US DOJ names crypto enforcement director, reveals new FBI group focused on blockchain analysis and asset seizure

advertisement A crypto-focused “enforcement team” founded last October by the US Department of Justice has a new director.  According to Thursday’s announcement, Eun Young Choi is no...

Why the UK authorities’ £1.4 million NFT seizure isn’t groundbreaking

Cyber security officials poured cold water on the idea that a recent move to seize crypto assets in the UK, including three NFTs, had broken new ground.  Earlier this week, the UK’s tax authority arre...

‘Keep Your Coins’ Bill Introduced To Congress Following Canada’s Emergency Seizure Of Trucker Assets

Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) introduced “Keep Your Coins” legislation designed to prevent federal restriction on individual user’s virtual currency or wallet transactions. The bi...

LEO Token Pumps Post Bitfinex Bitcoin Seizure, But Why?

Bitfinex LEO Token has been rallying in the past week, as U.S. authorities allegedly captured the bad actors that took over 100,000 BTC from the platform back in 2016. LEO was created as a utility tok...

UK, first seizure of NFT for tax fraud

The first NFT seizure in history has probably taken place in the UK by HM Revenue and Customs, the UK’s tax collection agency.  The fraud that led to the NFT seizure According to the BBC reports, The ...

UK’s HMRC Makes the First NFT Seizure in Tax Evasion Scandal

The United Kingdom’s tax authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have arrested three suspected tax evaders and seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a confiscation that marks the very f...

UK tax authority makes first NFT seizure in VAT fraud case

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the chief tax authority in the United Kingdom, have seized three nonfungible tokens (NFTs) associated with a suspected tax evasion fraud. The tax watchdog claimed it was...

Bitfinex’s LEO Token Hits All-Time High Following DOJ Seizure of $3.6B in Bitcoin

Bitfinex’s UNUS SED LEO token (LEO) exploded to a new all-time high of $8.14 on Tuesday, shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had seized 94,000 Bitcoin stolen in an Au...

How The Crypto Couple Went From Wannabe Tech Luminaries To Targets In The Biggest Financial Seizure In Justice Department History

Heather Morgan, pictured, cast herself as an expert in “cold email” – unsolicited communications – and posted dozens of rap videos were she adopted her alter-ego, Razzlekhan. Eyepress – Newscom ...

Bitfinex’s LEO Exploded by 60% to a New ATH Following DOJ’s Bitcoin Seizure

After it became clear that several branches of US law enforcement agencies apprehended a man and a woman for conspiracy to launder nearly 120,000 BTC stolen from Bitfinex in 2016, the exchange’s crypt...

US Marks Largest Single Seizure Of Bitcoin In DOJ’s History With 94,000 BTC Seized ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp 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...

Justice Department Recovers Bitfinex Hack Funds In Largest Ever Financial Seizure

The FBI has arrested a husband and wife in Manhattan for allegedly conspiring to launder swaths of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack. According to Reuters, over $3.6 billion worth o...

US Seizes 94,636 Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack in ‘Largest Crypto Seizure to Date’ — 2 People Arrested – Exchanges Bitcoin News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the seizure of 94,636 bitcoins directly linked to the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. This is the DOJ’s “largest cryptocurrency se...

Trump Reportedly Played Direct Role In Exploring Possible Seizure Of Voting Machines By Federal Agencies

Topline Weeks after election day, former president Donald Trump reportedly ordered his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to ask the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if it could legally seize voting machines i...