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Charged Aussie Bitconnect promoter faces up to 47 years in prison
18.11.2020
The Australian could be 99-years old by the time he is released if he’s sentenced to the maximum penalty
Binance Gives $200K to Investigators Who Helped Identify Actors Behind 2018 Attack
11.11.2020
The exchange has awarded a bounty of $200,000 to private investigators who helped now-indicted bad actors who attacked the exchange in 2018
Lebanon Schedules Its CBDC, DeFi Crime On The Rise + More News
10.11.2020
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Lebanon plans to introduce a digital currency in 2021 to restore confidence in the banking sector and transition into a cashless system...
Ex-Microsoft Dev Gets 9 Years in Prison Over $10M Theft Involving Bitcoin Mixing
10.11.2020
The former Microsoft software engineer was sentenced Monday for an elaborate criminal scheme involving bitcoin and digital gift cards
UN drugs and crime wing advises Kenya to use blockchain against corruption
3.11.2020
Blockchain can reportedly return billions of dollars back to Kenya’s budget
UK Police Find no Crime in Alleged $3M Crypto ‘Staking’ Scam
30.10.2020
Investors who say they lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in an alleged cryptocurrency fraud have had no luck persuading the police that there was in fact a crime committed
Tether Froze $300K of Stablecoin Hacked After Victims Left Wallet Keys in Evernote
26.10.2020
The U.S. government is pursuing a civil forfeiture claim on the more than 300,000 units of the tether (USDT) cryptocurrency said to have been stolen earlier this year
FBI Investigated Extortion Attempt Against Ripple About Allegedly Negative Videos
23.10.2020
Ripple, the XRP digital asset payment service provider, was threatened with the release of allegedly damaging videos unless it paid $1.5 million
European Commission Opposes Crypto Fraud Compensation Fund: Victims Say Commission Cozying up to the Industry
21.10.2020
The European Commission (EC) is opposing the creation of the crypto crime victim superfund to be financed with $0.0001 per dollar on all cryptocurrency transactions occurring within the EU. The Commission says that it does not have the competence to set up and administer such a fund. It also argues...
Bitstamp Adds Crypto Crime Insurance for Assets Held Online
19.10.2020
The new policy means user funds are protected both on- and offline
US Charges 6 With Laundering Mexican Drug Cartel Cash Using Crypto and Casinos
16.10.2020
The U.S. Department of Justice charged the six individuals for alleged involvement in laundering funds from Mexican drug cartels after an investigation spanning years
Bitstamp says its users are now covered against a broad web of crime
15.10.2020
Crypto needs insurance too
New Zealand Man Charged With Money Laundering Via Crypto and Luxury Cars
15.10.2020
As well as making cryptocurrency transactions, the man is alleged to have bought luxury cars and property to launder funds
The Many Facts Pointing to Paul Le Roux Being Satoshi Nakamoto
14.10.2020
The 48-year old former programmer and criminal cartel boss, Paul Calder Le Roux, was deemed a Satoshi Nakamoto suspect in the spring of 2019. The suspicion caused a few people to believe Le Roux is the most credible Satoshi yet, and to this day individuals still think it is him. The following...
G7 Warns of Crypto Threat From Tidal Wave of Ransomware Attacks
13.10.2020
Paying ransomware hackers to decrypt infected computers doesn't always work, and may even be a crime in some countries
Spate of Bitcoin Extortion Bomb Threats Hit Government, Schools in Japan
12.10.2020
The extortionists demand a payment in bitcoin to avoid the detonation of an explosive device, per a report
Bungled Theft of Bitcoin ATM Puts Canadian Business Out of Action
8.10.2020
The inept thieves reversed their pickup truck into the store window, after failing to nab the crypto ATM
Europol Names Privacy Wallets, Coins, Open Marketplaces as ‘Top Threats’ in Internet Crime Report
5.10.2020
Monero, Samurai, Wasabi, OpenBazaar cited as threats in Europol report
Nevada Woman Charged in Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire as a Mystery Hacker Again Turns Tipster
25.9.2020
The case, the website, the circumstances and the source all share parallels with another recent federal murder-for-hire prosecution
Ex-Government Employee Narrowly Avoids Prison After Mining Crypto on Supercomputers
18.9.2020
A former contractor for Australian science agency CSIRO was found to have mined around $7,000 in cryptocurrency