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How the Feds Are Prosecuting NFT Insider Trading Scheme as Wire Fraud – and Why That Matters

11.6.2022
If successful, the DOJ could theoretically use the case as a model to police market manipulation for other assets, regardless of whether they are considered securities. Regulators are watching

US Arrests Former Employee of Opensea NFT Marketplace in ‘First-Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme’

3.6.2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted an employee of non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea in what the department called the “first-ever digital asset insider trading scheme.” DOJ Indicts Former Opensea Product Manager The DOJ announced Wednesday the unsealing of...

Cryptsy CEO Indicted for Defrauding Crypto Investors, Destroying Evidence

28.1.2022
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy has been indicted in the U.S. The 17-count indictment charges the crypto exchange executive with “tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud, tampering with records, documents, and other objects, and destruction of records in...

Instagram influencer charged over duping followers out of $2.5M BTC

25.3.2021
A social media influencer known for “cash giveaways” has failed to show the money in alleged Bitcoin wire fraud scheme

US Court Sentences ICO Fraudster to 6 Months in Jail: Orders the Accused to Pay Over $4 Million in Restitution

29.1.2021
A U.S. court has sentenced Jerry Ji Guo, a resident of San Francisco, to an effective six months in prison for his role in a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). In addition to the prison term, the court ordered Guo to pay over $4 million in restitution. Further, Guo will also cooperate with...

FBI arrests 24-year-old crypto trader for commodities and wire fraud

26.1.2021
The trader was both lying to investors and using an unregistered derivatives strategy on BitMex

Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers

10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...

US Charges Stanford Crypto Group Director With Defrauding His Former Employer – the Fed

29.10.2020
Lawrence Rufrano allegedly hid his work at Stanford and blockchain startup Factom from disability benefits regulators

Ubitquity LLC Announces ClosingBlock Software to Tackle Wire Fraud

3.9.2020
Delaware based enterprise blockchain solution for recordkeeping, Ubitquity LLC, has announced on Thursday the launch of ClosingBlock, a software designed to fight wire frauds. The company stated that the software will go live in the last quarter of 2020, and will help users to make escrowing...

Romanian Programmer Admits Conspiring to Create $722M Bitclub Ponzi Scheme

10.7.2020
A Romanian man admitted Thursday to conspiring to engage in wire fraud and selling unregistered securities linked to Bitclub Network, a cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme worth at least $722 million. Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, a Romanian citizen appeared before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi....