The MCC founder also reportedly recruited promoters and affiliates to promote MCC in a pyramid scheme, concealing the location and control of the fraud proceeds through several foreign-based cryptocur...
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Crypto Pyramid Scam: DOJ Charges Mining Capital Coin CEO In $62M Fraud Scheme
The US Department of Justice charged Mining Capital Coin’s senior executive officer with conspiracy to commit a $62 million crypto investment scam. According to the DOJ complaint, Luiz Capuci and unna...
SEC Halts $62 Million Crypto Mining, Trading Scheme — DOJ Indicts Founder – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted a $62 million global cryptocurrency trading and mining scheme and the Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted its CEO and founder. If conv...
Mining Capital Coin CEO indicted in DOJ fraud case
The Department of Justice is levying a case against the CEO of Mining Capital Coin (MCC) for allegedly running a $62 million global fraud scheme. Luiz Capuci, Jr. was indicted for allegedly misleading...
DoJ indicted Mining Capital Coin CEO In A Fraud Worth $62 Million
Another unethical activity by a crypto company head is disclosed. The DoJ alleges that the MCC CEO Luiz Capuci Jr. coaxed investors into a mining and investment program. This is not the fi...
U.S. DOJ Indicts Mining Capital CEO in $62 Million Investment Fraud
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted the CEO of Mining Capital Coin (MCC) for allegedly scheming a $62 million global investment fraud. According to the indictment, Luiz Capuci Jr....
US DOJ indicts Block Bits founder in $1M fraud
The US Department of Justice has charged the founder of the Block Bits Fund with a $1M scheme. The DOJ says that the 44-year old Japheth Dillman was involved in a crypto scheme that defrauded $960,000...
US DOJ Indicts Block Bits Fund Founder In a $960,000 Crypto Ponzi Scheme
Block Bits Fund Founder 44-year-old Japheth Dillman is charged by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for deceiving investors into committing a false arbitrage Autotrader of a total of $960,...
US DOJ Charges Block Bits Founder for $1M Crypto Investment Fraud
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted 44-year-old Japheth Dillman, the founder of Block Bits Fund, for misleading investors into committing a total of $960,000 to a false arbitrag...
DOJ Launches Legal Action Over North Korea Violations
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has instituted legal proceedings against two Europeans for their role in the North Korean 2019 blockchain conference. The duo of Alejandro Cao de Benos, ...
DOJ Charges Two Individuals for Allegedly Aiding Ethereum Developer in Helping North Korea Evade Sanctions
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging two Europeans with conspiracy to violate US sanctions on North Korea with former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith. According to a new DOJ press relea...
DoJ charges 2 Europeans with aiding DPRK to evade sanctions
TL;DR Breakdown The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) charges two Europeans with conspiracy to help North Korea evade sanctions. Alejandro and Christopher used cryptocurrency and blockchain te...
DOJ Will Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate Following CDC’s Request
Topline The Department of Justice said Wednesday it will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the federal mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, immediately after the Cen...
DOJ Says It Might Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate—If CDC Thinks Mask-Wearing Is Still Needed
Topline The federal government will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the nationwide mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, but only if the Centers for Disease Control and P...
White House May Appeal Ruling Against Mask Mandate On Planes, Psaki Says
Topline The Biden administration will not rule out appealing Monday’s court ruling that overturned the federal mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation—which could result in the order going...
DOJ Charges Russian Oligarch Malofeyev With Sanctions Violations, Disrupts Botnet
Topline The Department of Justice charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations—for a scheme allegedly pursued nearly a decade ago—according to an indictment unsealed on Wedn...
DOJ Confiscates $34M Worth of Crypto From Dark Web Hacker
American law enforcement agents seized approximately $34 million worth of digital assets tied to illicit Dark Web activity. The operation marked one of the largest confiscations of cryptocurrencies ev...
US DOJ Seizes $34M Worth of Crypto Linked to Dark Web Fraud
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has recently seized hold of cryptocurrency to the tune of $34 million traced to illicit dark web activities by a South Florida resident whose identity rem...
Frosties NFT Creators Charged: US DoJ Quite Active On Crypto Criminals
The US DoJ is pretty active lately in the fraud cases related to the crypto space. Recently two men in their 20s were charged with an alleged rug pull, as they have looted the community of their NFTs...
US DOJ Continues Crackdown On Crypto Criminals As It Charges Frosties NFT Creators For Fraud ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Two young men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering after allegedly ripping off Frosties NFT community. They fa...
DOJ Charges Two People in Million-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Investors – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two people allegedly behind a million-dollar non-fungible token (NFT) “rug pull” scheme. They abandoned the NFT project within hours after selling out,...
DOJ Cracks Down On Rug Pulls, Charges Frosties Founders
The US Department of Justice is slapping charges of money laundering and fraud on the founders of the Frosties NFT project after they committed a ‘rug pull.’ DOJ Progresses With Crypto Security Measur...
US DOJ Arrests Two Men on Charges of $1.1 Million NFT Fraud
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced it has arrested and charged two men, Ethan Nguyen and Andre Llacuna, for alleged involvement in $1.1 million wire fraud and money la...
US DoJ Investigates 20-year-old NFT Project Creators for Rug Pull
As per investigators, the two men conducted a “rug pull” shutting down the Frosties NFT project immediately after conducting token sales and collecting $1 million in funds. On Thursday, March 24, the ...
DOJ initiates first NFT Rug-pull prosecution with chargers against Frosties founders
In a landmark decision, the Department of Justice has announced that it’ll be prosecuting two men over their involvement in the Frosties NFT rug pull. The two made over $1 million by siphoning funds f...
DOJ cracks down on ‘rug pulls’, charging Frosties NFT project founders
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken action against an alleged NFT rug pull, after it slapped the founders of the Frosties project with charges relating to fraud and money laundering. The two fou...
DOJ Says Texas County’s Redistricting Plan Denies Equal Representation To Minority Voters
Topline The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday against Galveston County, Texas, alleging that its redistricting plan discriminates against Black and Hispanic voters by eliminating the only...
DOJ Charges Frosties NFT Creators With Fraud
Key Takeaways The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the creators of the Frosties NFT series with fraud and money laundering. Ethan Nguyen and Andre Llacuna allegedly stole over $1 million by carr...
DOJ unveils charges amid investigation into Frosties NFT ‘rug pull’
advertisement The Department of Justice said Thursday that it has charged two individuals with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering related to a non-fungible token...
A Return To ‘The One-Way White-Collar Sentencing Ratchet’? Reflections On The Remarks Of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland And Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. At The ABA Institute On White-Collar Crime
Earlier this month, at the annual institute on white-collar crime run by the American Bar Association, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenn...
DOJ Task Force ‘KleptoCapture’ to Target Crypto Exchanges in Sanctions Evasion Crackdown – Regulation Bitcoin News
A new task force set up by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), KleptoCapture, will also target cryptocurrency exchanges. Financial institutions, banks, money transmission services, and crypto exchan...