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Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hoard Last Year

2.12.2020
A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain...

Payza Founders Sentenced in $250M Money Laundering Case

13.11.2020
Canadian brothers Firoz and Ferhan Patel are headed to prison after admitting their payments company had broken the law

Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers

10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...

Microsoft employee sentenced to 9 years in first U.S. Bitcoin case involving tax fraud

10.11.2020
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to nine years in prison in what the IRS is describing as the United States’ “first Bitcoin case [with] a tax component.”

$1.1 Billion Crypto Ponzi: Masterminds of Wotoken Head to Prison in China

31.10.2020
A Chinese court has confirmed the sentencing of the masterminds behind the 7.7 billion yuan Chinese Ponzi scheme Wotoken, which had over 715,000 investors. Wotoken Scammers Sentenced to Prison The Intermediate People’s Court of Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, denied an appeal by four...

Dutch Police Seize $33 Million in Bitcoin from Couple Accused of Money Laundering

30.10.2020
Prosecutors from the Netherlands have seized 2,532 bitcoins worth $33 million after a couple was convicted of money laundering by the Rotterdam District Court. The man and his wife were sentenced to two years for illegal money transmission and the court claims the couple’s bitcoin stash...

Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans

22.9.2020
The charges are reminiscent of events that took place during the "Silk Road" saga

Moderator of Darknet Marketplace AlphaBay Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

2.9.2020
The Colorado man mediated disputes on the now-defunct darknet marketplace Alphabay

AlphaBay darknet market moderator sentenced to 11 years in Jail

2.9.2020
‘Criminals cannot hide behind technology to break the law,’ a US attorney stated

Australian Woman Jailed Two Years for Stealing $300,000 Worth of XRP

13.8.2020
An Australian hacker who stole 100,000 units of the XRP cryptocurrency has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and three months in jail, local media reported. Kathryn Nguyen hacked the crypto account of a 56-year old man in January 2018. Working with an accomplice, the 25-year-old Sydney woman...

Australian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for $300K XRP Theft

11.8.2020
An Australian woman is facing more than two years in prison after stealing more than $300K in XRP tokens in January 2018

Crypto Scammer Sentenced by South Korean Authorities

21.7.2020
Man sentenced to two years and six months in prison after multi-million dollar crypto fraud

Russian Court: Bitcoin Theft Not a Crime

3.7.2020
A Russian district court has dismissed bitcoin theft as a crime since cryptocurrency is not regulated in Russia and there is no legal status for bitcoin. The accused were found guilty, sentenced to prison, and ordered to return only the fiat money stolen — not cryptocurrencies....

Crypto Founder Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $25 Million Scam

17.6.2020
A federal court in Manhattan sentenced the founder of a $25 million ICO scam to 87 months and a fine of up to $250,000

Satoshi Nakamoto Candidate Paul Le Roux to Start Bitcoin Mining Business After Prison Time

16.6.2020
A possible Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Criminal mastermind Paul Le Roux told the judge that upon his release he plans to “start a business selling and hosting bitcoin miners,” claiming that his ASIC chip design will...