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France arrests a duo involved in Platypus attack, details inside
French police have arrested two people in connection with an attack on the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Platypus. Platypus stated that it has recovered 2.4 million USDC and 687,000 BUSD out o...
Europol arrests 5 Bitzlato senior executives
European Union police agency (Europol) said it arrested five senior executives of the sanctioned Bitzlato exchange. The EU agency said Jan. 23 that the people arrested include the CEO, financial direc...
United States DoJ arrests founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato
The U.S DoJ arrested Bitzlato founder Anatoly Legkodymo in Miami last night The crypto exchange was pulled up for being a hub for criminal activity The U.S FinCEN announced that the crypto exchange wa...
Bitzlato Exchange Busted as US Deals ‘Blow to Crypto Crime,’ Arrests Owner – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, better known to the Russian-speaking segment of the market, has been taken down as part of an “international cryptocurrency enforcement action,” the U.S. Justice Depa...
European Agency arrests 15 people and seized 1Mn USD worth crypto assets
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) made an announcement about striking on online scams involved in the illicit activities. Surprisingly, the network operating these sc...
Europol Arrests 15 in Massive Cryptocurrency Scam Crackdown: $1 Million Seized
On November 13, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) announced that it had successfully cracked down on a criminal network engaged in online scams through call centers. ...
Europol Seizes $1 Million, Arrests 15 In Massive Call Center Fraud
European authorities detained 15 suspected crypto scam individuals and shuttered a large-scale operation of call center networks that allegedly stole hundreds of millions of euros from victims by sell...
US Arrests ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFT Creator in $3M ‘Rug Pull’ Scheme to Defraud Crypto Investors – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. government has arrested and charged the creator of “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for allegedly defrauding crypto investors. “The purchasers were ‘rug pulled,’” the Depa...
DOJ Arrests 24-Year Old in an Alleged NFT Fraud
With the increasing number of fraudulent acts in the NFT market, no one can vouch for the entire market to be an authentic place to make investment. The United States Department of Justice recently ch...
Iran Arrests Famous Actress Who Called Execution ‘Disgrace To Humanity’
Topline Iranian authorities have arrested actress Taraneh Alidoosti, the star of the 2016 Oscar-Award-winning film “The Salesman,” on charges of spreading falsehoods after she posted on Instagram that...
China Arrests 63 Gang Members For Laundering $1.7B With Crypto
Chinese authorities have arrested a gang of 63 people for laundering 12 billion Yuan ($1.7 billion) using crypto. According to local media reports, the Horqin Branch of the Public Security Bureau of T...
U.S. Arrests Lockerbie Bombing Suspect 34 Years After Deadly Scottish Plane Attack
Topline The FBI has arrested a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it detonated on a plane flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, multiple outlets reported—t...
China Arrests 63 For Laundering $1.7B With Crypto
Chinese authorities have arrested a gang of 63 people for laundering 12 billion Yuan ($1.7 billion) using crypto. According to local media reports, the Horqin Branch of the Public Security Bureau of T...
FBI Arrests Crypto Founder For Stealing $1Mn, Used It On Parties
The former chief technology officer and co-founder of Blockparty, a blockchain events startup, has been arrested by authorities in the United States on suspicion of stealing more than $1 Million worth...
FBI arrests blockchain startup CTO for allegedly stealing over $1 million
U.S. authorities have arrested the former chief technology officer and co-founder of Blockparty, a blockchain events startup, for allegedly stealing over $1 million of crypto and fiat from the firm. ...
Germany Arrests 25 Far-Right Terror Suspects—They Were Influenced By QAnon And Plotting To Overthrow Government
Topline German police on Wednesday arrested 25 people suspected of being involved in a far-right terror plot to overthrow the country’s government that was influenced by conspiracy movements like QAno...
U.K. police arrests 100 criminals using Bitcoin records – crypto.news
The UK Metropolitan police arrested about 100 cyber criminals involved in a £50 million worldwide ‘bank spoofing’ scam on Thursday, November 24. The conmen were identified by tracing bitcoin records, ...
UK’s ‘biggest ever’ scam leads to 100 arrests after police track bitcoin records
More than 100 people were arrested in what the London’s Metropolitan Police calls “the UK’s biggest ever fraud operation” after taking down a fraud website called iSpoof used on 200,000 potential vict...
Estonian Police Arrests Two Scammers In $575 Million Scheme
The crypto industry has seen massive growth in recent years. And since the mainstream adoption accelerated, cybercriminals and scammers also ramped up their efforts to deceive innocent users in crypto...
Ripple price analysis: Bearish momentum arrests price function at $0.464. What’s next for XRP?
Ripple price analysis shows a bearish trend for today. The bears have taken over the price charts once again and have reduced the price level to 0.464, as market sentiment is bearish towards XRP/USD. ...
South Korea tightens circle on Do Kwon, arrests his aide
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon‘s aide, Yoo Mo, has been arrested by South Korean officials for fraud and market manipulation. At the same time, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave Kwon 14 d...
China Arrests Cybercriminal Group Suspected For Laundering $5.6 Billion
Since the growing crypto issues, high inflation, and happenings like the Terra collapse have shocked the world, law enforcement agencies, including China, have been working actively to protect users a...
China arrests 93 people suspected of laundering 40B RMB via crypto
China’s Hengyang County Public Security Bureau arrested 93 suspects involved in laundering 40 billion RMB via cryptocurrencies, local media reported on Sept. 25. According to the report, the criminal ...
Arrests At Border Will Set New Record In 2022—Driven By Surge From Distant Countries
Topline Arrests at the southern border will set new records this year, a trend driven partly by a massive surge in migration from impoverished parts of Central and South America, as more people travel...
Indian Police Arrests Crypto Fraudster Accused Of $31 Million Scam
Notably, the cryptocurrency industry expanded its boundaries in India in recent years. But unfortunately, cybercriminals and crypto fraudsters also ramped up their efforts to loot investors’ hard-earn...
China Arrests Hundreds in Nation’s Biggest-Ever Bank Fraud Probe
(Bloomberg) — China arrested hundreds of people allegedly involved in the nation’s largest ever bank fraud and started repaying more victims of the $5.8 billion scandal, in a bid to maintain soc...
Taliban Crypto Crackdown Sees 13 Arrests and Exchanges Shut Down
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has detained several dealers who ignored orders to cease trading digital assets following a nationwide cryptocurrency ban imposed earlier this month. Sayed Shah Sa’ad...
Afghanistan Closes Down 16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Arrests Operators – Coinotizia
Law enforcement in Afghanistan has shut down over a dozen crypto exchanges in Herat, detaining the people who were running them. The offensive comes after the introduction of a ban on online foreign e...
Afghanistan Closes Down 16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Arrests Operators – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Law enforcement in Afghanistan has shut down over a dozen crypto exchanges in Herat, detaining the people who were running them. The offensive comes after the introduction of a ban on online foreign e...
Taliban bans crypto in Afghanistan and arrests defiant crypto dealers
The Taliban has seized virtually all of Afghanistan. The Taliban reentered power last year as American troops completed their withdrawal from the nation. This is 20 years after removing the regime for...
Afghanistan Shuts 16 Crypto Exchanges, Arrests Staff: Report
Locals involved with crypto exchanges across Herat were reportedly arrested and their shops closed Afghanistan’s Taliban-led central bank banned online foreign exchange trading in June Crypto became c...