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While Darknet Users Search for New Markets, Global Law Enforcement Reveals Mass Arrests

5.10.2020
During the last month since the fall of Empire Market, darknet market (DNM) patrons have been migrating to alternative markets. Meanwhile, global law enforcement recently arrested 179 individuals tied to DNMs and seized over $6.5 million in cryptocurrency and cash proceeds. It hasn’t been...

27 Arrests as Chinese Police ‘Completely Destroy’ PlusToken Bitcoin Scam

30.7.2020
One of the most notorious and largest-scale bitcoin (BTC) scams of all time appears to have finally be taken down – with Chinese police swooping to arrest 27 suspects it said orchestrated PlusToken. Per state-owned media outlet Chinanews, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police authority...

India to Expand Darknet Policing Amid ‘Operation Trace’ Arrests

10.6.2020
Indian police are collaborating with local research and academic institutions to inform an AI-powered online portal to aid policing initiatives targeting the dark web

Ukraine Arrests Hacker Accused of Selling Personal Data, Crypto Wallet Info

19.5.2020
Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets

FBI Arrests Russian Rapper For Crypto Money Laundering, Cites Damning Instagram

1.4.2020
FBI arrests Russian rapper, for money laundering, citing his Instagram pics with allegedly unearned cash and data from defunct crypto exchange BTC-e

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...

US Homeland Security Arrests LocalBitcoins Seller on Money Laundering Charges

11.3.2020
Homeland Security and DEA officials arrested a LocalBitcoins user on charges of laundering more than $140,000 in bitcoin

Japan’s National Police: 537 Arrests for Money Laundering in 2019

6.3.2020
Anti-money laundering laws and regulations may be responsible for increasing the number of reports of illicit transactions in Japan

Cryptonews Rewind 2019: Q4 - China, War of Money, IPOs & Arrests

31.12.2019
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the last quarter of this year and this decade: Total crypto market capitalization in Q4 October We started this quarter with looking who is to blame for Bitcoin price crash. We were in for a surprise when a German bank stated that Bitcoin prices are...

Cloud Token and the Rise of MLM Crypto Projects

29.12.2019
Chinese law enforcement recently busted 72 individuals connected to the Cloud Token (CTO) scam. The Ponzi was similar to the Plustoken fraud and CTO scammers made off with $500 million. According to regional press, the CTO scam artists are likely connected to the Plustoken swindlers. Moreover...

Chinese Police Seize Thousands of Miners, Arrest Dozens of Scammers

25.12.2019
In the last couple of days, Chinese media have reported on police forces in one province of the vast Asian country seizing close to 7,000 mining rigs using stolen electricity and in another province arresting 72 multi-level marketing scheme operators for alleged fraud. Also Read: Chinese Regulators...

US Arrests 3 in Alleged Crypto Mining Pool Fraud Scheme

10.12.2019
U.S. authorities have arrested three members of BitClub Network, alleging the mining pool is a long-running Ponzi scheme

US Arrests Ethereum Developer for Training North Koreans to Evade Sanctions

29.11.2019
After attending a blockchain conference in North Korea in April, a developer at the Ethereum Foundation has been arrested in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day

Polish Police Arrests Crypto Capital President on Account of Money Laundering Allegations

25.10.2019
The notoriously renowned spearhead of payment processor firm, Crypto Capital, has been arrested by the Polish police as revealed by the news articles of the local media channels. Ivan Manuel Molina Lee, who serves as the President of Crypto Capital has been charged for money laundering and drug...

Bank Raided, Arrests Made but RBI Still Restricts Withdrawals

6.10.2019
The crisis has elevated at the cooperative bank recently placed under regulatory restrictions by India’s central bank. Multiple branches have been raided and several arrests were made. However, the RBI continues to impose a withdrawal limit, preventing bank customers from accessing their...

Spain Thwarts Bitcoin ATM Scam, Prompting Regulatory Debate Worldwide

16.7.2019
Bitcoin ATMs are not currently governed by EU money laundering regulations, and arrests coordinated by Spanish police and Europol in May are bringing new focus to this loophole. A group of eight Spanish and Latin American individuals have been arrested, along with several of their associates,...