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Bitcoin Proceeds of COVID-19 Business Support Scheme Fraud Seized

14.8.2020
The $150,000 worth of Bitcoin was allegedly being used to launder money gained through fraudulent support loan applications on behalf of dummy businesses

US Agency Says Chinese Drug Traffickers Used Bitcoin to Launder Proceeds

17.7.2020
The U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control has sanctioned four Chinese residents, claiming they helped launder drug proceeds using bitcoin

New York Man Charged With Trafficking Credit Card Info, Using Bitcoin to Launder Proceeds

28.5.2020
Vitalii Antonenko, 28, has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling reams of payment card data, the proceeds of which he laundered in bitcoin

CryptoSlots donates all proceeds from new slot to the fight against coronavirus

1.5.2020
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US Says Venezuelan President Maduro Hid Massive Drug Ring Proceeds in Crypto

26.3.2020
Nicolas Maduro and his crypto supervisor were two of the Venezuelan officials indicted Thursday on claims they used crypto to conceal the profits from drug running

US State Wants to Legally Seize Unclaimed Cryptocurrencies Left at Custodians

15.3.2020
The U.S. state of Illinois has advanced a bill to consider unclaimed cryptocurrencies at custodians abandoned after five years. The coins will then be liquidated and the proceeds remitted to the State Treasurer. The cryptocurrency owners will have no recourse against the custodians or the state....

Tokyo Police Arrest 2 Men for Buying Cryptocurrency Tied to $530M Coincheck Hack

11.3.2020
Tokyo police arrested two individuals on Wednesday for acquiring stolen NEM from the 2018 Coincheck hack. On Jan. 26, 2018, the Japanese trading platform Coincheck noticed an “illicit transfer” of 523,000,000 NEM and it was the largest cryptocurrency exchange hack since Mt Gox....

Ireland Seizes Bitcoin Stash Worth $56M But Can’t Sell for 7 Years

20.2.2020
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized 6,000 BTC from a Dublin resident who was accused of growing cannabis on property located in the Wicklow Mountain region. The police found around €450,000 of marijuana plants but the €52 million ($56.1M) of BTC was the biggest...

Officials Arrest US Resident for Allegedly Laundering Drug Proceeds With Crypto

20.2.2020
A "large-scale" money laundering organization is allegedly using cryptocurrency to wash the proceeds from drug sales, according to a DEA agent's complaint

Maduro Opens Crypto Casino in Venezuela

20.1.2020
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has authorized the opening of a casino at a luxury hotel in Caracas where bets must be placed in petros, the country’s national oil-backed digital currency. Several cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies can be exchanged into petros to wager in...

Judge Rules Snowden Must Give Book Proceeds to US Government

21.12.2019
A U.S. district judge has ruled that former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden must turn over the proceeds of his new book to the U.S. government. According to the ruling, Snowden failed to obtain clearance for the materials and information used in his book. The same judge previously ruled...

New York Court Proceeds Against Man Allegedly Linked to OneCoin

21.12.2019
A New York court continues the proceedings against man accused of laundering about $400 million of OneCoin Ponzi proceedings

International Law Enforcement Conference Addresses Crypto and the ‘Criminal Economy’

15.11.2019
The 2019 National Proceeds of Crime Conference (NPOCC) held in Brisbane, Australia from November 13-15 addressed “Globalisation and Digitisation of the Criminal Economy,” and featured 200+ delegates hearing from representatives of organizations such as the Australian Federal Police...

Satoshi ‘Nakamolto’ Emerges With Great Hair and Questionable Claims

3.11.2019
A viral video taken at a Las Vegas event has put self-claimed “Bitcoin co-founder” Jörg Molt in the spotlight this past week. A Twitter user in the space known for hair trigger accusations calls Molt a scammer in the video, and Molt proceeds to knock off the guy’s baseball...

Tax Form to Report Revenues From Cryptocurrency Trading Issued in Poland

26.10.2019
Authorities in Poland have clarified the taxation of revenues received from cryptocurrency exchange transactions. The Ministry of Finance has recently published a 2019 tax form that has a dedicated section where taxpayers are expected to declare separately proceeds from crypto trading. Also read:...

RBI Ban Stops Indian Police From Cashing Out Seized Crypto

4.10.2019
The effects of banking restrictions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have reached an Indian police department. The police sold some cryptocurrencies they seized only to find out that they cannot access the Rs 8.42 crore (~$1.2 million) proceeds due to the current RBI banking ban. Also read:...

Global Law Enforcement Has Auctioned Massive Amounts of Bitcoin

3.10.2019
Last month, the U.K. police auctioned off roughly $300,000 worth of cryptocurrencies after they were confiscated by the country’s Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU). Since 2014, law enforcement agencies worldwide have been auctioning large sums of bitcoin seized during...