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Accused ‘Cryptoqueen’ Henchman Ordered Extradited to the United States
A U.K. Judge on Tuesday ordered OneCoin associate Christopher Hamilton to be extradited to the United States to face charges of money laundering and wire fraud stemming from the OneCoin scam. Hamilton...
MicroStrategy Stock Plunge 7.26% After Bitcoin Maxi CEO Michael Saylor Accused of Tax Evasion
– Advertisement – The stock of MicroStrategy plummeted after its founder Michael Saylor was accused of tax evasion. According to data from Google Finance, MicroStrategy stock (MSTR) is do...
Avalanche lawyer accused of wrongdoing
In some videos going around the web, Kyle Roche, a lawyer for the company behind the development of the Avalanche blockchain project, bragged about being friends with the company’s CEO and making ad h...
British National Accused in OneCoin Scam Set to Face US Extradition: Report
Robert McDonald, a co-accused, avoided extradition on human rights grounds. McDonald is the prime carer for his “extremely ill” wife and has expressed “clear and genuine suicidal int...
Celsius Accused Its Money Manager of Theft, CEL Loses 16%
Arman Shirinyan Company believes Keyfi converted assets to NFTs and used Tornado Cash to cover its tracks As the Bloomberg article based on the allegation of Celsius suggests, a former money manager f...
Accused Bitfinex Bitcoin Money Launderer Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan Speaks for the First Time Since Her Arrest – Bitcoin News
Following the federal judge’s decision to give the accused Bitfinex money launderer Heather Morgan permission to “engage in legitimate employment,” Morgan has broken her silence on social media. Morga...
Former OpenSea employee accused of insider trading files motion to dismiss indictment
Lawyers for former OpenSea head of product Nathaniel Chastain filed a motion to dismiss an indictment against him, according to court documents. Chastain was indicted by a grand jury on wire fraud and...
FDIC Accused Five Crypto Firms Including FTX.US for Misleading Marketing
Cryptocurrencies are experiencing one of the best times in terms of their popularity and adoption among individuals and institutions. Marketing and advertisements play an important role to make this p...
Russian Accused of Laundering Cryptocurrency From Ransomware Attacks Extradited to US – Bitcoin News
A Russian national suspected of laundering ransomware payments in cryptocurrency on behalf of cybercriminals targeting hospitals has been extradited to the U.S. by the Netherlands. The man was alleged...
FDIC Accused of Blocking Crypto Companies’ Access to Banks
Whistleblowers in Senator Pat Toomey’s office have accused the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) of stifling banks in their efforts to expand on crypto work. Federal regulators may have tak...
Celebrities, including Justin Bieber accused of shilling NFTs
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become very popular among celebrities. Some big names from Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Justin Bieber, etc., have all shown interest in the crypto space. However, these celebri...
Celsius CEO Accused of Controlling Crypto Company’s Trading Scheme and Placing Bad Bets – Bitcoin News
According to a recent report published on Tuesday, the Israeli-American founder and CEO of Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, was in charge of the company’s trading strategy. The report, citing multiple...
Robinhood Accused of Market Manipulation in a Class-Action Lawsuit
Robinhood, a platform supporting cryptocurrencies and stocks, is facing several allegations of market manipulation as part of a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit has been tabled by investors in nine c...
Robinhood accused of market manipulation
American trading company Robinhood has been accused of market manipulation by the US court, as ruled yesterday, 12 August, following events surrounding the Gamestop case of 2021. The platform should n...
Ethereum Miners Accused of a Consensus Level Attack on Ethereum
Recently a research paper was published that could put Ethereum miners into trouble. Israel-based Hebrew University published a research paper consisting of discoveries of initial evidence about conse...
Russian Citizen Accused of Seizing Massive Trove of Bitcoin (BTC) Extradited to United States
The Russian national who is facing crypto-related charges in the Northern District Court of California is reportedly being extradited from Greece to the US. Alexander Vinnik is known as the operator o...
Coinbase Faces Another Lawsuit, What Is the Exchange Accused of This Time?
Leading American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit with another lawsuit. This time, a group of investors claimed that the company made false and misleading statements, which caused its sto...
Former Coinbase Product Manager Accused of Insider Trading Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in Federal Court
The former Coinbase product manager accused of insider trading is reportedly pleading not guilty to the charges filed against him. According to court records, prosecutors allege that Ishan Wahi disclo...
Ex-Coinbase Employee Accused of Insider Trading Pleads Not Guilty
The accused, along with two others allegedly profited $1.1 million with inside knowledge of Coinbase token listings His lawyer has reportedly argued the charges should be dropped, as insider trading c...
Former Coinbase manager accused of insider trading pleads not guilty
A former Coinbase employee charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud has pleaded not guilty. Ishan Wahi, who served as the global product manager at the cryptocurr...
SEC’s Chair Gary Gensler Is Accused In Market Manipulation
Citadel Securities & Citadel Market Maker has accused Gary Gensler, chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), of market manipulation. As a result, Gensler is facing heavy c...
South African central bank official accused of spreading crypto misinformation
As financial institutions around the world seek ways to regulate and incorporate the cryptocurrency industry into their operations, one nation’s central bank official has been accused of spreading dam...
Embattled Crypto Brokerage Voyager Accused of False Insurance Claims by US Fed and FDIC
The US Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are accusing crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital of falsely representing its deposit insurance status. In a joint letter, ...
Man Accused Of Assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick In Jan. 6 Riot Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanors
Topline George Tanios, one of two men indicted for attacking three Capitol Police officers at the January 6 insurrection—including Brian Sicknick, who later died—pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeano...
Biden Administration Accused of Propaganda and ‘Redefining’ a Recession’s Technical Definition – Economics Bitcoin News
After people have accused bureaucrats and government agencies of changing definitions during the last few years, Joe Biden’s administration now claims that a second consecutive quarter of negative gro...
Elon Musk Accused of Affair with Sergey Brin’s Wife at Art Basel Miami
Elon Musk, crypto enthusiast at large, has been accused of having a canoodle with Mrs Google – the wife of Sergey Brin, Nicole Shanahan. Brin is an American computer scientist who co-founded Google wi...
Tax Collector Wants $55 Million From Collapsed Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme MTI — Liquidators Accused of Failing Their Duty – Coinotizia
In a fresh twist to the collapsed bitcoin Ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI) saga, revenue collector South African Revenue Services (SARS) has demanded $55.3 million from the scheme’s liq...