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Canada Has Frozen And Seized Bitcoin Donations To “Freedom Convoy”
Last month, the world had shifted its focus towards Canada as the Truckers’ protests raged on. In a bid to stop the protests dead in its tracks, the Canadian government had chosen to remove the financ...
Seized Russian Oligarchs’ Assets Could Be Used For Ukraine Aid Under Senate Bill
Topline A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Tuesday that would allow the government to seize and sell assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs to help raise funds for humanitarian effort...
Alleged ransomware attacker extradited to the US, $28.2 million in bitcoin seized
A Canadian man was extradited to the US on Wednesday after being accused of conducting ransomware attacks in 2020. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, from Quebec, was accused of carrying out dozens of ...
This is what happens after they’re seized
The seized Lady M superyacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, at the port in Imperia, Italy, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images European governments tha...
Here are the Russian oligarch yachts being seized as sanctions sink in
A file photo dated September 10, 2018 shows mega yacht named “Dilbar” belonging to Uzbek-born Russian business-magnate Alisher Usmanov as it refuels by a tanker in Mugla, Turkiye. Germany ...
Israel Defense Ministry Seized Crypto Wallets Holding Hamas-Destined Funds – Regulation Bitcoin News
Israel’s Defense Ministry seized cryptocurrency wallets holding funds that were destined for Hamas, a report has said. The wallets belonged to businesses that are associated with Al’matchadun currency...
Israel Seized 30 Crypto Wallets with Ties to Hamas
Israel continues its fight against financing terrorism through cryptocurrencies. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the seizure of 30 crypto wallets and 12 accounts, all linked to financing ...
U.K. tax officials seem to believe they seized their first-ever NFTs
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the U.K.’s tax department, seized three NFTs as part of an investigation into potential tax fraud. And while regulators celebrated the move as it was the first time U.K....
UK seized 3 NFTs in a millions worth fraud case
NFTs utility has been introduced over the last year. The craze for these digital currencies are continuing to rise. However, as in every industry, fraudsters have already found a way to roll out illic...
Cryptocurrency Worth $435 Million Seized by 12 UK Police Forces in Five Years – Coinotizia
U.K. police have revealed how much cryptocurrency they have seized in the past five years in response to Freedom of Information requests. The London Metropolitan Police seized more bitcoins than other...
The Feds Just Seized $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin. Who Gets to Keep It?
In brief Bitfinex says it is entitled to the return of more than 94,000 Bitcoins as the “victim” of the hack. That may be unlikely given the company is under a cloud of regulatory and poss...
Seized Russian Dark Web Sites—Trump’s Dumps, Ferum Shop—Raked In $263 Million In Bitcoin, Ether And Litecoin Sales From Stolen Credit Cards
Topline Amid a growing wave of cryptocurrency seizures and government cybercrime crackdowns, Russian authorities have taken down massive swaths of the illicit credit card market as the nation looks to...
US Marks Largest Single Seizure Of Bitcoin In DOJ’s History With 94,000 BTC Seized ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The couple Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan were arrested on charges of being answerable for the 2016 hack on Bitfinex. The couple is ac...
U.S. Government Seized 119,000 Bitcoin (BTC)
Per a report from the United States Department of Justice, authorities stopped two individuals that allegedly conspired to launder 119,754 Bitcoin (BTC). The funds have been traced back to the 2016 ha...
Bitfinex Thieves Arrested, $3.6 Billion Bitcoin Seized – Trustnodes
The US Justice Department has announced the arrest of two individuals for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, one of the biggest and oldes...
Chinese Law Enforcement Agency Have Reportedly Seized $1.7 Billion Worth of Crypto
Reports emerged indicating that the Chinese officials are keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency activities and are applying innovative strategies to tackle virtual currency money laundering. “An Impor...
$435 Million Worth Of Cryptocurrencies Seized By UK Police Forces In Five Years
A magazine related to science and technology submitted FOI requests, to which police forces of the UK revealed that they seized £322 million worth of cryptocurrencies over the past five years. Bitcoin...
Cryptocurrency Worth $435 Million Seized by 12 UK Police Forces in Five Years – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.K. police have revealed how much cryptocurrency they have seized in the past five years in response to Freedom of Information requests. The London Metropolitan Police seized more bitcoins than other...
£322m worth of cryptocurrency has been seized in the UK in 5 years
TL;DR Breakdown • The UK law enforcement agency has seized over £300 million since 2016.• The cryptocurrency market has been used for money laundering and Ponzi schemes. Authorities in the UK had conf...
UK Police Have Seized $435 Million in Illicit Bitcoin
Police forces in the UK have seized £322 million ($435 million) worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a result of criminal investigations over the past five years. According to Freedom of Inf...
Israel government Seized $840K Cryptocurrencies From a firm to tackle terrorist funding
According to a recent local report, Protection Minister Benny Grantz has approved the seizure order. The defence official stated that the whole amount was originally NIS 2.6 million (about $840,000) i...
Israel Reportedly Seized $840K in Cryptocurrencies From a Company Linked to Hamas
Israel’s authorities continue their efforts in order to clamp down on individuals and companies supposedly related to funding terrorism. In the latest example, they seized just over $800,000 in digita...