Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Bitkub, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and four other offenders of their alleged involvement in wash trading. The indivi...
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China E-Commerce Billionaire Richard Liu Settles Alleged Rape Case
JD.com Chairman Richard Liu in 2016. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP China billionaire Richard Liu, founder and chairman of e-commerce site JD.com, has settled a lawsuit...
US SEC Charges Two Firms for Alleged Crypto Pump and Dump Scheme
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused two companies, their executives, and a supposed international gold trader, of running a fraudulent scheme to boost demand for the...
SEC Charges Crypto Firms for Alleged Scam With ‘Gold-Backed’ Ethereum DIG Token
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hasn’t forgotten about the 2017 ICO craze. The SEC filed charges on Friday against four men behind Bermudan company Arbitrade Ltd., Canadian firm Cryptobont...
On-Chain Sleuth Alleged Crypto Influencer of Fraud
On September 29th, 2022, on-chain investigator ZachXBT alleged famous crypto influencer Lark Davis of being involved in crypto pump and dump schemes. Following the allegations, Davis reported to deny ...
Thai SEC Sues Bitkub Crypto Exchange For Alleged Wash Trade
Thailand was the first in Southeast Asia to implement digital-assets regulations in 2018. The move attracted investors to cryptocurrencies. After that, however, the crypto industry started facing setb...
Do Kwon Refutes the Claims of Alleged BTC Transfer
Do Kwon asserts he had no participation in the alleged transfer of 3,310 BTCs to KuCoin and OKX. South Korean authorities recently asked Interpol to issue a red notice on Kwon. Do Kwon, the founder, a...
South Korea Seizes $184 Million in Crypto Assets From Alleged Tax Dodgers, Reports Reveal – Taxes Bitcoin News
The government in South Korea has seized cryptocurrency worth around $184 million in two years due to tax arrears, according to local media. The authorities in Seoul started confiscating virtual asset...
Kraken’s New CEO Says No Plans to Delist Alleged “Securities” or Register With SEC
Dave Ripley, the incoming chief executive officer (CEO) of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, said the company has no plans to delist crypto assets allegedly classified as securities by the U.S. Securiti...
Alleged Teenage ‘TeaPot’ Uber Hacker Arrested In England
Topline The 17-year-old believed to be “TeaPot,” who hacked Uber and is believed to be behind another hack of Rockstar Games this month, was arrested in England on Friday, accused of infiltrating the ...
Malta lawyer investigated over bitcoin sent to alleged murderer of Daphne Galizia
A prominent lawyer from Malta is being investigated by the US and Maltese authorities over a bitcoin transaction made to suspected criminal Yorgen Fenech. The funds were allegedly used to purchase a f...
Utah Man Charged With 7 Felonies in Connection to Alleged $1.7M Crypto Mining Scam
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says James Wolfgramm, 43, of Spanish Fork, Utah, wooed his victims by portraying himself on social media as “a multimillionaire who made his fortune in cryptocurrency.”...
Beyond Meat suspends COO after alleged nose biting incident
Beyond Meat (BYND) has suspended its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Doug Ramsey after he was arrested this past weekend for allegedly biting a man’s nose. The alleged incident took place inside an Arka...
Take-Two shares plunge during premarket after alleged ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ leak
Shares of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) have plunged after reports emerged that the company’s upcoming installment of Grand Theft Auto VI installment leaked online. The shares dropped almost 6%...
US SEC Sues Owner of Alleged Ponzi-Like Cryptocurrency Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a lawsuit again two advisory companies and their owner for running a Ponzi-like cryptocurrency scheme. The firms operated for over four years and manage...
Uber Say It’s Responding To ‘Cybersecurity Incident’ After Alleged Hack Of Internal Databases
Topline Uber on Thursday said it was investigating a “cybersecurity incident” and has informed law enforcement after an alleged hacker claimed to have breached the company’s internal databases, a deve...
Dutch Police Unveil Alleged Money Laundering Using Crypto
6 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The arrest of the criminal was noted on the website of the Dutch police force. This person is suspected of using a malicious Electrum wallet software update. Cen...
Kanye West Ye Yeezy terminates deal with Gap over alleged contract violations
Kanye West and daughter North West attends the “Yeezy Season 8” show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 02, 2020 in Paris, France. Arnold Jerocki |...
SEC Sues Crypto Broker Owner, Salesmen for Alleged Fraud
The firm’s owner Brian Amoah and two other staff weren’t registered as broker-dealers Investors were charged undisclosed markups and weren’t told about financial troubles with BXY’s issuer The Securit...
Alleged Bitcoin Launderer ‘Razzlekhan’ Wants Access to Crypto Wallets for Tax Purposes
Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, who, along with her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, is accused of laundering 119,754 Bitcoin stolen during the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex back in 2016, has asked ...
Lawyer of Alleged Crypto Launderer Vinnik Calls on Russia to Talk Prisoner Swap With US – Bitcoin News
A lawyer representing Russian IT specialist Alexander Vinnik has urged the government in Moscow to discuss a potential exchange of prisoners with the United States, where he was recently extradited. T...
Indian Police Arrest Two Suspected of Duping 1,400 in Alleged $12M Crypto Scam
“In court, while securing custody, we stated that based on currently available information the scam is worth 6 crore ($750,000), but we estimate the amount to be upwards of 50 crore and below 10...
Alleged Bitcoin Launderer’s Lawyer Seeks Prisoner Swap With Russia
Vinnik’s psychiatrists said he has partial loss of memory due to the stress of isolation He faces 55 years in prison, which the lawyer said equals a life sentence Alexander Vinnik, the purported bitco...
Crypto whale alleged to be Saylor sent over 200K BTC to exchanges in July
A Bitcoin (BTC) whale sent over 200,000 BTC to Coinbase between July 18 and July 21, according to a tweet from CryptoVinco on Sept. 5. One of the biggest #Bitcoin whales with over 200K+ $BTC sent ALL ...
Wells Fargo Fined $22 Million for Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation
Wells Fargo & Co. was fined more than $22 million by the U.S. Labor Department for allegedly firing a senior manager in its commercial banking unit after the employee reported concerns about misco...
Alleged Crypto Thief Alexander Vinnik Sent to the U.S.
Alexander Vinnik – a Russian national that a few years back, was sentenced to spending five years in a Paris prison for crypto crimes – is being sent from Greece to the United States where he will fac...
MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor Sued for Alleged Tax Fraud in Washington, D.C.
By Vicky Ge Huang and Richard Rubin Aug. 31, 2022 6:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The District of Columbia attorney general sued Michael Saylor, the founder and chairman of software intellige...
DC Attorney General Sues Billionaire Michael Saylor and Microstrategy Over Alleged Tax Fraud — Seeks $100 Million – Taxes Bitcoin News
The attorney general of the District of Columbia has sued Microstrategy’s co-founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor, for tax fraud. The lawsuit also names Microstrategy as a defendant “allegin...
Michael Saylor & MicroStrategy Face Lawsuit for Alleged Tax Fraud in District of Columbia
A DC attorney has brought a tax fraud case against MicroStrategy and its co-founder, which could amount to several million dollars. District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is accusing MicroS...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Addresses Rumors Spread by Alleged Whistleblower
The CEO of payments firm Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, is speaking out on allegations made against him by a crypto whistleblower. The whistleblower known as Crypto Leaks alleged that attorney Kyle Roche ...