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Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Leaking Diary Excerpts to Discredit Key Witness
21.7.2023
A court document penned by U.S. Department of Justice attorney Damian Williams alleges FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried released diary excerpts from former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison. The U.S. attorney asserts that Bankman-Fried intended to discredit the government’s key witness...
US Justice Department to double its crypto team, target ransomware crimes
21.7.2023
The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, established in 2021, will be merged with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
Binance Reportedly Lays Off Over 1,000 Employees, CZ Says Exchange Is Hiring
15.7.2023
Leading crypto exchange Binance has cut hundreds of jobs after a string of executive exits, according to a media report. The news, which comes as the coin trading platform marks its sixth anniversary amid increased pressure from regulators, was termed as FUD by founder Changpeng Zhao who said...
US Authorities Accuse Former Security Engineer of Siphoning $9 Million From Defi Platform
13.7.2023
Authorities in the United States recently revealed that law enforcement has arrested Shakeeb Ahmed for “wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his attack on a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.” The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York suggested that...
US government moves nearly 10K Bitcoin worth over $300M related to Silk Road seizure
12.7.2023
The government previously promised to liquidate approximately 40,000 remaining BTC from the seizure in “four more batches” over the remainder of the calendar year
US Government Transfers $300 Million Worth of Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
12.7.2023
On July 12, 2023, onchain data shows the U.S. government transferred 9,800 bitcoins (BTC), worth just over $300 million. These bitcoins originally came from James Zhong’s Silk Road hack. In March, the Department of Justice also moved a similar amount of bitcoins associated with Silk Road....
U.S. Department of Justice Arrests Engineer Over $9M Crypto Theft
11.7.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a security engineer on wire fraud charges, alleging he stole $9 million worth of crypto from an unnamed decentralized cryptocurrency exchange
Top Binance Execs Leave Company Over CZ’s Handling of DOJ Investigation: Report
6.7.2023
Three senior officials left the exchange this week, a source told Fortune
CFTC Takes Action Against New York Resident for $21M Crypto Pooling Scam
23.6.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action against a New York city resident, William Koo Ichioka, for fraudulently misappropriating over $21 million from over 100 commodity pool participants' funds
OPNX Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Mike Dudas, Issues Justice Tokens
22.6.2023
The bankruptcy claims exchange from Kyle Davies and Su Zhu – the founders of failed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital – has also issued Justice Tokens that offer exposure to defamation lawsuits
Five US enforcement agencies form new digital currency anti-crime task force
20.6.2023
The agencies have worked together for years, but now their joint efforts are official as they plan to ramp up activity
5 Charges Temporarily Suspended in FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Legal Battle
17.6.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal prosecutors in New York have opted to temporarily suspend five charges against the beleaguered FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Nevertheless, these five charges have been “severed” and deferred until 2024, potentially leaving...
Bittrex withdrawals set to resume after bankruptcy court gives green light
15.6.2023
The court left the issue of the subordinacy of government claims open; Bittrex received multimillion-dollar credits from FinCEN and OFAC
U.S. Justice Department Agrees to Try Sam Bankman-Fried on Original Charges Only for Now
15.6.2023
Prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice wrote late Wednesday night that they would agree to try FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on only the original eight charges filed in January after a court in the Bahamas blocked the local government from agreeing to additional charges
US Judge Signs Court Order Allowing Bittrex Customers To Make Withdrawals
14.6.2023
A US district judge signed a court order on Tuesday allowing Bittrex customers to make withdrawals following back and forth between the court and the US government....
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Former SEC Official Predicts Impending DOJ Indictment Against Binance
12.6.2023
Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official John Reed Stark said on Sunday via Twitter that he believes the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed or will file a criminal indictment related to Binance. Stark, who draws from his experience in the SEC Enforcement Division, pointed...
US Justice Department charges two men in Mt. Gox Hack
9.6.2023
The Justice Department claims Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner took control of a Mt. Gox server and stole 647,000 Bitcoin from the exchange
Two Russians Charged for Infiltrating Mt Gox and Operating Illicit Crypto Exchange, BTC-e
9.6.2023
In a statement issued on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that two Russian individuals have been accused of infiltrating a cryptocurrency exchange and running an unlawful exchange. Reportedly, the pair gained unauthorized access to Mt Gox’s servers from 2011 to 2014...
US Justice Department Charges Two Russian Nationals With Stealing Thousands of Bitcoin Linked to Mt. Gox
9.6.2023
The US Department of Justice unsealed charges against Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, for allegedly stealing thousands of bitcoin from the Mt.Gox crypto exchange back in 2011 to 2014.
Bilyuchenko, 43, and Verner, 29, were charged on Friday in the Southern District...
US Justice Department Objects to Bittrex’s Plan To Repay Customers in Bankruptcy Proceedings
8.6.2023
The US Department of Justice objected to a proposal by crypto exchange Bittrex to return money to customers as part of its liquidation plan.
Bittrex filed for bankruptcy in May in a federal court in Delaware after facing scrutiny from both the Justice Department and the US Securities and Exchange...