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Crypto Investor and Influencer Arrested for Visiting Terra Founder Do Kwon’s Apartment
The unknown person visiting Terraform Labs’ founder, Do Kwon, has been identified and later arrested. According to a BBC News report, an AfreecaTV streamer who goes by “Chancers” was the desperate man...
Intruder to Terra LUNA Founder Do Kwon’s House Arrested
The Terra LUNA and UST dead down to $0, obviously could be the most highlighted tragedy upon the crypto industry for the year 2022. Many who were rich, came down crumbling. The Bitcoin (BTC) being t...
LUNA Investor Arrested for Knocking on Do Kwon’s Door After Losing $2.4 Million in Terra Crash – Featured Bitcoin News
A crypto investor has been arrested after knocking on Do Kwon’s door following the collapse of cryptocurrency terra (LUNA) and stablecoin terrausd (UST). He lost about $2.4 million and is now under in...
New York crypto company CEO arrested by FBI, charged with fraud
The CEO of a New York City cryptocurrency company was arrested by the FBI on Thursday and charged with running a $59 million fraud scheme. A criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court charged...
Crypto CEO Arrested in New York for Wire Fraud Offences
Eddy Alexandre, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of EminiFx, has been arrested by law enforcement agents as he faces charges bothering on one count each of commodities and wire fraud respective...
Suspect Arrested in Hong Kong for Scamming Crypto Trader out of HK$1.5M
On Tuesday, a Hong Kong man was arrested for stealing HK$1.5M from a female trader in Tsim Sha Tsui, an urban district in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. A 24-year-old man was arrested by Hong Kong polic...
Major Israeli FX affiliate understood to be arrested
Finance Magnates understands through unconfirmed reports that an as-yet-unnamed affiliate based in Israel has been arrested on suspicion of alleged money laundering. In a police raid believed to have ...
South Korean Crypto Exec Arrested for Leaking Military Secrets to North: Report
The chief executive of a crypto exchange has been arrested in South Korea for allegedly leaking military secrets to North Korea, according to several reports. The executive is one of two individuals a...
Man behind CatSle NFTs is arrested by South korean police
The capital of South Korea Metropolitan Police Agency’s cyber bureau has arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly defrauding 9 investors of 210 million KRW (US$165,798) over the sale of non-fungible t...
Why The CEO Of A Crypto Exchange Was Arrested For Leaking Secrets To North Korea
Per a report from a local news media, the CEO of an unnamed South Korean crypto exchange platform was arrested for his alleged connection to an espionage operation. The executive was acting as an inte...
Another 6 Members of Finiko Crypto Pyramid Arrested in Russia – Bitcoin News
Russian law enforcement authorities have detained six more members and executives of the notorious crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko. Police in the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia proper have conducted doze...
Securities Firm’s CEO Arrested in Vietnam for Market Manipulation
Vietnam is taking action against violations in the stocks, bonds and properties. The recent crackdown, ordered by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is aiming to improve the image of Vietnam in the eyes o...
Rapper A$AP Rocky Arrested In Connection To 2021 Shooting
Topline Rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon in connection to a 2021 shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department ann...
‘The Flash’ Actor Ezra Miller Arrested For Second Time In One Month
Topline Actor Ezra Miller, known for their roles in the Fantastic Beasts and the Justice League movies, was arrested for alleged assault Tuesday, the second time in less than one month the star has be...
Illegal Crypto Mining Can Get Miners Arrested, Their Business License Revoked In Iran
Bitcoin and controversy go hand in hand ever since the advent of the crypto asset. Today, Countries around the world are seeking to regulate the booming crypto industry. The authorities in Iran banne...
Alleged Hydra Administrator Dmitry Pavlov Reportedly Arrested In Russia – Bitcoin News
A district court in Moscow has arrested a man whom local media reports identify as Dmitry Pavlov, alleged administrator of the recently shut down darknet market Hydra. Russian authorities believe he h...
NYC Subway Shooting Suspect Frank James Arrested Thanks To Crime Stoppers Tip
Topline Frank R. James, 62, the suspect in Tuesday’s subway shooting in Brooklyn that left 10 people shot and 29 injured, was arrested Wednesday following a manhunt including hundreds of law enforceme...
New York Lt. Gov. Benjamin Arrested For Campaign Finance Fraud
Topline New York Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin, the second highest-ranking official in the state, was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities on bribery and fraud charges involving alleged illegal donati...
Scammer connected to $160 million crypto fraud arrested
TL; DR Breakdown Scammer incarcerated in $160 million crypto fraud The scammer was connected to the Morris scam India records a high rate of crypto frauds Authorities in India have apprehended a scamm...
Seven Men from Hong Kong Arrested Following Alleged Kidnapping of Crypto Trader
Seven members alleged to be members of the Hong Kong triad have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader. The trader was held last year for ransom that amounted to ro...
Two NFT Rugpullers Arrested for a $1.1 Million NFT Scam
The US Justice Department announced that two men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering “in connection with a million-dollar scheme to defraud purchasers of NFTs a...
Brothers Have Been Arrested In Connection With Such A $124 Million Fraud Allegations Involving A Mining Coin
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged John Albert Loar Barksdale and his sister JonAtina (Tina) Barksdale with breaking federal securities laws and cheating at least 12,000 retail inves...
Anti-War Protesters Around The World Rally In Support Of Ukraine
Topline People around the world have taken to the streets in solidarity with Ukraine, condemning Russia after it launched an invasion against its neighbor on Thursday and urging governments to take st...
‘Ether Trade Asia’ Director, Nishid Wasnik Arrested
Law enforcements in India busted an organized cryptocurrency group that is accused of defrauded investors. It is estimated that the alleged scammers defrauded over Rs 400 million. Q4 2021 volumes have...
Couple Arrested for Role in 2016 Bitfinex Crypto Hack
The Justice Department has arrested a couple in New York for their alleged participation in a crypto scam that occurred roughly six years ago. Ilya Lichtenstein – age 34 – and his wife Heather Morgan,...
Crypto Weekly Roundup: Bitfinex Hackers Arrested, Russia To Legalize Crypto, Binance Invests In Forbes, Sequoia Invests In Polygon, And More
It has been an exciting week in crypto. A comedy-rapper and her husband have been arrested in New York over money laundering charges in connection to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, where around 120,000 BTCs ...
Hack to Bitfinex, who are the two arrested
Their names have been revealed directly by the US Department of Justice: Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, the two arrested for the hack at Bitfinex in 2016. The charges agains...
Heather Morgan & Ilya Lichtenstein arrested for crypto laundering — Quartz
On Feb. 8, the US Justice Department announced that Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested and charged for conspiracy to launder stolen cryptocurrency worth an estimated $4.5 billion. The ...
“Comedy Rapper” And Husband Arrested For 2016 Bitfinex Hack
A New York couple was arrested on charges of money laundering and theft over the 2016 hack of the crypto exchange Bitfinex, where around $4.5 billion were stolen. BTC Recovered, Arrests Made In a sta...