Alleged Bitcoin Launderer’s Lawyer Seeks Prisoner Swap With Russia

Vinnik’s psychiatrists said he has partial loss of memory due to the stress of isolation He faces 55 years in prison, which the lawyer said equals a life sentence Alexander Vinnik, the purported bitco...

Bitfinex Fund Annexation Is A Bad News For Money Launderers

Recent government seizure of funds in crypto equalling $3.6 are a message to those who are thinking about running away the money they acquired unethically. A large-scale operation was conducted for th...

Seizure of Bitfinex funds is a reminder that crypto is no good for money launderers

As public understanding of how digital assets work becomes more nuanced along with the mainstreaming of crypto, the language of Bitcoin’s (BTC) “anonymity” gradually becomes a thing of the past. High-...

Netflix will do series on accused bitcoin hack money launderers

The bizarre case of a New York couple accused of trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen by a 2016 hack will be the subject of a docuseries on Netflix, the streaming company said Friday. The ...

Accused Bitfinex Launderer’s Rap Album Cover NFTs Vanish from OpenSea

The crypto-rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex hack created NFTs of her album artwork. Now their owner claims they’ve vanished from NFT marketplace OpenSea. E...

What We Know About the Accused Bitfinex Money Launderers

Occasionally, Lichtenstein took to Twitter to warn people about the threat of hacks. After a post by one Twitter user saying, “when you buy an ape on opensea it should pop up a big red warning sign th...