The Nigerian security agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly instructed its operatives to arrest the Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele as soon as he is seen in p...
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SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering – Coinotizia
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered securities offering. In 2018, the company minted and sold tokens to ...
SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering – Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered securities offering. In 2018, the company minted and sold tokens to ...
FTX Co-Founders Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research and Sam Bankman-Fried’s co-founder for FTX, has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges as part of a deal for leniency in her own case. The plea ...
SEC Charges Against FTX, Alameda Execs Wang and Ellison Reveal Key Findings, US Regulator Says FTT Is a Security – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 21, 2022, members of U.S. law enforcement detailed that FTX co-founder Gary Wang and ex-Alameda Research CEO have pleaded guilty to financial fraud charges. The recent charges against Wang and...
US SEC charges Thor founders for selling unregistered securities in 2018
Thor Technologies, Inc., its founder, David Chin, and co-founder Matthew Moravec were charged for conducting unregistered securities offering and selling “Thor Tokens” by the Securities and Exchange C...
Sam Bankman-Fried about to appear in court on fraud charges following FTX collapse
Barbara Fried, mother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arrives at court in New York – Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto tycoon, is expected to appear in court sh...
SBF Arrives in the US to Face Criminal Charges: Report
The plane carrying the notorious founder of crypto exchange FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – has reportedly touched down in the United States. He is expected to appear in court in New York City later today (...
FTX, Alameda execs plead guilty to fraud charges: Community responds
In the newest update to the FTX saga, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX co-founder Gary Wang plead guilty to fraud charges and are currently helping with the investigation of...
FTX’s Gary Wang and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison plead guilty to DOJ charges
FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison have both pleaded guilty to several charges related to their role in the eventual collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The...
SEC files defrauding charges against Gary Wang & Caroline Ellison
The controversy surrounding FTX has taken a new turn, as the SEC has filed defrauding charges. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged the former CEO, Caroline Ellison, and the former ...
Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison pleads guilty, faces no criminal charges
Caroline Ellison, the CEO of Alameda Research, won’t face any criminal charges for her role in the FTX fiasco. Ellison’s plea agreement with a New York court was unsealed on Dec. 22, showing that she ...
FTX associates Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang plead guilty to criminal charges
Two individuals associated with FTX have pled guilty to criminal charges, according to a statement from the Southern District of New York on Dec. 21. Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern Di...
Ripple Counsel Claims ‘SEC Has Lost The Plot Line’ On Caroline Ellison Charges
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday charged the Former CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison and former CTO of FTX, Zixiao Wang for their roles in a marathon defraud scheme....
Alameda’s Caroline Ellison and FTX’s Gary Wang hit with additional fraud charges
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have hit former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX co-founder Gary Wa...
Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang plead guilty to fraud charges
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and are cooperating in the Justice Department’s investigation of the former...
Alameda CEO Caroline, FTX Co-Founder Plead Guilty, CFTC, SEC Charges
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang have pleaded guilty to criminal charges by the US Southern District of New York on early Thursday. The U.S. Securities and Exc...
SEC files unregistered securities charges against Thor Token creators for 2018 ICO
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Thor Technologies along with its co-founder and CEO David Chin, claiming that Thor’s 2018 initial coin offering...
Alameda’s Caroline Ellison, FTX’s Gary Wang Plead Guilty to DOJ ‘Fraud’ Charges, Also Settle With SEC, CFTC
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pleaded guilty to charges tied to FTX’s collapse, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced Wednesday night. The U.S. Secu...
SBF signs extradition papers, set to return to face charges in the US
Sam Bankman-Fried, the jailed founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, reportedly signed papers on Dec. 20 that will soon see him handed over to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent...
Epic Games Agrees To Pay Whopping $525M To Settle FTC Charges
Blockchain News On Monday morning, the FTC made the settlement announcements. The FTC is sending a strong message to companies through this enforcement. The developer of the massively popular online ...
Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to U.S Extradition to Face Charges
Exchange News Sam Bankman-Fried is now under Bahamian authorities. FTX founder SBF wanted to see the indictment filed against him. The former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense lawyer Jerome Rob...
January 6 Committee Recommends Four Criminal Charges Against Trump
Topline The January 6 House Committee made four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department on Monday in its final hearing culminating its 18-month-long investig...
Adam Schiff Says Trump Violated ‘Multiple’ Laws On January 6, But Declines To Say What Charges He Should Face
Topline Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has uncovered evidence that warrants criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, but w...
Onecoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges in US – Bitcoin News
Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a co-founder and operator of Onecoin, has pled guilty to his part in building the notorious crypto pyramid. The fake cryptocurrency’s “global master distributor” has been in ...
DoJ charges nine in Crypto Ponzi Case.
IcomTech and Forcount were the firms involved in Ponzi ventures, promising false returns to victims. The Department of Justice has been very strict lately in the wake of FTX-like episodes. FTX former...
OneCoin co-founder pleads guilty on fraud, money laundering charges
OneCoin founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has been found guilty of multiple charges, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 16. Greenwood pled guilty to one count of consp...
Crypto Mining Ponzis That Made $8.4M Face Charges.
A multitude of people who are responsible for creating and promoting two cryptocurrencies that are suspected of being fake face a litany of accusations that could send them to prison for a period of t...
Charges laid over alleged ‘crypto mining’ Ponzis that netted $8.4M
United States prosecutors have laid charges in two separate cases against nine people who founded or promoted a pair of cryptocurrency companies alleged to be Ponzi schemes that netted $8.4 million fr...