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South Korean Police Probe Crypto Mining Outfit on ‘Ponzi Scam’ Suspicions
16.11.2022
South Korean police officers are investigating a crypto mining firm that allegedly failed to pay back its investors – after promising them monthly returns of up to 12%....
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Bahamas Police Launch Investigation into FTX Conduct, Looking For ‘Criminal Misconduct’
14.11.2022
Police in the Bahamas has launched an investigation into the crypto exchange FTX, and is actively looking for evidence of whether “criminal misconduct” has occurred.
Per a tweet from the Royal Bahamas Police Force published on Sunday, a team of financial investigators from the Force’s Financial...
Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Expose Members of Crypto Fraud Scheme Making €200 Million a Year
14.11.2022
A report shows Ukrainian Cyberpolice identified members of a group that defrauded people around the world through fake crypto investment offers. The criminal organization maintained offices and customer service centers with thousands of employees in a number of European countries. Cyberpolice...
Cop 'Discharged' For Trying To Scam Store Out Of $400 Worth Of Pokémon Cards
14.11.2022
A former officer of the Johnson County Sherriff’s office in Kansas has had his police license revoked after he was caught trying to short-change a store out of nearly $400 worth of Pokémon cards.Read more
Royal Bahamas Police Force Reveals FTX Is Being Investigated for ‘Criminal Misconduct’
13.11.2022
“A team of financial investigators” are currently investigating the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement shared on Sunday. The police noted that the financial investigators were searching to see if “any criminal misconduct occurred.” Bahamas...
Leaked Documents Show Facebook and Twitter Working Closely With DHS, FBI to Police Disinformation: Report
2.11.2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are reportedly working closely with major social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, to police “disinformation.” Leaked documents further show their plans to expand censorship. Leaked...
MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Mushegian dies at 29 in Puerto Rico
1.11.2022
Mushegian was an important figure in the crypto community, contributing to multiple projects, including MakerDAO, BitShares and Balancer
S Korean Police Shut Down $472,000 Group Chat-based Crypto Fraudsters
1.11.2022
South Korean police say they have arrested the ringleaders of a $472,000 crypto fraud gang that made use of the group chat function on a social media app to lure in unsuspecting victims.
MBN Money reported that the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency explained that it had arrested three men...
South Korean Public Official ‘Used Bribes to Buy Crypto,’ Police Claim
28.10.2022
Yet another South Korean government worker appears to have used ill-gotten gains to fund their crypto cravings: After reports that a public official fled abroad with $2.8 million worth of stolen public funds that has been converted to crypto, it has emerged that another former official may have...
Singapore Police Received 631 Cryptocurrency Scam Reports in 2021, Government Says
28.10.2022
The government of Singapore has revealed the number of crypto scams reported to the police in the past three years. “The vast majority of cryptocurrency scams are perpetrated by scammers based outside Singapore. As such, there is a limit to how much law enforcement agencies in Singapore...
Modern Warfare II Makes You Aim Your Gun At Civilians To 'De-Escalate'
26.10.2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II may nail its core gunplay and feature some standout characters across the board, but it also features some of the series’ most questionably awful depictions of violence and military power yet. One level in particular in which tensions rise between civilians and...
UK police council reports there are officers in every unit trained for crypto enforcement
26.10.2022
The NPCC's Andy Gould said that the U.K. police had the capability to address illicit uses of crypto, but still faced challenges including incentives to join the private sector
UK Police Has Crypto Experts Stationed Nationwide
26.10.2022
The police has managed to seize and store up hundreds of millions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency, but welcomes new measures to ease seizures of crypto linked to crime and terrorism
Criminal use of crypto an ‘emerging threat’ — Australian police
25.10.2022
Law enforcement will need to “continually evolve” in order to keep pace with criminals, Australia’s federal police said
OSCE Trains Uzbekistan Law Enforcement to Track and Seize Crypto, Search Dark Web
22.10.2022
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has set out to teach law enforcement officers in Uzbekistan how to conduct crypto and dark web investigations. The regional body recently organized a training course for employees of the country’s security agencies in Tashkent....
Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova Tipped Off About Onecoin Investigations Before She Vanished, Report
22.10.2022
Ruja Ignatova, founder of the notorious crypto pyramid Onecoin, was reportedly alerted about police investigations into the scam before she disappeared. The ‘Cryptoqueen’ has been on the run for several years, wanted by law enforcement agencies around the world. Onecoin Mastermind Learned About...
Uzbeki police get 'how to seize crypto' training from UN security org
21.10.2022
Uzbekistan's law enforcers were educated on the topics of blockchain analysis and crypto seizure methods
Interpol Starts Its Own Police Metaverse
21.10.2022
The Interpol has entered the Metaverse, the purpose of which will be to offer immersive training courses to law enforcement across the globe
Interpol Launches Police-Focused Metaverse
21.10.2022
Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, has announced the launch of the supposed first police metaverse experience. This new virtual world, which allows users to visit the offices of the institution in Lyon, aims to advance the understanding of metaverse-related crimes and opens...
US regulator touts to ‘aggressively police' crypto in new report
21.10.2022
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says 20% of its enforcement actions were aimed at the digital assets market in the 2022 fiscal year