian citizen has been arrested for allegedly sending crypto to Ukraine’s armed forces – and will be tried on treason charges.
The Russian news agency Tass reported that the (unnamed) citizen is a resident of the Far Eastern territory of Khabarovsk Krai, across the sea from Japan.
The citizen...
Ukrainian Investigators Find ‘Illegal Crypto Mining Farm’ at State-run Firm
21.6.2023
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation says it has uncovered an illegal crypto mining farm in a state-owned enterprise in the Western region of Lviv.
In an official post, the bureau (SBI) said that the farm was being run by managers of a branch of the state-owned company Forests of Ukraine...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Dies In Russia-Ukraine War
15.6.2023
The war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in 2014 but ramped up in February 2022 as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has claimed yet another life. 21-year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Ostap “0ni” Onistrat was reportedly killed in action defending his home country...
IRS, Chainalysis Helping Ukraine Track Russians Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions
14.5.2023
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it’s working closely with Ukraine to help it trace crypto transactions of Russian sanctions evaders. The agency is providing the Ukrainians access to a Chainalysis tool as well as specialized training to Ukrainian law enforcement. IRS Offers Ukraine...