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Australia-Based Crypto Lender Sentenced for False Credit License Claims
21.8.2023
The Australian securities regulator recently revealed that the crypto lending platform Helio pleaded guilty to the allegation of falsely claiming to be a holder of the Australian Credit License (ACL). For admitting to committing the offense, Helio is said to have entered...
Crypto Lender Helio Sentenced for Falsely Claiming to Hold an Australian Credit Licence
18.8.2023
Australia-based cryptocurrency lender, Helio Lending Pty Ltd, has been handed a non-conviction bond after falsely claiming to hold an Australian credit license.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed that Helio falsely claimed it held a credit license in an August...
Crypto firm Helio Lending gets bond sentence over false license claims
18.8.2023
Melbourne-based crypto lender Helio Lending had previously pleaded guilty to falsely claiming it had an Australian credit license
Chinese man sentenced to 9 months in prison for buying 13K in USDT
14.8.2023
China has been harshly enforcing its crypto ban since the start of the year, cracking down on individuals and projects alike
Nevada Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Trying to Hire Hitman with Bitcoin
24.7.2023
A Nevada woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to hire a hitman using Bitcoin (BTC) to kill her ex-husband.
Kristy Lynn Felkins, the 38-year-old resident of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in March to a murder-for-hire charge as part of a deal with federal prosecutors...
Turkish Court Sentences Founder of Defunct Crypto Exchange Thodex to More Than 7 Months in Prison
20.7.2023
A Turkish court has sentenced Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, to an effective seven months and 15 days in prison. During the trial, Özer denied being an executive of the crypto exchange when the platform allegedly failed to furnish the Tax Inspection...
Thodex CEO sentenced to Turkish prison for failure to submit tax documents
18.7.2023
Faruk Fatih Özer failed to submit the requested documents to the Tax Inspection Board. He denied being Thodex’s official at the time, which prevents him from presenting the requested books
Silk Road Advisor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison While a Rogue Double-Agent Eludes Capture
12.7.2023
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, led by attorney Damian Williams, announced a 20-year prison sentence for Roger Clark. Clark was allegedly the senior advisor to the original Silk Road, an infamous darknet marketplace that operated...
Player Who Spent $1.5K On Rainbow Six Siege Sentenced For Swatting Ubisoft Studio
7.7.2023
The player responsible for a 2020 swatting incident at Ubisoft Montreal has been sentenced in French court to three years of community service, the Montreal Gazette reports. The player called in a hostage situation at the Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry studio leading to a lockdown and raid by police...
Six Samurai: Anonymous Developers Seek to Revive Terra Classic Ecosystem
27.6.2023
While the co-founder of Terraform Labs has been sentenced to four months in jail in Montenegro, a team of six anonymous developers have been attempting to revive the Terra Classic ecosystem after its collapse in May 2022. The six programmers, known as the “Six Samurai,” wholeheartedly...
Brit Gets Prison Time for Twitter Hack Impersonating Biden, Buffett in Bitcoin Scheme
26.6.2023
A U.K. citizen has been sentenced by а New York court to five years in prison for his role in a Twitter hack including the hijacking of accounts of U.S. political and business figures. The man is also responsible for the theft of large amounts of cryptocurrency in a SIM swap attack. Hacker Goes...
$794K SIM swap hacker PlugwalkJoe sentenced to five years in prison
25.6.2023
The hacker managed to steal $794,000 worth of crypto from an exchange via a SIM swap attack on an exec, but ultimately he didn’t cover his tracks well
2020 Twitter Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years on Crypto Theft, SIM Swapping Scheme
23.6.2023
Joseph O'Conner, a British man who made roughly $900,000 in an elaborate Twitter hack and a separate crypto-related SIM-swapping scheme, received a 5 year sentence from a federal judge on Friday, Inner City Press reported
Terra’s Do Kwon Receives 4-Month Jail Sentence in Montenegro for Counterfeit Passport Usage
19.6.2023
Montenegro’s court has determined that Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, is guilty of using a counterfeit Costa Rican passport. As a result, he has been sentenced to four months in jail for the offense. Do Kwon Sentenced to 122 Days in Prison, Defendant Has 8 Days to Appeal According...
Do Kwon gets 4 months in prison in Montenegro on fake passport charges
19.6.2023
Terraform Labs founder sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of using a false Costa Rican passport
Do Kwon Sentenced to 4 Months Jail in Montenegro Document Forgery Case
19.6.2023
The court has also ordered the confiscation of two Costa Rican passports, two Belgian passports and two identity cards belonging to Kwon and fellow Terra executive Han Chang-Joon
Former Minnesota Vikings Co-Owner Slapped With 75 Month Jail Term for Processing $750M Worth of Crypto Transactions
7.6.2023
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on June 5 that the former co-owner of Minnesota Vikings, Reginald Fowler, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison for processing more than $700 million of unregulated transactions on behalf of crypto exchanges. Folwer...
Today in Crypto: Twitter Hacker Extradited to US, Coinbase Employee Sentenced to Two Years in Prison, Binance Launches VIP Capital Connect Service
10.5.2023
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Former Coinbase Manager Sentenced to Two Years in Insider Trading Case
9.5.2023
A former Coinbase product manager was sentenced to two years in prison in a one-of-a-kind insider trading case.
Ishan Wahi, 32, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska on Tuesday for providing Coinbase’s confidential information about upcoming crypto...
Former Coinbase product manager behind insider trading case sentenced to 24 months in prison
9.5.2023
Ishan Wahi must surrender by June 21 to serve his sentence at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey