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Crime Thriller ‘Express’ Starring Maggie Civantos Debuts On Pantaya And Starzplay
Maggie Civantos stars in crime thriller “Express.” PANTAYA Spanish actress Maggie Civantos stars in the new original crime thriller Express, which debuts January 16 on Pantaya in the U.S. ...
Opinion: ‘Better than a 401(k)’? Scammer blew through more than $5 million of investors’ money earmarked for retirement
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Marco “Sully” Perez of Midland, Texas, used to tell his clients that his investment scheme was better than a 401(k). Now the U.S. District Court in...
Navient to cancel $1.7 billion in private student loans as part of settlement with 39 attorneys general
Roughly 66,000 borrowers will see their private student loans canceled — totaling more than $1.7 billion in relief — thanks to a deal between 39 state attorneys general and student-loan giant Navient ...
Thieves find new source for stolen goods: Delivery trucks and trains
Images from video show emptied boxes along rail tracks in Los Angeles after thieves broke into Union Pacific cargo trains. Source: NBC4 | Los Angeles Instead of shoplifting from stores, some thieves a...
Moderna and Novavax Stocks Get Whacked by Supreme Court’s Vaccine Decision
Text size A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock and shares of other vaccine makers fell Friday after the...
CEO admits stealing $15 million from her company to finance clothing boutique, Plaza Hotel visits, and $200K on relative’s wedding
That’s some high-end embezzlement. The U.S. chief executive of a German saw-blade manufacturer has pleaded guilty to stealing $15 million from the company to bankroll a luxury clothing and furniture b...
Founder of nationwide tax-prep firm sentenced to prison for skimming $70 million in exorbitant fees over a 5-year period
Talk about a tax burden. The founder of a nationwide tax preparation chain has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for running a tax refund advance scheme that fleeced customers with $70 mill...
Opinion: A 27-year-old truck driver just became Robinhood’s first big headache of 2022
Less than a week into the new year, a 27-year-old truck driver from Connecticut might have given Robinhood HOOD, -1.76% a whole new thing to be worried about in 2022. On January 6, an arbitrator for t...
Chainalysis: Crypto Crime Has Grown to Unprecedented Levels
The crypto space saw unprecedented growth last year, and unfortunately, this led to a heavy surge in crypto-related crime. According to a new study conducted by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, i...
Illicit Crypto Addresses Received $14 Billion in 2021; Tiny Transaction Volume Linked to Crime
Chainalysis’s recent survey says, “In 2021, the net value of cryptocurrency authorized by illicit addresses escalated a new all-time high of $14 billion.” Compared to 2021, this record high is nearly ...
Illicit Crypto Addresses Received $14 Billion in 2021, Only 0.15% of Transaction Volume Associated With Crime – Regulation Bitcoin News
According to the latest data from Chainalysis, the total cryptocurrency value received by illicit addresses grew to a new all-time high of $14 billion in 2021. Although the new all-time high is almost...
Crypto Crime Topped $10 Billion in 2021: Report
Key Takeaways ImmuneFi reported that $10.2 billion in theft and frauds affected the crypto industry over the course of 2021. $7.55 billion was stolen via insider rug pulls, while $2.66 billion was sto...
Crypto Crime Surges to All-Time High in 2021, but Plummets in Terms of This Metric, Says Chainalysis
Crypto-related crime levels skyrocketed to an all-time high in 2021 – but that statistic doesn’t paint a complete picture, according to Chainalysis. In a new report, the analytics firm notes that illi...
How Many Years Could Elizabeth Holmes Face in Prison? Decades, in Theory
Elizabeth Holmes’s potential prison term for defrauding investors, like her company’s blood-testing technology, will likely fall short of what is advertised, according to an analysis of federal data b...
Some media coverage of Chainalysis report on crypto crime takes a surprising bias
Chainalysis today published a preview of its 2022 Crypto Crime Report, with the full version due to be published in February. Some initial media articles have already been published in response. It is...
Crypto-Linked Crime Climbed 78% in 2021 Compared to Previous Year
The value of crime linked to cryptocurrencies nearly doubled last year to $14 billion, rising 79% from $7.8 billion in 2020. Roughly $10 billion worth of cryptocurrencies are currently being held by i...
Crypto crime was the highest — and lowest — ever in 2021: Chainalysis
advertisement New data from the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis shows the highs and lows of crime-related cryptocurrency transactions across 2021. The volume of crime-related crypto transaction...
How Coinbase Foiled The Theft Of A Half Million From An Elderly Man’s Bank Accounts
Scammers convinced a North Carolinian to cash in his bank CDs and transfer the money into bitcoin held in a Coinbase account. The banks didn’t block the suspicious transactions, but the crypto exchang...
Crypto Crime Soared in 2021, But So Did Usage: Chainalysis
Key Takeaways Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has found that illicit crypto transactions hit a record of $14 billion in 2021. Despite this, the yearly trend indicates that crime is becoming an e...
The Supreme Court Needs To Stop The Expansion Of “Stop And Frisk”
Haden and Weston where they were held at gunpoint and handcuffed in their Springdale, Arkansas … [+] neighborhood. Institute for Justice Haden and Weston were on their way back from dinner at th...
Verdict in case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has lessons for investors
Sometimes an investment is too good to be true. Take Elizabeth Holmes’ health-care start-up, for example. On Monday, the founder and former CEO of Theranos was found guilty of four charges in he...
Op-ed: The myth of cryptocurrency crime
One of the most pernicious myths about crypto is that they are widely adopted for criminal use. This idea has been perpetuated by policymakers and businesspersons alike, from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon,...
Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump subpoenaed in New York probe of Trump Organization
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Ivanka Trump (R) stand and cheer for Eric Trump as he delivers his speech during the third day of the...