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Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority Wants Government to Formulate a Crypto Regulatory Framework
25.5.2021
Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) says it wants the country’s Finance Ministry to help formulate a regulatory framework for crypto service providers. According to the FIA, this call for the government’s intervention has prompted by the Ugandan crypto industry’s...
John McAfee’s Bodyguard Pleads Not Guilty in the $13M Crypto Fraud Case
25.3.2021
The legal tussle between the U.S. authorities and John McAfee continues as his associate Jimmy Watson has entered a plea. The former antivirus tycoon’s bodyguard has pleaded not guilty to the alleged cryptocurrency fraud case. McAfee and Watson Jr. Are Accused of Having Built a ‘Pump...
Crypto Players Plea for More Opposition to FinCEN Regulation Proposal
29.12.2020
Industry players are urging the crypto community to mount an assault on Washington in a bid to halt an under-fire proposal from the US Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The proposal seeks to require crypto operators to abide by regulations used to police...
OneCoin marketing guru in plea talks
19.12.2020
The "public face of OneCoin" is in plea talks for a range of charges
Urgent plea to prevent auction of $1.6B Bitcoin seized from Silk Road hacker
18.12.2020
Pierre Rochard has made an “urgent” plea to lawmakers to instead create a strategic Bitcoin reserve and fill it with BTC seized by law enforcement
Reginald Fowler May Reopen Plea Talks in Crypto Capital Case
16.10.2020
The "shadow banker" previously balked at prosecutors' $371 million forfeiture demand
Crypto Capital's NFL defendant open to guilty plea, but not for $371M
16.10.2020
A former NFL team owner has been asked to pay $371M as part of a plea deal over bank fraud, illegal money transfers, and wire fraud. He's not interested
Disgraced Lobbyist Abramoff Will Pay $55K as Part of Guilty Plea in SEC Case
16.7.2020
In the civil case against him, Abramoff owes $55,000, but the judgment in the criminal case remains to be seen
Prosecutors Expect Guilty Plea From Alleged $7m Crypto Fraudster
9.7.2020
The operator of an allegedly fraudulent crypto escrow scheme accused of misappropriating $7 million from two clients is expected to plead guilty in September
Reginald Fowler Rejects Plea Deal in Crypto ‘Shadow Bank’ Case
3.2.2020
Reginald Fowler has rejected a plea deal with the U.S. government in an ongoing case that accuses him of operating "shadow bank" services tied to crypto exchanges
Fowler May Change ‘Not Guilty’ Plea in Crypto Capital Laundering Case
19.12.2019
Crypto Capital principal Reginald Fowler is expected to plead guilty to at least one charge stemming from allegations he ran an unlicensed money services business
US Judge Denies Customer’s Plea to Quash IRS Bitstamp Inquiry
28.11.2019
A Washington Western District Court judge has rejected petitioner William Zietzke’s appeal to stop the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from accessing his Bitstamp trade data. An IRS summons invoked Zietzke to file a petition to quash the tax agency’s investigation into his private...
OneCoin Founder’s Brother Faces 90-Year Jail Term After Plea Deal
14.11.2019
The brother of OneCoin's infamous "Cryptoqueen," Konstantin Ignatov has reached a plea deal with U.S. authorities
Crypto Lending Platforms Prepare to Assail the Banking System
30.8.2019
The battle lines have been drawn and the troops assembled. On the one side stands the combined might of the banking cartels, centuries of deeply entrenched financial infrastructure supporting them. And on the other side stands a handful of crypto companies armed with little more than a passionate...
Judge Rejects Multimillion Dollar Asset Plea in Vanbex Crypto Fraud Case
20.8.2019
A Supreme Court judge in Canada has upheld the seizure of assets in a crypto fraud case
Bitcoin History Part 15: Silk Road Is Born
18.8.2019
Silk Road launched in February 2011 as the darknet’s first bitcoin-based marketplace. Within four months, it would be the darknet’s most notorious site whose reputation extended all the way to the U.S. Senate. The origins of the drugs marketplace can be traced back further, however,...
Dark Web Drug Dealer to Hand Over Bitcoin Millions After Plea Deal
29.7.2019
A dark web drug dealer must forfeit $4 million in funds including bitcoin after pleading guilty in New York
Mixing Service Bitcoin Blender Quits After Bestmixer Takedown
1.6.2019
On May 27, cryptocurrency supporters learned that the anonymous BTC mixer Bitcoin Blender would be shutting down. The news follows the recent closure of Bestmixer.io after it was seized by global law enforcement. Also read: Plea Bargain Means Silk Road 2 Admin Will Likely See No Prison Time Bitcoin...
Plea Bargain Means Silk Road 2 Admin Will Likely See No Prison Time
1.6.2019
Following the sentencing of Thomas White, the founder of the Silk Road 2 (SR2) marketplace during the first week of April, another SR2 administrator may evade prosecution. According to reports, SR2 admin Blake Benthall cooperated with global law enforcement and may only face fines for avoiding...