The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a suit against Chicago Crypto Capital (CCC) for allegedly defrauding investors of $1.5 million by issuing unregistered BXY tokens during the 2018...
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Dutch Police Arrested a Man for Allegedly Laundering Millions With Crypto
The cybercrime team of the Central Netherlands police arrested a 39-year-old resident of Veenendaal on suspicion of laundering tens of millions of euros via stolen cryptocurrencies. The police also su...
Residents Urged To Shelter In Place After Suspect Allegedly Spotted
Topline Canadian authorities asked residents in an indigenous community in Saskatchewan to shelter in place Tuesday, after receiving reports a suspect allegedly involved in a stabbing spree—which left...
Intoxicated Avalanche Lawyer Allegedly Plied with Alcohol
Crypto legal counselor Kyle Roche was employed with liquor by a media fixer following up for Dfinity Roche had made foes with Dfinity and its CEO subsequent to recording a legal claim against the firm...
Intoxicated Avalanche Lawyer Allegedly Plied with Alcohol by Dfinity Fixer
Avalanche lawyer Kyle Roche was served alcohol by an unscrupulous fixer working on behalf of Dfinity in order to “deceive and entrap” him. So claims Roche in response to a CryptoLeaks report that made...
Thodex crypto exchange’s CEO arrested for allegedly defrauding investors of $2.7 billion
The founder of Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex Fatih Özer has been arrested in Albania following his 2021 disappearance with funds belonging to roughly 400,000 users. Following the arrest, ext...
Tornado Cash’s Developer Allegedly Worked for a Company Linked to the FSB – crypto.news
According to information agency Kharon, Alexey Pertsev, the bitcoin mixer Tornado Cash developer, previously worked for a business connected to the Russian security agency FSB. Alexey Pertsev was char...
Russian-Speaking Immigrant Allegedly Entered Mar-A-Lago Using Fake Identity, Met With Trump, Report Says
Topline The FBI has launched an investigation into a Russian-speaking Ukrainian immigrant named Inna Yashchyshyn, who allegedly posed as a member of the Rothschild banking family to gain access to for...
Bankrupt Celsius Files Counter Lawsuit Against Trading Firms for Allegedly Stealing Crypto Assets
Embattled crypto lending firm Celsius Network is suing its former business partner and the investment firm’s co-founder for deceit, incompetence and unauthorized possession of property. In a complaint...
Kanye West Won’t Face Charges For Allegedly Punching Fan
Topline Kanye West will avoid at least one of several legal battles he’s facing as prosecutors won’t charge him for allegedly punching a fan in January in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the city atto...
Argentine Presidential Candidate Sued for Allegedly Promoting Crypto Ponzi Scheme
According to local media, investors are holding Milei personally responsible for their losses. Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is being sued for allegedly promoting a crypto scam. In Dec...
Zipmex CEO Allegedly Asked to Step Down by Disgruntled Investors
Zipmex CEO Marcus Lim is under scrutiny by investors and shareholders, some of whom are calling for his resignation. They allege mismanagement is the reason for the exchange, whose ties to embattled l...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Sued for Allegedly Promoting a Massive Crypto ‘Ponzi Scheme’ – Featured Bitcoin News
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, is facing a class action lawsuit for promoting Voyager Digital’s crypto products. The plaintiffs claim that Voyager was “a m...
Blur Finance allegedly rug pulled, investors at a combined $600K loss
Yield aggregator platform Blur Finance has allegedly been rug pulled as over $600,000 worth of tokens was withdrawn within minutes. Security firm PeckShield tweeted on August 10 that Blur Finance deve...
Treasury Sanctions Ethereum-Based Tornado Cash For Allegedly Helping To Launder More Than $7 Billion
Topline The Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a cryptocurrency firm with ties to a North Korea state-sponsored hacking group for allegedly facilitating malicious laundering—marking the latest r...
Indian Student Arrested for Allegedly Using Crypto to Fund ISIS
Last week, a student in India was arrested for allegedly using cryptocurrencies to sponsor the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group. The crypto assets involved i...
New York State Fines Crypto Wing of Robinhood $30,000,000 for Allegedly Violating Consumer Protection Laws
The state of New York is levying a fine against the crypto branch of trading giant Robinhood for allegedly violating consumer protection and anti-money laundering laws. According to a new press releas...
Exploit Allegedly Tied To A Slope Finance Bug; Slope Reacts
Pandemonium spread within the crypto community from the early hours of August 3 till the close of the day, due to the multimillion dollar hack that drained over $6 million from most Solana users’ wall...
Busan Bank Employee Allegedly Embezzles US$1.1 M
Busan Bank employee embezzled 1.48 billion Korean won That is equivalent to US$1.1 million The employee wanted to invest in BTC A representative in the unfamiliar trade group of South Korea̵...
South Korean Banker Allegedly Embezzles $1.1M to Invest in Bitcoin
An employee at the South Korean BNK Busan Bank allegedly embezzled 1.48 billion won ($1.1 million) of clients’ funds to invest in Bitcoin. Between June 9 and July 25, an employee working on the bank’s...
North Koreans Allegedly Using Fake Resumes to Steal Crypto For The Government
– Advertisement – Fake IDs and Resumes Used to Launder Cryptocurrency by People Allegedly Working For The North Korean Government. Bloomberg reports that according to interviews with cyb...
Do Kwon, Terraform Labs Face Class-Action Lawsuit for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Securities – Bitcoin News
While most of the crypto economy’s digital assets have seen significant gains this month, Terra’s luna 2.0 has been stagnant as it has shed 24.37% against bitcoin during the last 30 days. LUNA is down...
Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Violating US Sanctions – crypto.news
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Kraken has reportedly come under federal investigation by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), on the suspicion that the exchange offered se...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Allowing Iranian Sanction Evasion: Report
Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly violating a US sanction against Iran. The US has imposed restrictions on activities with Iran following the hostage crisi...
Kraken Under Probe for Allegedly Violating US Sanctions on Iran
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under federal investigation for potential violation of U.S. sanctions by allowing users in Iran and elsewhere to purchase and sell digital tokens, the New York Times ...
Kraken Investigated for Allegedly Servicing Crypto Traders in Iran: Report
A leaked internal document reportedly showed Kraken serviced 1,522 users with residences in Iran as of June It also had users in Syria and Cuba — both of which are sanctioned by the US Cryptocurrency ...
SEC Investigating Coinbase Over Allegedly Issuing Cryptocurrencies As Unregistered Securities: Report
Coinbase is facing scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over several alleged unregistered securities on its platform. According to a new Bloomberg report, the SEC’s scrutiny...
Mexican Beauty Queen Allegedly Led Cops On 9-Month Global Chase Over $1.7 Million Wine Heist At Michelin Restaurant
Topline A former beauty pageant contestant from Mexico has reportedly been arrested in Croatia after a nine-month police chase across Europe over allegations she and an accomplice stole 45 bottles of ...
3AC allegedly liable for $2.8B in creditor claims
According to Twitter user @DrSoldmanGachs, a self-proclaimed creditor of troubled Singaporean crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the now-defunct entity allegedly owes $2.8 billion in claims...