Eva Kaili, a vice president of the European Parliament and a crypto enthusiast, was arrested by Belgian police in connection with a suspected corruption scheme involving Qatar, AFP reported. The...
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Ex-Blockparty CTO Arrested for Stealing Company’s Bitcoin
A former chief technology officer of NFT platform Blockparty was arrested and charged for allegedly extorting $1 million, which he agreed to hold in his account while the company looked for a banking ...
Leader of Suspected Russian Ponzi Scheme Is Arrested in UAE: Report
Finiko was popular in Russia in 2020-2021, marketing itself as a crypto investment fund. The company, which had been conducting public events and openly advertising itself, operated as a multilevel ma...
Suspects Arrested In Migos Rapper Takeoff’s Murder, Police Say
Topline Houston police arrested two people in connection to the death of rapper Takeoff, one of the members of the hugely successful rap trio Migos who was killed last month, authorities said at a pre...
Terra Luna Co-Founders To Be Arrested?
LUNC News Updates: Legal trouble seems to be mounting up for the Terra Labs Co-founders and executives. Reports suggest that South Korean Prosecutors have issued arrest warrants against several Terra ...
SBF Likely To Get Lighter Sentence If Arrested, Predicts XRP Lawyer
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) led the FTX crash has caused a heavy dent in the digital asset market. As the FTX contagion is on a spread, the crypto community and leaders have called out watchdogs for letti...
Two Estonians Arrested for Allegedly Running a $575 Million Crypto Fraud
The Estonian police arrested two individuals in the country’s capital Tallinn for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency scam. According to the prosecution, Sergei Potapenko and Iv...
Arrested Tornado Cash Developer’s Next Hearing After 3 Months
10 seconds ago | 2 mins read Altcoin News The developer was taken into custody on August 12 for alleged money laundering. Pertsev must remain in detention for an additional three months. On Tuesday, a...
Two Arrested For $575m Crypto Fraud
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Fraud in the cryptocurrency sector has persisted despite the volatility seen across the crypto industry this year. On Monday, Est...
HashFlare founders arrested in $575M crypto scam
Two of the founders of HashFlare, a Bitcoin cloud mining service that is no longer active, have been arrested in Estonia on suspicion of being engaged in a crypto fraud scheme with a potential loss of...
Defunct HashFlare Co-founders Arrested For Crypto Fraud
2 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The mining firm shut down a substantial chunk of its mining activities in July 2018. The whole mining operation was part of a “multi-faceted scheme” as per U.S D...
Netherlands man arrested for allegedly laundering money with bitcoin
A man in the Netherlands was arrested for allegedly laundering money using bitcoin. Prosecutors claim there were links to trading on the dark web. The 42-year-old man, from the municipality of M...
Two arrested in Estonia for $575 million crypto fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested two Estonian citizens in Tallinn, Estonia for their alleged multi-layered scheme based on shell companies used to launder fraud proceeds. The 18-count indic...
HashFlare founders arrested in ‘astounding’ $575M crypto fraud scheme
The two founders of the now-defunct Bitcoin cloud miner HashFlare have been arrested in Estonia over their alleged involvement in a $575 million crypto fraud conspiracy. HashFlare was a cloud mining c...
Two Estonians Arrested for Running $500 Million Ponzi Scheme
Two Estonian Ponzi scheme fraudsters were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, on Nov. 21, 2022, for duping investors out of $575 million. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin lured victims through false crypto...
FBI seeks victims of defunct Bitcoin mining platform as two arrested
Two Estonians were arrested for allegedly committing crypto fraud worth over $575 million The accused are the figures behind now-defunct Bitcoin cloud-mining service provider – HashFlare They allegedl...
Ohio Investment Manager Arrested for Allegedly Running a $10M Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
Rathnakishore Giri, a 27-year-old investment manager living in New Albany, Ohio, was arrested on Friday on criminal charges for alleging running a cryptocurrency investment scam that raised at least $...
Co-Founder of Russia’s Largest Crypto Pyramid Finiko Arrested in UAE – Bitcoin News
One of the founders of Russia’s most notorious Ponzi scheme in recent times, Finiko, is in detention in the United Arab Emirates, according to a Russian media report. The close associate of the crypto...
Tyson Foods CFO arrested for public intoxication, falling asleep in wrong house
John Tyson mugshot Source: Washington County, Arkansas Tyson Foods CFO John Tyson was arrested early Sunday in Arkansas after allegedly becoming intoxicated and falling asleep in the wrong house. Tyso...
Suspect Arrested For Breaking Into Arizona Democratic Gov. Candidate’s Office
Topline A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly breaking into Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign office, police announced Thursday, a crime that the Democratic candidat...
Iranian Bitcoin Advocate Arrested by Local Security Forces
Ziya Sadr, an Iranian Bitcoin advocate, has been arrested by Iranian security forces. Multiple sources disclosed the matter, which was reported on Sunday. According to sources, the arrest occurred on ...
Terra manager arrested in South Korea
South Korean authorities have reportedly arrested Terra’s Head of General Affairs, according to local press reports. Arrests continue in the Terra investigation The hands of justice are being tightene...
Arrested Tornado Cash developer to stay in jail after appeal rejected: Exclusive
Alexey Pertsev, a Tornado Cash developer arrested in August by Dutch authorities over allegations of facilitating money laundering, is to stay in jail for at least another two months after his appeal ...
Cybercriminal Group Suspected For Laundering $5.6 Billion arrested in China
Cybercriminals have also ramped up their practices to commit fraud Criminals are alleged to launder 40 billion yuan Police has arrested a group of 93 people Since the developing crypto issues, high e...
Thodex Crypto Exchange Founder Arrested in Europe
Faruk Fatih Ozer – the alleged founder of Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex – has been arrested in the European nation of Albania and is now on the verge of being sent back to Turkey where he wil...
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 ...
Russia Drafting Arrested Protesters Into The Military
Topline Some Russian anti-war protesters who were arrested Wednesday have been conscripted into the military, according to multiple reports, after demonstrating against President Vladimir Putin’...
Navy Bribery Mastermind ‘Fat Leonard’ Arrested In Venezuela After Fleeing U.S. House Arrest
Topline A Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard”, who conned the U.S. military out of tens of millions of dollars and sat at the center of a sprawling corruption scheme, has been arrested in Vene...
Beyond Meat COO Doug Ramsey arrested for allegedly biting man’s nose
Douglas Ramsey Source: Washington County, Arkansas Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey was arrested this weekend after allegedly biting a man’s nose in an Arkansas parking garage fol...
Dutch Police arrested a man for laundering ‘tens of million’ worth of crypto
A 39-year-old man from Venendal got arrested by the cybercrime team of Central Netherlands Police on dubiety of laundering tens of millions of euros by looted cryptocurrency. Police also claimed that ...
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...