Crypto lender Nexo has been targeted in an investigation into alleged illegal activities, with four Bulgarians charged with money laundering and fraud. Four Bulgarians charged as Nexo is investigated...
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‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller avoids jail with trespassing plea deal
Actor Ezra Miller arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Justice League’ at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Axelle/bauer-griffin | Filmmagic ...
Bulgarian Prosecutors Launch Action Against Crypto Crime In Sofia
Bulgaria launched a probe of crypto lender Nexo and raided its headquarters. Previously, Nexo offered up to 36% per year on their crypto staking. The company reaffirms its commitment to cooperate with...
JPMorgan says it was duped by founder who made up 4 million customers
JPMorgan Chase has alleged in a lawsuit that it was duped by a start-up founder who made up 4 million customers for an app designed to help students through the college financial aid process. In a law...
Keurig K-Cup settlement: Today’s the final day to join the $10 million lawsuit
If you have been making your morning cup of coffee using the popular Keurig KDP, -0.63% pods, aka K-Cups, then you may be entitled to some money. The beverage giant recently agreed to settle a class-a...
Judge Orders Cruise Companies to Pay More Than $436 Million for Docking at Seized Terminal in Cuba
Four major cruise lines say they will appeal a recent ruling that would force them to pay roughly $436 million in total damages to a company that owned a port terminal in Havana prior to the Cuban Rev...
FTX fraud victims invited to come forward by US officials
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York invited victims of the FTX collapse to come forward on a website that went live earlier today. An email address through whi...
Missing Persons Unit’ Unique Procedural Drama
ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT: L-R: Dania Ramirez and Scott Caan in the “Zoey” episode of ALERT: … [+] MISSING PERSONS UNIT airing Monday, Jan.16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2022 Fox Media LLC....
South Carolina Supreme Court overturns state abortion ban
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the state’s ban on abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy, ruling that the law violated the state’s constitutional right to pr...
Walgreens may have overstated theft concerns, CFO says
Anti-theft locked beauty products with customer service button at Walgreens pharmacy, Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson | Universal Images Group | Getty Images A top Walgreens executive on Thursday ...
UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) Announces New Crypto Crime Unit
4 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The inaugural squad would consist of five officers working out of the NCCU. If hired, applicants may anticipate receiving a salary of $48,200 to $52,400 per year...
UK National Crime Agency to Launch Specialized Crypto Team
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is set to form a new team with a remit to proactively investigate cryptocurrency crime, dubbed the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) Crypto Cell. The initial team w...
UK National Crime Agency hits back at digital gangsters
The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s national agency for combating digital organized crime, has announced plans to create a specialized team dedicated to dealing with cryptocurrency and virtual a...
UK looks for a crypto crime fighter willing to accept a $50K salary
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking measures to increase its focus on cryptocurrency crimes and combat criminals. NCA’s cyber-focused command, the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCC...
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty as FTX task force created
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday it had created an FTX Task Force to trace and recover assets of victims of the cryptocurrency exchange firm’s collapse and to handle inves...
SEC charges eight for $45 million blockchain fraud scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight individuals and businesses for the alleged sale of unregistered securities via the blockchain tech firm CoinDeal. The accused are N...
UK’s NCUU Crypto Cell Launched to Tackle Crypto Crime
The UK National Crime Agency arms against crypto crimes. The agency is looking to hire a cryptocurrency expert for its crypto unit. New technologies are generally hotspots for criminals to exploit loo...
UK’s crime agency creates new crypto unit
The UK’s National Crime Agency is recruiting a group of law enforcement officers to investigate crypto crimes, after a year where crypto hacks globally totalled $3 billion. As part of the nation...
IRS Wishes to Team Up With Crypto Companies to Battle Crime
A special agent from the IRS told the Wall Street Journal that the agency wishes to work with crypto companies to fight financial crime. He told the WSJ that the goal was a ‘symbiotic relationship.‘ T...
‘Tracers in the Dark’ presents a fun crime story — and lesson in privacy
On its surface, Andy Greenburg’s new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, is a standard crime story. Fans of true crime podcasts will enjoy the crypto vers...
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud charges in New York
Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried (C) arrives to enter a plea before US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Manhattan federal court, New York, January 3, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images...
Acacia Research says inquiry found former CEO may have misused funds
Acacia Research Corp., a company that buys other companies, and its former chief executive are in a fight that involves allegations of potential misuse of corporate money. Acacia ACTG, -1.17% on Frida...
Bahamas Regulator Says It Seized $3.5 Billion in FTX Crypto Assets
Bahamas securities regulators said they seized digital assets valued at $3.5 billion from FTX’s local operation in mid-November as the cryptocurrency exchange spiraled toward collapse, a figure that F...
True Crime Podcast ‘The Evaporated’ About Missing People In Japan Shakes Up The True-Crime Genre
The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment The Evaporated: Gone With the Gods takes the standard true crime formula and gives it a bit of a Japanese flavored twist ...
Troubles at Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Began Well Before Crypto Crash
Sam Bankman-Fried built the cryptocurrency exchange FTX on the reputation of his trading firm, Alameda Research LLC. Alameda was applying Wall Street-style wizardry to the crypto world—and outsiders t...
FTX Japan users will be able to start withdrawing funds from February
The FTX logo on a laptop screen. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg via Getty Images Japanese FTX users will be able to start moving their funds out of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange starting in Februa...
Bahamas regulator seized $3.5 billion of FTX crypto assets
The FTX logo on a laptop screen. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg via Getty Images The Securities Commission of The Bahamas says it seized $3.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency from collapsed crypto exchange...
The White House embraced debt forgiveness in 2022. Here’s what student-loan borrowers can expect in 2023.
This was the year the White House embraced the idea of mass student-loan forgiveness, but 2023 will likely be the year when borrowers will find out whether the policy will actually impact their wallet...
Opinion: Opinion: Trump’s low tax payments are what happens with a too-complex tax code
People tend to have one of two reactions to the revelation that former President Donald Trump paid little to no taxes in recent years: He’s either an amoral tax cheat or he’s smart. To me, it reveals ...