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Man Pleads Guilty in Meijer Loyalty Program Fraud Case, Forfeits Crypto
17.7.2024
Nicholas Mui, 22, from Grand Haven, Michigan, has pleaded guilty in the 17th Circuit Court in Kent County to conducting a criminal enterprise, involving the theft and sale of Mperks account access information. Mui is required to forfeit his computer tower and approximately $630,000 in frozen...
Steve Bannon Linked Chinese Businessman Found Guilty in Fraud Scheme
17.7.2024
Guo was found guilty on nine of the 12 charges, including racketeering, fraud, and money laundering
Crypto Exchange Bitmex Pleads Guilty to Violating Bank Secrecy Act, AML Failures
13.7.2024
Crypto exchange Bitmex has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) program, resulting in the company being a vehicle for large-scale money laundering. The DOJ announced this plea following previous legal actions...
Crypto Exchange BitMEX Pleads Guilty to Violating the Bank Secrecy Act From 2015 to 2020
11.7.2024
BitMEX has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
BitMEX pleads guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violation
10.7.2024
BitMEX co-founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed pleaded guilty to similar criminal charges in 2022 and received probation
Paxful Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to AML Conspiracy — Faces up to 5 Years in US Prison
9.7.2024
A Paxful co-founder has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program on the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency platform. This led to various criminal activities being conducted on the platform, according to the U.S. Department of Justice...
Paxful co-founder Schaback faces 5 years jail, admits AML failure
9.7.2024
Artur Schaback, one of the co-founders of crypto exchange Paxful, has agreed to a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors that could see him locked up for five years
Fake Crypto Fund Operator Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors
28.6.2024
Michael Joseph McElhiney, age 37 and formerly of Spokane, Washington, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday. Between March 4, 2021, and Sept. 10, 2022, McElhiney defrauded investors by falsely claiming to operate a cryptocurrency investment...
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Freed From Prison — Set to Plead Guilty in US Deal
25.6.2024
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison after serving five years, following a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organizers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across...
BODEN memecoins briefly spike after Hunter Biden guilty verdit
12.6.2024
Misspelled memecoins referencing the U.S. first family surged after President Biden’s son was convicted of lying about being a drug user when buying a revolver
Crypto Scam Promoter Pleads Guilty, Faces Up to 20 Years in US Prison
8.6.2024
Juan Tacuri, a major promoter of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme Forcount, later renamed Weltsys, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the Southern District of New York. The scheme primarily targeted Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S., and Tacuri benefited significantly...
Top promoter in Forcount ‘Ponzi’ pleads guilty to wire fraud conspiracy
6.6.2024
Part of the plea deal involved Juan Tacuri forfeiting nearly $4 million and real estate which were purchased with victim funds
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy Tied to Forcount Crypto Ponzi
6.6.2024
Juan Tacuri, oe of the top promoters in the Forcount crypto ponzi scheme – a Brazil-based scam that bilked Spanish-speaking investors around the world of a collective $8.4 million – has pleaded guilty to his role in the operation, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday
Woman Pleads Guilty to Using Bitcoin for Dark Web Hitman
4.6.2024
In Salt Lake City, Krista Renae Stone, 23, pleaded guilty to using the dark web to arrange a murder-for-hire in 2023. According to court documents, Stone utilized bitcoin to pay $5,000 for the hit. Between March and September 2023, she accessed a website offering “hitman for hire”...
Lawyer Pleads Guilty in $9.5M Crypto Ponzi Scheme — Faces 5 Years in Prison
31.5.2024
David Kagel, a disbarred California attorney, pleaded guilty to orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of over $9.5 million. Kagel, 85, promised high returns through artificial intelligence trading bots and falsely claimed to hold $11 million in bitcoin to secure...
RFK Jr. Says Guilty Verdict May Help Trump's Election Prospects
31.5.2024
TRUMP token recovers from nasty dip after Donald Trump guilty verdict
31.5.2024
Meanwhile, the Jeo Boden (BODEN) meme coin linked to Trump’s arch-rival, Joe Biden, rallied 6.4% in the first 15 minutes before dumping again
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Trump's Guilty Verdict and Pro-Crypto Stance
31.5.2024
Here Are The Donald Trump Hush Money Verdicts
30.5.2024
A jury of 12 New Yorkers has finally delivered its verdict in the hush money trial against Donald J. Trump. The 46th President of the United States reportedly popped something small and round into his mouth—a leftover Milk Dud from lunch?—while awaiting his fellow citizens’ decision.Read more
TRUMP Token Sinks After Former U.S. President Is Found Guilty in New York
30.5.2024