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Arthur Hayes & Co Run BitMEX Illegally - CFTC
1.10.2020
Arthur Hayes. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Distributed
Three owners of major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX and five related companies charged with operating an unregistered trading platform and violating multiple regulations, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said...
CFTC charges BitMex with illegally operating derivatives exchange
1.10.2020
Not being incorporated in the U.S. did not help the popular platform
CFTC Charges Firm With Illegally Providing Leveraged Trading of Crypto, Gold
28.9.2020
A Caribbean firm is in hot water with the CFTC for allegedly allowing U.S. retail investors to partake in leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies and precious metals
SWIFT Says Criminals Prefer Cash for Money Laundering, Not Cryptocurrency
10.9.2020
A new report by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) says cryptocurrency is seldom used for money laundering activities compared to fiat or other traditional methods. Despite the perception that crypto assets are a preferred haven for illegally acquired funds...
3 People Arrested in Hong Kong for Cheating Bitcoin ATMs
16.8.2020
The authorities in Hong Kong have arrested three people in connection with robberies from six bitcoin ATMs after two cryptocurrency exchanges reported funds being illegally withdrawn from them. 6 Bitcoin ATMs Targeted The Hong Kong Police Force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau...
IT Exec at Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office Illegally Mined Crypto on Office Systems
27.2.2020
An IT expert at a Ukrainian prosecutor’s office used the office’s systems to illegally mine cryptocurrency and provide placement to third parties
Warren Buffett Slates Bitcoin, Denies Owning Crypto Gifted by Justin Sun
24.2.2020
“I don’t have any bitcoin. I don’t own any cryptocurrency, I never will … You can’t do anything with it except sell it to somebody else.” So claimed Warren Buffet in an interview this week on CNBC. Over the course of the two-minute segment, the billionaire...
Traders Accused of Illegally Collecting $56 Million in Bitcoin for Loan Scheme
22.5.2019
Two OTC traders in China have been accused of illegally soliciting over 7,000 bitcoin in deposits for a supposed loan offering