Australia’s federal law enforcement agency has highlighted the criminal use of cryptocurrency as an “emerging threat” in the country but says it’s a continuous challenge to keep up the pace with crimi...
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Trump Organization’s Criminal Trial For Tax Fraud Starts—Here Are The Consequences It Could Face
Topline Jury selection begins Monday in the Trump Organization’s criminal trial for alleged tax fraud—which will only result in the company having to pay monetary damages if it’s found guilty, though ...
Associates of Cryptoqueen Face Criminal Prosecution in Germany
11 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News Within a year, the pair processed 320M euros in payments from Onecoin users. Ignatova is now sought by Interpol, Europol, and the FBI. The first Europeans to ...
Turkey seizes large cache of crypto in a criminal investigation
Regulatory authorities in Turkey have announced the confiscation of a large cache of digital assets and have detained criminals associated with the illegalities. According to the update, the 46 indivi...
Bitcoin Association pursuing criminal charges against miner mining empty blocks
Bitcoin Association, a non-profit responsible for the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, has revealed intentions to freeze block rewards and sue a malicious miner for breach of contract, according to an Oct...
‘Emily the Criminal’ director Ford takes on student loan crisis
Emily the Criminal Courtesy: John Patton Ford In the new film “Emily the Criminal,” the title character, played by actress Aubrey Plaza, is almost always in a state of fear. There are mome...
Feds Lost Millions in Bitcoin Acquired From Criminal Investigations of Helix Mixers – crypto.news
Recent reports indicate that over $5 million worth of crypto tokens were stolen from a storage device held by the Feds. According to Bloomberg’s reports, the Feds acquired this amount from criminal in...
Woman Faces Criminal Charges In $10.5M Transfer Case
Woman Faces Criminal Charges In $10.5M Transfer CaseCrypto.com accidentally transfers $10.5 millionSeptember 28,2022Melbourne woman faces criminal charges as more than $10 million was mistakenly...
Chinese police seize criminal gang suspected of laundering over $5 billion in crypto
The Hengyang County Public Security Bureau in China conducted a news conference on September 23, 2022, to discuss the “100-day operation” of the summer public security crackdown. Nine cases were publi...
Chinese police seize criminal suspected of laundering over $5 billion in crypto
The Hengyang County Public Security Bureau in China conducted a news conference on September 23, 2022, to discuss the “100-day operation” of the summer public security crackdown. Nine cases were publi...
ETH Merge Forks, Quantum Computing, Biden Draining Oil Reserves, DOJ Targets Criminal Crypto Use — Week in Review – The Weekly Bitcoin News
With the Ethereum Merge event now successfully completed, new proof-of-work (PoW) forks have emerged to vie for miner acceptance. This, as the United States government, has warned that the post-quantu...
DOJ Launches Network of Over 150 Federal Prosecutors to Combat Criminal Uses of Crypto – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has established the nationwide Digital Asset Coordinator Network of over 150 federal prosecutors. The authority explained that the new network will further its “ef...
Steve Bannon—Facing New Criminal Indictment In New York—Will Reportedly Hand Himself In Thursday
Topline Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is set to surrender on Thursday to New York prosecutors as he is expected to be indicted by the state in a fraud case for which he received a pardon from the ...
CEO of collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex faces extradition from Albania following arrest
Faruk Fatih Özer, CEO of defunct Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, has been apprehended by law enforcement officials in Albania and faces extradition to Turkey, according to a statement from Turkey’s In...
Criminal Crypto Use Is Growing on the Dark Web, but That’s Just Half the Story
Chainalysis, for example, releases an annual Crypto Crime Report that outlines the use of cryptocurrency across several types of crimes like ransomware, scams, violations of broad countrywide sanction...
Three Arrows’ Su Zhu fears possible criminal charges
The whereabouts of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) co-founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies remain unknown. This could be because they are facing not only civil, but also criminal indictments. Su Zhu has express...
North Korea Lashes Out at U.S. After It’s Called a Criminal Organization Seeking to Steal Crypto
North Korea isn’t too happy that it’s been called out by the United States for its repeated roles in cyberattacks designed to make off with stolen digital currency funds. The country is home to severa...
punished for being created for criminal purposes
The Dutch agency that arrested Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev says it was punishing him for creating a tool to commit criminal acts. Tornado Cash: the reason for Pertsev’s arrest This was reve...
Bitfinex May Face Criminal Investigations in…
The sister company of stablecoin Tether, crypto exchange Bitfinex, is facing the possibility of criminal investigations in the United States according to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a reply to ...
Criminal Investigation Results In Service Sus…
The trading platform Hotbit Crypto Exchange has suspended services after being subpoenaed in conjunction with a criminal investigation into a former employee. Ex-Employee’s Alleged Illegal Activities...
Hotbit Suspends Trading, Withdrawals amid Criminal Investigation
Hotbit, a cryptocurrency trading platform based in Hong Kong, announced on Wednesday that it has suspended trading, deposit, withdrawal and funding functions because law-enforcement agencies have froz...
Crypto Exchange Hotbit Suspends Withdrawals Over Criminal Investigations
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Hotbit has suspended all activities, including deposits and withdrawals, over criminal investigations against its former employee, the company announced Wednesd...
Secret Service Under Criminal Investigation For Deleting Jan. 6 Texts
Topline The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has launched a criminal probe into the erasure of a trove of text messages exchanged by Secret Service agents leading up to and potentia...
Georgia Fake Electors Could Face Criminal Charges, DA Reportedly Says
Topline Sixteen Republicans who met at the Georgia state capitol in 2020 to cast sham Electoral College ballots for then-President Donald Trump have been told they are under criminal investigation and...
Kylie Jenner’s ‘Climate Criminal’ Controversy, Explained
Kylie Jenner attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg … [+] Center for the Performing Arts on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo b...
Crypto Criminal Gang Arrested by The Venezuelan Police.
A criminal gang by the name of, “Hackers from the East” stole crypto funds from the retirees. The criminal gang was operating in Maturin. They had also allegedly tricked the government into paying out...
Nearly Half Of Americans Think Trump Should Face Criminal Charges For Capitol Riot, Poll Finds
Topline Nearly half of Americans think former president Donald Trump should face criminal charges for his role in the January 6 riot, according to a new AP-NORC poll, highlighting the likely impact of...
Trump SPAC deal threatened by criminal probe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump applauses during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A federal criminal investi...
DOGE records increased utilisation in criminal activities, research shows
After significantly rising in value and popularity, meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE) is now finding increased utilisation in illicit activities. Apparently, the coin is being used by criminals to f...