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Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
3.6.2020
Comments from a Minnesota official comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data
Russian Police Arrest Former Post Office Branch Chief For Mining Crypto at Work
31.5.2020
Former chief of Russian Post local branch is arrested on suspicion of running a crypto mining farm inside the office for almost six months
NYC Hacker Charged Over $94 Million Bitcoin-for-Cards Scheme
28.5.2020
Vitalii Antonenko is facing up to 20 years in jail for selling sensitive data after the prosecution traced his Bitcoin wallet
Chinese Police Arrest 12 Fake ‘Huobi Officials’
21.5.2020
Chinese authorities have busted a group of scammers allegedly claiming to be “Huobi officials”
Australian Woman Arrested in 'Cash for Bitcoin' Money Laundering Sting
15.5.2020
Sydney police have arrested an Australian woman for allegedly running a crime syndicate using Bitcoin to launder $3.23 million since 2017
Telegram Founder Bashes US as a ‘Police State’ Amid Free TON Launch
8.5.2020
Telegram founder says that the U.S. is no longer an attractive place for tech entrepreneurs
Chinese Kennel Owner Caught Stealing Electricity to Power Underground Bitcoin Mining Farm
29.4.2020
The largest oil field in the People’s Republic of China has been a target for individuals and organizations attempting to mine bitcoins with free electricity. After a bunch of mining farm operators allegedly got caught last summer, a dog kennel owner was recently busted for running cable...
South Korean Police Trace 40 People Behind Crypto Payments In Child Porn Ring
27.4.2020
40 people involved in crypto payments on the “Nth Room” case were identified by the South Korean authorities
Crypto Exchange Data Raids Bearing Fruit for Nth Room Police - Dozens Identified
27.4.2020
The way that the police track individuals they suspect of committing cryptocurrency-involved crimes could be about to change forever – in South Korea and possibly beyond.
Police in South Korea say that they have identified at least 40 people who paid cryptocurrencies to access sexual exploitation...
Ripple CEO Says Social Media Companies Have Failed to Police their Platforms
22.4.2020
Crypto scammers on social media have been a big problem for the industry, and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has had enough of those impersonators. Last month, he had exposed a fake YouTube channel impersonating him, which unfortunately had over 230,000 subscribers. Garlinghouse took a dig at social...
UK Crypto Cop: Law Enforcement Must Understand Bitcoin
19.4.2020
After fighting crypto crime for four years, UK police officer Phil Harris urges law enforcement agencies to understand virtual assets
New Zealand Police Spotlight Bitcoin Ransom Scam Targeting Porn Viewing
13.4.2020
New Zealand authorities say that victims are being blackmailed by fraudsters claiming to have sensitive information on porn consumption
Russian Darknet Criminals Sell $13M of Fake Cash for Crypto
7.4.2020
A crime group in Russia printed and sold $13 million-nominated fake notes in return for cryptocurrencies
Can Police Seize Nth Room Crypto? Int’l Exchanges Agree to Cooperate
30.3.2020
Legal confusion has broken out in South Korea as experts and lawyers remain uncertain as to whether the police can confiscate the cryptocurrency holdings of Telegram Nth room chief suspect Cho Joo-bin.
Cho is suspected of running a network of chat rooms that circulated sexual exploitation videos...
Russian Police Take Down an Illegal Bitcoin Mining Farm
28.3.2020
Russian police seized almost 1,500 mining rigs from an illegal bitcoin mining farm, spread across several locations
Korean Nth Room Police Hunt 260K Crypto Wallets, Brokerages Hand over Client Data
26.3.2020
South Korean crypto exchanges are cooperating with the police investigation into the Telegram “Nth room” sexual exploitation case, with brokerages now being searched, and exchange data seized and hundreds of thousands of crypto-fiat gateway records checked.
Per a number of South Korean media...
Manitoba Regulator and Police Warn of Increase in Bitcoin Scams
26.3.2020
Manitoba’s securities regulator has issued a warning against crypto scams after an increasing number of locals have been victimized by virtual currency fraud
Major South Korean Crypto Exchanges Help Police In Child Porn Investigation
26.3.2020
South Korean police are reportedly working jointly with local crypto exchanges in the “nth rooms” child porn case
UK Police Reports 562 Cases of Bitcoin-Related Blackmail Over Last Two Years
19.3.2020
New reports show 562 accounts of Bitcoin blackmail over 2018 and 2019
Darknet Vendors Work Overtime as Police Halt Drug Arrests
19.3.2020
The coronavirus is having a strange effect on the war on drugs. Narcotics activities that were deemed serious crimes only a week ago have been dropped by U.S. law enforcement, who have greater concerns now that cities are under effective lockdown. Meanwhile, darknet vendors are doing their best...