The Justice Department is in the process of seizing hundreds of millions of dollars in Robinhood shares linked to FTX, a lawyer said during a Delaware court proceeding on Wednesday. A New York ...
Tag: DOJ
Ripple Scores Over the SEC after DOJ statements?
The January hearing in the Ripple vs SEC case is regarded as “most awaited” for the crypto community especially for XRP supporters who are praying for Ripple to find a way out to win against U.S. gove...
Here’s What Republicans Plan To Do As They Retake The House — Including Investigating The DOJ And Gutting The Ethics Office
Topline House Republicans unveiled a new rules package Sunday that outlines the proposed changes GOP lawmakers plan to make as they regain control of the House, which could be taken up this week as th...
Did DOJ Just Classify MNGO as Commodity?
The arrest of Mango Markets exploiter has drawn reactions from the crypto community, particularly regarding the terms of the charges he faces. Mango (MNGO) markets exploiter, Avraham Eisenberg, was re...
Former DoJ prosecutor urging DeFi platforms to integrate robust security measures
Ari Redbord, a former prosecutor with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), now serving as Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, say hackers are getting more sophisticated. To protect themse...
DOJ did not classify MNGO as a commodity
Avraham Eisenberg was arrested in Puerto Rico on Dec. 26 on commodities fraud and manipulation charges relating to the $110 million exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets exchange. Eisenberg had s...
DOJ Investigating $372,000,000 That Disappeared From FTX Shortly After Bankruptcy: Report
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly investigating a $372 million hack on the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. Bloomberg Law, citing an anonymous “person familiar with the case,” reports th...
US DoJ Calls Cryptos Commodities
As the legal battle between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) draws to a close and all eyes are on Judge Analisa Torres, the U.S. Department of Justice may have provide...
US DOJ Probes the $400M FTX Hack (Report)
The United States Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal probe into the hack that saw almost $400 million drained from FTX. According to a report by Bloomberg, which cites people fam...
Alameda’s Caroline Ellison Enters Plea Agreement with DOJ
Key Takeaways Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is entering a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Southern District of New York is promising $250,000 bail and no further FTX-re...
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...
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...
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 Karl Sebastian Greenwood pleads guilty: DOJ
Karl Sebastian Greenwood pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering connected to the fraudulent OneCoin scheme, the Department of Justice announced. Greenwood co-founded OneCoin along with s...
US DOJ Appoints Creditor’s Committee, SBF Files New Bail Request
The US Dept. of Justice’s Office of the US Trustee has appointed a Committee of Unsecured Creditors to represent FTX account holders and other creditors in the bankruptcy case of the collapsed crypto ...
US DoJ names Genesis in FTX creditors committee
Crypto lending platform Genesis, along with popular crypto market maker Wintermute and others, will form the FTX creditors committee. Genesis and other FTX victims form the bankruptcy committee A cour...
DOJ Touts Reenergized Enforcement Efforts
The worldwide recession in corporate prosecutions, ushered in during the Trump administration, appears to be coming to an end. Despite a slow start by the Biden administration’s prosecutors, Departmen...
DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Arizona For Building Shipping Container Border Wall
Topline The Department of Justice accused Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and state officials of trespassing on federal lands by building a wall of shipping containers along the state’s border with Mexico...
Life Imprisonment? As SBF Arrested In Bahamas On Fraud & Money Laundering Charges At Request Of US DoJ
– Advertisement – SBF faces life imprisonment if convicted. Embattled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the US Department of Justice based on...
‘Reuters Has It Wrong Again,’ Says Binance In Response To Reports Of DoJ Charges: Report
– Advertisement – Binance refutes a Reuters report that the DoJ is preparing to place charges on the crypto exchange. Binance, in a tweet today, has refuted details of a report from Reuter...
Binance denies US DOJ looking to prosecute the exchange, says Reuters is ‘wrong’
Binance said on Dec. 12 that Reuters falsely stated that the U.S. Department of Justice is looking to prosecute Binance over money laundering changes. In the statement, Binance claimed that Reuters wa...
DOJ Mulls Bringing Criminal Charges Against Binance: Report
Key Takeaways Binance could soon be hit with charges of unlicensed money transmission, money laundering conspiracy, and criminal sanctions violations, according to a Reuters report. The officers in ch...
US DOJ split over charging Binance in the 2018 AML investigation: Report
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is nearing the completion of its investigation into cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which started in 2018. A report from Reuters suggests there is a conf...
US DOJ reportedly investigating FTX CEO for siphoning funds out of the US
While many crypto fraudsters were able to slip through the cracks in the past, the same does not hold for FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Running parallel to the ongoing scrutiny related to FTX fraud...
DOJ Wants Trump’s Lawyers Held In Contempt In Mar-A-Lago Case, Reports Say
Topline Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to hold former President Donald Trump’s office in contempt of court over its failure to comply with a subpoena earlier this year requiring the ex-p...
U.S DOJ Charges ‘Blockparty’ Co-founder of Stealing $1M
8 seconds ago | 2 mins read NFT News Blockparty’s CTO from 2017 to 2019, took 10 Bitcoin from the firm. According to the DOJ, Thapa spent the stolen money on nightclubs, travel, and clothing. Today, t...
US DOJ charges former CTO of blockchain company for fraud scheme
The US Department of Justice said it has arrested Rikesh Thapa, the former chief technology officer of a blockchain company, for allegedly defrauding his company of over $1 million. The DOJ did not na...
FBI arrests blockchain startup CTO for allegedly stealing over $1 million
U.S. authorities have arrested the former chief technology officer and co-founder of Blockparty, a blockchain events startup, for allegedly stealing over $1 million of crypto and fiat from the firm. ...
Crypto Exchange FTX Should Be Independently Investigated- DOJ
The Department of Justice demanded an independent investigation on the FTX collapse. According to CBS, the U.S. Department of Justice has requested the bankruptcy judge to order an independent inves...
US DOJ Requests Independent Investigation in FTX Case
9 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News John Ray was appointed as CEO of FTX after Sam Bankman-Fried resigned. Vara outlined how the independent investigation would free up FTX to focus on business....
DOJ Watchdog Seeks Independent Examiner of FTX Collapse
In the latest chapter of the fall of FTX, the U.S. Office of Trustee within the Department of Justice filed a motion today in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware requesting the appointment of an ind...