A developer of the Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible token (NFT) collection has been arrested in New York on fraud charges. A Jan.5 United States Department of Justice announcement reveals that according...
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Mutant Ape Planet NFT developer charged with fraud for selling ‘worthless asset’
The Department of Justice for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a criminal complaint on Jan. 5 against Mutant Ape Planet developer Aurelien Michel for defrauding investors. Michel was arreste...
Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder—Here’s What We Know
Topline A man arrested for allegedly attacking New York City police officers near Times Square on New Year’s Eve was charged with attempted murder Monday, as details slowly emerge about the susp...
Two Men in Estonia Charged with Crypto Fraud
Two men in the eastern European nation of Estonia have been arrested after they defrauded crypto investors of more than $575 million in digital funds. Two Men in Estonia Charged with Crypto Crimes The...
Mango Markets Attacker Avraham Eisenberg Arrested, Charged With ‘Market-Manipulation Offenses’
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday the arrest of Avraham Eisenberg, charging him with “market-manipulation offenses” related to his attack on the Mango Markets crypto exchange....
Avraham Eisenberg Charged with Fraud, Market Manipulation
Key Takeaways Avraham Eisenberg was arrested in Puerto Rico yesterday. He is accused of commodities fraud and market manipulation. Eisenberg and his team were behind the $100 million Mango Markets exp...
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With Eight Criminal Counts—Including Wire Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations
Topline U.S. prosecutors unsealed eight criminal counts against Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, charging the former FTX boss and one-time cryptocurrency billionaire with wire fraud, money laundering and...
Here’s What SBF is Facing After the SEC Charged Him With Fraud
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission officially charged Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors in FTX. The Chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler, said: We allege that Sam Bankman-Frie...
Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud over FTX collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded. The former CEO was charged with “orchestr...
SBF arrested in Bahamas, criminally indicted in New York, charged by SEC
The Attorney General of the Bahamas has announced the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The FTX founder is being detained by the Royal Bahamas Police and awaits criminal extradition to the United Sta...
SBF Arrested and Charged over Fraud and Money Laundering
After several media approaches, the ex-CEO of failed exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been apprehended. Herein, the Bahamian and US authorities shed light on the arrest. The disgraced founder of ...
Alameda’s Ellison Hires Ex-SEC Lawyer Who Charged Musk, Holmes
Caroline Ellison, the disgraced CEO of Alameda Research, has reportedly hired a former US Securities and Exchange director as her lawyer. Stephanie Avakian, Ellison’s new counsel, previously oversaw h...
Blockparty co-founder maintaining ‘luxurious lifestyle’ charged with fraud
Rikesh Thapa, who co-founded the NFT platform Blockparty, was arrested by U.S. prosecutors. The 28-year-old Californian allegedly spent $1 million of the company’s funds on parties. According to the p...
Dear Tax Guy: Our accountant charged us $486 for a simple gift-tax return. Why on earth would it cost so much?
We gave our daughter money towards a down payment on a home and learned we had to file a gift tax return. Our accountant charged us $486 for this. Why can’t you just add a form to your regular tax ret...
U.S. SEC Charged Goldman Sachs For Violating ESG Investment
33 mins ago | 2 mins read Editors News Goldman Sachs Asset Management agreed to pay a $4 million penalty. GSAM failed to have written rules or procedures for ESG research in one product. The U.S. Secu...
Two Estonian Citizens Charged With Running a Series of Crypto Scams Totaling $575M
Their first company, HashCoins, which launched in December 2013, purported to be a manufacturer of crypto mining equipment, and took orders (and payment in full) from customers who wanted to purchase ...
Alleged Colorado LGBTQ Nightclub Shooter Charged With Murder And Hate Crimes
Topline A 22-year-old man was charged with murder and hate crimes Monday, according to multiple reports, after authorities say he killed five people and injured dozens more during a mass shooting at a...
Former MoviePass CEO charged in alleged fraud scheme
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Former executives at MoviePass and its parent company have been charged with fraud, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed Friday. Theodore Farnsw...
Former boxer Goran Gogic charged with trafficking $1 billion worth of cocaine
Goran Gogic of Germany ends up on the floor in the Heavyweight fight against Pedro Carrion during the Arena Boxing Night at the Alterdorfer Sporthalle on December 15, 2006 in Hamburg, Germany. Friedem...
Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged in the U.S. for Bribery and Theft – crypto.news
A criminal complaint has been opened in the US Federal court, in Brooklyn. Charged were two Chinese intelligence officers for their attempt to disrupt a prosecution in New York’s Eastern District. Att...
Former Head of Crypto Exchange Bithumb Charged With Eight Years in Prison for Alleged $70,000,000 Fraud: Report
South Korean prosecutors are charging the former head of a major crypto exchange with fraud worth nearly $70 million. According to a report from the South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency, state ...
Hawaii couple charged with fraud over Semisub watercraft company
A little girl who is 5 years old is looking through a window inside a submarine. She is looking at the ocean underwater. Shot in Maui, Hawaii. Bradleyhebdon | Istock | Getty Images A Hawaii couple was...
Two Chinese Agents Charged for Bribing US Law Enforcement Officer with Bitcoin
The US has charged two Chinese nationalists with obstruction of justice by bribing a US government employee with $61,0000 in bitcoin. According to the statement from the Department of Justice, these t...
Trump’s Company Charged Secret Service $1,185 Per Night To Stay At His Hotel, Documents Show
Topline The Trump Organization charged Secret Service staff “exorbitant” prices to stay at former President Donald Trump’s hotels in order to protect him and his family during and after his presidency...
Celsius Network Charged Over $3M in Legal Fees
Beleaguered crypto lending platform Celsius Network has incurred more than $3 million in legal fees, according to a filing shared on Friday. The bankruptcy proceedings, which have been costly for Cel...
Five Charged in France With $2.5M Fraud Targeting Bored Ape NFT Owners
Five people have been charged in France on allegations that they fraudulently acquired $2.5 million worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), mainly targeting Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yac...
OFAC And FinCEN Charged Bittrex Exchange For Over $53 Million
Treasury’s Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have set charges against the Bittrex crypto exchange for violating anti-money laundering rules and the other U....
California Man Charged For Laundering Nearly $6M In Bitcoin
California Man Charged For Laundering Nearly $6M In BitcoinMan Indicted For Laundering Millions In Drug ProceedsOctober 8, 2022Source: pixabay.comCalifornia resident John Khuu was charged with conspir...
Report Says Federal Agents Think Hunter Biden Could Be Charged — But Federal Prosecutor Has Yet To Decide
Topline An anonymously sourced report in the Washington Post Thursday claimed federal agents involved in investigating Hunter Biden think they have enough evidence to warrant criminal charges, though ...
Kim Kardashian Charged By SEC For Unlawful Sale Of Crypto Asset
Kim Kardashian was fined $1.26 million for promoting crypto on instagram. The businesswoman has neither denied nor admitted the charges. The latest whiplash from the American watchdog The Securities a...
Kim Kardashian Charged $1.2M by the SEC For EthereumMax Promotion
American TV reality superstar, Kim Kardashian has been charged by the United States Securities Commission (SEC) for the promotion of EMAX Token, the native coin of the EthereumMax protocol. As contai...