The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill was introduced in the United Kingdom’s parliament yesterday to extend police powers over cryptocurrencies in order to counteract cyber crime, money l...
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United Kingdom Proposes Bill For Easy Crypto Seizures
11 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News In June, the Met was able to confiscate a total of $158.0 million. Particularly enthusiastic about crypto adoption was the previous British government. To co...
Iran: Recent crypto-mining rig seizures fuel new call for regulations
Over the last five months, Iran has seized more than 9,400 cryptocurrency mining equipments, while also dealing with power outages over the summer. According to Iran International and Kambiz Nazerian,...
Venezuela Ordered to Pay ConocoPhillips $8.7 Billion Over Asset Seizures
(Bloomberg) — A judge in Washington, D.C., ordered Venezuela to pay about $8.7 billion to ConocoPhillips as compensation for seizing the energy company’s interests in oil projects. Most Read fro...
Argentina carries out crypto wallet seizures linked to tax delinquents
Argentina’s tax authority has seized more than 1,000 cryptocurrency wallets linked to delinquent taxpayers in the country. According to a report from local media outlet iProUP, courts across Argentina...
Argentinian Tax Agency Ramps Up Digital Wallet Seizures – Bitcoin News
The Argentinian Tax Agency, the AFIP, has ramped up the seizures of digital wallets of taxpayers in the country. The institution managed to seize more than 1,200 digital wallets of taxpayers that had ...
Feds Seize $34 Million In Bitcoin From Dark Web Seller – One Of The Biggest Seizures In US
Miami, a city known for its opulent lifestyles and cryptocurrency-friendly laws and mayor, has seen one of the most aggressive crackdowns on cybercriminals using bitcoin. Federal prosecutors confiscat...
Hamas Military Arm Still Calling for Crypto Donations Despite Previous Seizures
The cryptocurrency funding network of the terrorist organization Hamas is continuing to operate, according to recent reports. The U.S. Department of Justice broke down the network in 2020, but it look...
Canadian financial sanctions have led to seizures of bitcoin donated to protesting truckers
Truckers who were in Ottawa protesting vaccine mandates, have had some of their bitcoin donations seized and frozen by the authorities. Is there a lesson here for future donations to those who want to...
Cryptocurrency seizures boom in 2021- The Cryptonomist
The year 2021 has been an explosive year for cryptocurrencies and their expansion has reached far and wide, including their use for criminal purposes. According to the report by the Internal Revenue S...