What happens to crypto seized in criminal investigations?

Earlier this year, during during the annual Queen’s Speech in the United Kingdom, Prince Charles informed the Parliament about two bills. One of them — the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bi...

South Korea ramps up crypto investigations and regulations

On Friday, June 3, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) began an investigation into payment gateway services that work with digital assets. The FSS is South Korea’s financial regulator th...

Terra staff subpoenaed as LUNA-UST investigations ramp-up

The collapse of Terra is arguably the biggest failure in the crypto industry’s history. Kwon has already started his massive revival plan to rescue the Terra ecosystem. Still, those who worked with hi...

New tech streamlines investigations into illicit crypto use

Law enforcement agencies in the US have been rapidly onboarding cryptocurrency investigative tools. A new offering on the market aims to condense chains of crypto transactions into easily viewable tim...

Will Terra Founder Do Kwon Be Held Accountable Following Three South Korean Investigations?

– Advertisement –   Terra Founder Do Kwon is falling deep into investigations. So a question arises Will Terra Founder Do Kwon Be Held Accountable Following Three South Korean Investigatio...

South Korea Toughens Up Investigations Over Terra (LUNA) Crisis

South Korea has been alerted over the decline in the crypto market that led to the depegging of Terra (LUNA). According to a local news outlet, Luna’s decline led to cases of volatile trading.  Gaming...

Texas Transgender ‘Child Abuse’ Policy Can Go Back Into Effect, State Supreme Court Rules

Topline Texas’ policy directing state officials to investigate parents of transgender children for “child abuse” can go back into effect, as the Texas Supreme Court on Friday lifted a lower court’s or...

Binance Hires a New Head of Intelligence and Investigations APAC

Binance, a major  cryptocurrency exchange  Cryptocurrency Exchange A cryptocurrency exchange is an online platform that supports the exchange of various currencies for a cryptocurrency or digital asse...

SEC expands crypto assets and cyber unit to bolster crypto investigations

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it is expanding its recently formed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. The Unit has increased its staff by 20 additional members, almost doublin...

Making Cryptocurrencies More Mainstream Via Enhancing Global Cryptocurrency Crime Investigations

Investigators can take advantage of crypto’s benefits in unearthing the immutable proof of transactions stored on the blockchain by resourcing it specifically, but federal law enforcement often has th...

Making crypto conventional by improving crypto crime investigations worldwide

When times are tough — as in the pandemic — enterprising human nature goes into overdrive. People seek out alternative ways to make money. That could be one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies skyrock...

TRM Selects Chris Janczewski to Lead Global Investigations Team

TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence solutions provider, recently expanded its team with the hiring of Chirs Janczewski, the former IRS-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) Special Agent, as Head of Global...

Crypto Use Aids Ransomware Investigations According To US Financial Regulator

As cybercrime increased with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and cyberwarfare became a hot topic following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, cryptocurrency increasingly became associated with illegal an...

The U.S. Congress inquires the SEC on crypto-related investigations

Today, Congress of the United States sent an official inquiry letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) chair Gary Gensler. The subject of the inquiry was the SEC’s utilization of ...

Texas Judge Blocks Transgender ‘Child Abuse’ Investigations

Topline A state judge blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s divisive order for “child abuse” investigations into parents of transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care, issuing a statewide...

ACLU Criticizes Texas Officials For Proposing ‘Child Abuse’ Investigations Into Transgender Medical Care

Topline The American Civil Liberties Union took aim Wednesday at Texas officials for framing gender-affirming medical care for transgender children as “child abuse” and urging people to re...

Accounting Firm Drops Trump As Client Amid Investigations Into Overvalued Real Estate Assets

Topline Former President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm has dropped him as a client and informed the Trump Organization it shouldn’t rely on a decade of financial statements the f...

South Korea: Bitcoin investigations to ascertain household holdings

2021 was a year of change in South Korea as the administration announced several legislations in the crypto-space. And now, at the start of 2022, a new announcement from the National Statistical Offic...