The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched a criminal investigative unit focused on cryptocurrencies to crack down on money laundering and other related illegal activities surrounding the asset ...
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Indian Police Arrest Two Suspected of Duping 1,400 in Alleged $12M Crypto Scam
“In court, while securing custody, we stated that based on currently available information the scam is worth 6 crore ($750,000), but we estimate the amount to be upwards of 50 crore and below 10...
Australian Federal Police Forms Cryptocurrency Unit to Tackle Money Laundering, Offshoring: Report
“It’s targeting assets, but it’s also providing that valuable, investigative tracing capability and lens for all of our commands across all of our businesses, whether they’re national security-related...
Australian Police Creates New Crypto Unit To Combat Growing Crimes
Australia is witnessing a rapid surge in cryptocurrency adoption. Unfortunately, with this surge comes an increase in financial crimes within the crypto space in Australia. In order to catch up with t...
Australian Federal Police Set Up Crypto Unit
Alex Dovbnya Australian authorities have stepped up their efforts to crack down on cryptocurrency-related criminal activities The Australian Federal Police (AFP), the country’s principal law enf...
Australia’s Federal Police Force Floats Crypto Unit: Report
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched a new unit to help focus its fight against crimes that are perpetrated in the digital currency ecosystem. According to a report from the Australian Fin...
Australia creates special crypto police unit to crack down on money laundering
Amid a rise in cryptocurrency-related crimes, Australia’s Federal Police has set up a new cryptocurrency unit to crack down on money laundering, the Australian Financial Review reported on September 5...
Pilot Threatening To Crash Plane Into Mississippi Walmart—Store Evacuated, Police Say
Topline A Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, has been evacuated after a pilot threatened to crash an airplane into the store, according to police. This photo taken on August 27, 2018 shows a Beechcraft 2...
Ukraine’s National Police Exposes Crypto Cybercrime Group Targeting Europeans
The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) successfully took down a network of “call centers” on Tuesday that targeted Ukrainian and European Union citizens who had been victims of crypto scams....
Ukrainian Police Bust Crypto Call Centers Defrauding Investors Across Europe – Bitcoin News
Ukrainian investigators have exposed a scheme targeting residents of the country and the European Union with various financial scams, including some related to cryptocurrencies. The criminal organizat...
Ukrainian National Police Bust Cybercrime Group
The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) has successfully taken down a network of call centers that targeted Ukrainian and European Union citizens who had been the target of cryptocurrency scams. Investig...
Thodex Founder Arrested by Turkey Police in Albania
Albania police officers have arrested the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, who had fled Turkey and left investors’ funds irretrievable, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Tuesd...
Houston Gunman Set Fire To Building And Fatally Shot Fleeing Residents, Police Say
Topline At least four people were killed in Houston early Sunday morning after an angry tenant set a residential building on fire and shot at people inside trying to escape, police said. Houston Chief...
Afghan Police Terminated 16 Crypto Exchange In The Last Seven Days
The central bank of Afghanistan ceased the use of crypto for three months. The police of Afghanistan has started striking crypto services, platforms and businesses. The cryptocurrency sna...
Afghan police close down cryptocurrency exchanges to enforce central bank ban: Report
Police have closed down at least 16 cryptocurrency exchanges in the Herat province of western Afghanistan in the last week, according to a report in Ariana News, an independent news outlet in that cou...
Afghan Police Ceased 16 Crypto Exchanges Over The Last Week
The cryptocurrency caught hype in Afghanistan last year when the state’s economy got into trouble amidst the Taliban taking over Afghanistan in May 2021. After the Taliban came into power, the U.S. im...
Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo Fired
Topline The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to fire school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who was widely condemned for leading a sluggish police response during the Robb E...
Hodlnaut Could Collapse If It Complies With Singaporean Police
Key Takeaways Hodlnaut has revealed that the Singapore Police Force demanded money via a transfer order in July. That transfer order concerns $127 million in an account belonging to one customer, Samt...
Indian Police Manhunt for Bitconnect Founder after US Indictment for Fraud
After receiving a complaint from many bitcoin investors that their funds had been stolen by a worldwide cryptocurrency Ponzi scam, the authorities in India have begun an investigation into Bitconnect ...
Hodlnaut facing police proceedings, cuts 80% of staff
Holdnaut, the embattled crypto lender, faces police proceedings and revealed that it laid off most of its staff. The Singapore-based crypto firm said there are “pending proceedings” between itself an...
Indian police probes BitConnect founder over the fraudulent scheme
Indian police have decided to probe the alleged founder of the crypto Ponzi project, BitConnect, Satish Kumbhani. The Indian state Maharashtra Police moved after filing by a Pune-based lawyer, accusin...
Indian Police Search for Bitconnect Founder After the US Indicted Him for Defrauding Crypto Investors – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Indian police have launched an investigation into Bitconnect and booked its founder after a bitcoin investor reported being defrauded by the global crypto “Ponzi scheme.” According to U.S. authori...
‘No Mardi Gras,’ New Orleans Mayor Warns If Police Shortage Persists
Topline New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) is warning the city’s iconic Mardi Gras festivities could be called off next year due to a significant police shortage, marking by far the biggest e...
Hodlnaut Announces Police Enquiry, Cuts 80% of Staff
Troubled crypto lender Hodlnaut today announced that it is subject to a police inquiry, and has had to cut 80% of its workforce. The Singapore-based crypto firm updated its community after it filed fo...
Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Cuts Staff Amid Police Investigation
Hodlnaut has laid off 40 employees to lower expenses Losses suffered by the firm’s Hong Kong subsidiary during the TerraUSD crash hurt its business Singapore-based cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut is la...
Hodlnaut a Singapore-Based Crypto Lender Fronts Police Actions And Unexpected Job Cuts
The interest-paying crypto swap shop is gripped in Legal proceedings with Singapore authority. Hodlnaut has fired a massive number of employees from their firm. Hodlnaut, a Singapore-based crypt...
Indian police seek Bitconnect founder in probe involving almost $5 million in Bitcoin
Indian authorities are looking for the founder of crypto investment protocol Bitconnect Satish Kumbhani over a scam involving Bitcoin (BTC). Kumbhani is being sought after a complaint was lodged agai...
Hodlnaut Confirms Interactions With Singapore Police, Job Cuts, Interest Rates Halts
In the wake of a statement by Hodlnaut confirming its request for judicial management on the 16th of August, the distressed platform has updated its original announcement providing more context on the...
Korean Police to Accept Cryptocurrencies For Traffic Fines
The South Korean police have just completed a successful trial program that allows it to take crypto from individuals to pay their traffic fines. Gunpo, a small city in the northwestern Gyeonggi provi...
Korean police seize crypto for unpaid traffic fines in trial
A South Korean town near Seoul has been successfully operating a pilot program that allows police to seize crypto from the exchange accounts of individuals with delinquent traffic fines. Gunpo, a city...
Korean police completes trial to accept crypto for traffic fines 1
South Korean police are set to take crypto from individuals with traffic fines after a successful trial of the pilot program. According to the details of the program, the police will be able to take t...
Indian police launch probe into BitConnect founder wanted by US SEC
The saga of BitConnect, a major cryptocurrency scam scheme, is taking another twist as one of the BitConnect co-founders is now wanted by the Indian state police. Satish Kumbhani, an Indian national a...