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Crypto Investment Scam Losses in U.S. Grew 53% to $3.94B in 2023: FBI

8.3.2024
Investment fraud at large grew by 38% from $3.31 billion to $4.57 billion, according to the bureau's Internet Crime Report 2023, highlighting the prominent role that cryptocurrency plays in this area of crime

Nigeria’s Financial Watchdog Summons Binance CEO Over Crime Concerns

4.3.2024
New Binance CEO Richard Teng must appear before Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes to answer questions about his company’s lax KYC and AML policies, which may have played a part in terrorism financing and money laundering. Committee Chairman Ginger Onwusibe...

UK Law Enforcement Will Soon Have More Power to Seize Crypto Assets

1.3.2024
A crime bill passed last year gave law enforcement agencies more power to seize and freeze crypto

Unveiling the Dark Web: How Privacy Coins Fuel the Trade of Criminal Material Online

1.3.2024
Privacy coins are fuelling the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to Chainalysis’s 2024 Crypto Crime Report. The report highlights crypto’s growing role as legal tender among dark web vendors of CSAM. Like other things listed on the dark web, CSAM is often...

Crypto Bros Are Falling For Romance Scams At A Record Rate: Chainalysis

29.2.2024
Romance scams were a brutal driver of illicit crypto activity last year, according to blockchain investigators at Chainalysis. The blockchain intelligence platform’s 2024 Crypto Crime Report states that so-called “pig butchering scams” nearly doubled their revenue in 2023 compared to 2022, and have...

Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times, Nintendo Claims In Lawsuit

28.2.2024
Nintendo filed a civil lawsuit on February 26 against Yuzu software developer Tropic Haze, claiming that the team’s tech let folks illegally pirate 2023’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over one million times a full week and a half before it even came out. According to the Mario maker...

South Korean Police Arrest ‘Multinational Gang of OTC Crypto Thieves’

27.2.2024
OTC crypto crime appears to be on the rise in South Korea, where police say they have arrested a “multinational gang” who allegedly locked a woman in a car before stealing cash. The post South Korean Police Arrest ‘Multinational Gang of OTC Crypto Thieves’ appeared first on Cryptonews

The European Central Bank Is Either Lying About Bitcoin or Lying to Itself

22.2.2024
ECB Director General Ulrich Bindseil and advisor Jürgen Schaaf are definitely against bitcoin, but their reasons don’t make a lot of sense

South Korea’s Most Populated Province Traces and Collects $4.6M From Crypto Tax Evaders

22.2.2024
South Korea's most populated province, Gyeonggi, has collected $4.6 million from crypto tax evaders, it announced on Thursday, according to a local report by Yonhap News Agency

US Lawmaker Raises Concerns Over Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Bill’s Impact on Counter-Terrorism Efforts

16.2.2024
A US official has raised concerns about a provision in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed bill on digital assets. During a hearing on “Crypto Crime in Context” held on February 15, Representative French Hill and other lawmakers questioned crypto experts about the implications...

Crypto Money Laundering Dropped Almost 30% in 2023: Chainalysis

15.2.2024
Illicit cryptocurrency transactions fell roughly 30% in 2023, according to Chainalysis’ newly released 2024 Crypto Crime Report. This decrease signals a major shift in crypto money laundering trends. The report also stated that total funds sent between illicit addresses dropped by 14.9%...

FinCEN Sees Rise in Bitcoin Being Used in Human Trafficking Cases

14.2.2024
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it has seen a rise in the number of Bitcoin transactions used in connection with human trafficking and online child exploitation cases. According to FinCEN recent findings show 95% of cases involving online child exploitation...

Nigeria Faces Pressure to Tighten Crypto Regulations for Financial Crime Prevention

12.2.2024
Nigeria faces calls to go further in its efforts to clarify crypto regulation after a blockchain firm successfully finished training its fifth cohort of crypto compliance specialists last weekend. Blockchain intelligence service provider A&D Forensics teaches a course on curbing financial...

US Treasury Cites Rising Cryptocurrency Misuse in 2024 National Risk Assessments

9.2.2024
In its 2024 National Risk Assessments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has unveiled the concerning trend of criminals increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies to finance illegal activities. US Treasury Reports Identify Crypto’s Role in Illicit Finance The U.S. Department of the Treasury...

Illicit Virtual Asset Use On The Rise, U.S. Treasury Report Reveals

7.2.2024
The U.S. Treasury Department is seeing an increase in illicit crypto use according to a Thursday report. The department’s 2024 National Risk Assessments on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing report highlights that virtual assets are increasingly used by illicit...

Ransomware Payments Hit Record $1 Billion in 2023: Chainalysis

7.2.2024
Criminals made off with a staggering $1 billion in cryptocurrency ransomware payments in 2023, per the latest insights from Chainalysis’ 2024 “Crypto Crime Report.” The report highlights a surge in sophisticated attacks targeting high-profile institutions and critical...