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Chinese police busts illegal crypto mining farm, seizes 190 miners
8.3.2022
Guangdong province’s Development and Reform Commission confiscated 190 crypto mining machines estimated to be worth 5 million yuan
Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Force Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations
3.3.2022
As Ukraine is increasingly relying on crypto donations, its Cyberpolice force has also decided to seek help from the crypto community in the country and abroad. The unit now takes various cryptocurrencies to support law enforcement agencies and acquire essential supplies. Cyberpolice...
IRA Financial 'Swatted' at Time of $36M Crypto Hack, Police Officer Tells Victim
24.2.2022
The detail adds another layer of intrigue to the seemingly inexplicable hack of IRA Financial Trust, an institutional partner of the Gemini exchange
Canadian Police Begin Unfreezing Accounts Tied to Freedom Convoy as Trudeau Revokes Emergencies Act
24.2.2022
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has ended the use of the Emergencies Act invoked last week to deal with the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. The Canadian police have also instructed financial institutions to unfreeze accounts previously frozen. “The situation is no longer...
Canadian Regulator Alerts Police to Tweets by Coinbase and Kraken Advocating Non-Custodial Wallets
23.2.2022
Canada’s securities regulator has flagged tweets by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Kraken CEO Jesse Powell encouraging people to use non-custodial wallets to evade freeze orders by the Trudeau government. “We are aware of this information and have shared it with the RCMP...
Canadian Regulator Reports Coinbase, Kraken CEOs' Crypto Custody Tweets
22.2.2022
The crypto fallout from Canada’s so-called “truckers’ protest” is continuing to make its presence felt – with a financial regulator reporting the heads of the American crypto exchange giants Kraken and Coinbase to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian national police force, over their...
UK Police Return $5.4 Million to Cryptocurrency Fraud Victims
22.2.2022
The U.K. police have returned over $5.4 million to victims of an international cryptocurrency scam. The police say that almost $10 million more will be returned to victims. So far, 127 more people have filed a claim to recoup their investments. Police Return Funds to Crypto Scam Victims...
Indian Police Arrest 11 People in Cryptocurrency Scheme Defrauding 2,000 Investors
22.2.2022
Indian police have arrested 11 people so far in connection with a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme that has duped about 2,000 investors out of $5.4 million. 11 People Arrested so Far in Cryptocurrency Scam in India Indian police have cracked down on a cryptocurrency investment scheme that has duped...
American Truckers Are Planning a Convoy to Washington, Group Raises Over $100K
19.2.2022
While the Canadian government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau try to quell the demonstrations in Ottawa by sending police to the encampment on Friday, a United States version of the Canadian trucker’s Freedom Convoy called the “People’s Convoy” is underway. According...
Trudeau’s Government Warns More Accounts Will Be Frozen — Freedom Convoy Truckers Hold Their Ground
18.2.2022
The Canadian government has warned that more financial accounts and cryptocurrency wallets will be frozen as law enforcement attempts to end the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. However, truckers are standing their ground even after the police arrested two protest organizers. Prime Minister Justin...
Bobby Kotick's Police Records Subpoenaed As Harassment Investigations Ramp Up
18.2.2022
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, following the company’s recent sale to Microsoft, efforts to pursue Activision Blizzard—and its embattled CEO Bobby Kotick—have escalated at both the state and federal level.Read more
Canadian Police Freeze Crypto Wallets Tied to Freedom Convoy Protests — Vow to Take Back Ottawa in Entirety
17.2.2022
Canada’s national police have sent letters to cryptocurrency exchanges asking them to freeze at least 34 crypto addresses allegedly connected to the Freedom Convoy protests under the Emergencies Act recently invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Banks have also received letters about...
Hearthstone Streamer Swatted Live On Twitch
11.2.2022
Twitch streamer Alexandra “Alliestrasza” Macpherson, a prominent Hearthstone player and a member of esports organization Fade 2 Karma, was arrested on February 9. But it wasn’t her fault. She was swatted while playing the collectible card game live on stream, with police showing up fully strapped...
Japanese Police Deletes its Warning about Crypto Mining after Losing Moner Case
5.2.2022
The long-running Monero (XMR) mining saga that pitted Japanese web developers against the police over the matter of crypto mining software may have come to a close last month, but the police force appears to have added an intriguing coda – by removing its public warning about the dangers...
Cyber vigilante hunts down DeFi scammers running away with $25M rug pull
30.1.2022
An exclusive Cointelegraph interview on tracking down a group of DeFi scammers responsible for the $25 million StableMagnet rug pull
Chinese police unearth multi-million dollar DeFi rug pull
18.1.2022
The Chizhou police arrested eight people from different provinces in December and froze assets worth millions
LAPD Officers Fired For Ignoring Robbery To Play Pokémon Go
11.1.2022
Two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) were fired due to, among other things, playing Pokémon Go, a newly published court document reveals (h/t Axios).Read more
Kosovo police seize 300 crypto mining machines amid electricity shortages
10.1.2022
The country’s Minister for Economy tweeted that the seizure of crypto mining machines will save “tens of thousands of Euros per month,” providing “energy for hundreds of Kosovar families.”
Kosovo Seizes Hundreds of Crypto Mining Machines in Crackdown
9.1.2022
Police in Kosovo seized another batch of over 200 mining devices as part of raids that started on Thursday. The offensive against underground crypto farms was launched after authorities in Pristina banned the power-hungry minting of digital currencies amid an energy crisis in the country....
CEO of Mirror Trading International Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrested in Brazil
8.1.2022
Johann Steynberg, the wanted CEO of Mirror Trading International was recently arrested by Brazilian law enforcement after he was caught using a fake document. The arrest, which took place in the country’s Goiás province, was carried out by the Brazilian military police. Fake...