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Turkish Police Make 62 Arrests in Thodex Case Amid Criminal Complaints
23.4.2021
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Turkey’s police have arrested 62 persons as part of an investigation into the local crypto exchange Thodex, following thousands of criminal complaints filed by Turkish citizens who claimed they were scammed by the platform.
Prosecutors have issued arrest...
FBI Arrests 6 Free Keene Members Operating Cryptocurrency Exchange
21.3.2021
Six people involved with the Free Keene movement have been arrested and charged for allegedly operating an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business. “They operated their virtual currency exchange business using websites, as well as operating virtual currency ATM machines in...
Europol Arrests 10 Members of a Sim Swapping Criminal Gang That Stole Cryptocurrencies Worth $100 Million
11.2.2021
The European law enforcement agency, Europol, has arrested 10 people believed to be members of the criminal gang that stole cryptocurrencies with an estimated value of $100 million. The arrests follow an international investigation into a series of sim swapping attacks that occurred in 2020....
FBI arrests 24-year-old crypto trader for commodities and wire fraud
26.1.2021
The trader was both lying to investors and using an unregistered derivatives strategy on BitMex
Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hoard Last Year
2.12.2020
A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain...
‘Dozens’ of Arrests as South Korean Police Swoop on Bogus Ethereum Fund
5.11.2020
South Korean police have closed the net on an alleged ethereum (ETH) scam operation named EtherWallet, making “dozens” of arrests nationwide in suspected USD 44.5 million fraud wrap. Some 3,000 victims have been identified, the police said.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has been formally...
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...