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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
South Korean Police Have Seized $1.3m in Crypto in 2022, Critics Say It’s Not Enough
19.10.2022
South Korean police have seized $1.3 million worth of crypto in criminal investigations so far this year, official numbers have revealed.
According to Segye Ilbo, the figure is just a small fraction (1.4%) of the total $92 million worth of assets seized by officers in criminal...
Interpol Team Based in Singapore to Help Countries Combat Crypto Crime
18.10.2022
A special team established by Interpol in Singapore will assist governments around the world in the fight against crimes involving virtual assets, the international police body announced ahead of its general assembly in India. Cryptocurrency and cybercrime will be the main focus of the forum....
Japan’s Police and FSA Publish a Joint Cyber Warning to Crypto Firms, Link Attacks to Lazarus Group
18.10.2022
According to the National Police Agency (NPA) in Japan, North Korean hackers from the crime syndicate Lazarus Group have been targeting crypto companies in the country. Local reports detail that it’s the fifth time the NPA has tied “public attribution” to the organization of North Korean cyber...
Crypto News Summary: Bitstamp Integrates PayPal, Dubai Police Works in Metaverse
17.10.2022
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North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police
17.10.2022
According to the Japan Government, a common mode of attack for the Lazarus Group was phishing, who are believed to have focused more on crypto funds lately because they’re “managed more loosely.”
South Korea’s Biggest Exchanges Pen Crypto Crime-fighting Deal with Police
14.10.2022
The five biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea have signed a “crypto crime-fighting” MOU deal with the nation’s police force – and will work with officers fighting crypto-powered money launderers and crypto scam artists.
According to Fn News, the exchanges – the market-leading Upbit and Bithumb...
Police Complaints in This Indian District Are Going on the Polygon Blockchain
13.10.2022
Police in a district of India's biggest state are starting a project that will allow public complaints to be put on an immutable blockchain powered by Polygon
French police use Twitter crypto sleuth's research to catch scammers
13.10.2022
The alleged fraudsters built a BAYC and MAYC NFT focused website that masqueraded as a service to animate the apes but instead phished victims details to steal their NFTs