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Twitter Reinstates GOP Sen. Steve Daines’ Account Hours After Suspending It For Violating Policy Against Graphic Images
Topline Twitter reinstated the account of Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on Tuesday, hours after the company suspended him over a violation of its policy against posting graphic media or adult content—wh...
UK crypto firms could be jailed for 2 years for violating advertising laws
The new proposed advertising rules in the UK could subject executives of crypto firms to up to two years in prison for failing to meet certain promotion requirements. Crypto firms would need either FC...
Jailed for Violating UK Advertising Rules, Says FCA
The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned of robust actions against firms not complying with its advertising laws. Crypto crimes and advertisements that potentially misguide inve...
Former FBI Official Accused Of Violating Russia Sanctions To Help Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Topline A former FBI agent who once led counterintelligence in the bureau’s New York office was charged with money laundering and violating sanctions to benefit Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, prosec...
Thai SEC to Investigate Zipmex About Violating Certain Crypto Rules (Report)
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly launched an investigation against the distressed cryptocurrency platform Zipmex. The watchdog will inspect whether the latter breache...
Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out Over $600k, Violating Parole?
Is it possible that the founder of FTX forgot he was arrested? BowTiedIguana, a crypto analyst specializing in DeFi education, revealed on Dec. 29 that there was evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried’s pot...
Gemini faces lawsuit for violating the U.S. Exchange Act
Crypto exchange Gemini and its founders, the Winklevoss twins, are facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly not registering their interest-bearing accounts as securities and thereby violating the U...
Congressman Will Pay Over $14K Fine for Violating Crypto Policy
Madison was found violating the rules of Legislators. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican representative of North Carolina, has been instructed to compensate more than $14,000 for his involvement in a cr...
Kraken To Pay Settlement For Violating Sanctions
The crypto exchange has agreed to pay a penalty amount of $362,000 to U.S. regulators in the alleged sanctions violations case. Kraken Settles With U.S. Regulator Kraken has entered into a settlement...
Kraken Agrees to Settle with US Regulators for Violating Sanctions
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to pay the penalty to settle civil liability related to apparent violations of sanctions on Iran. As part of the deal with OFAC, Kraken would pay more than $3...
Kraken Settles With The SEC And Pays $362k For Violating U.S Sanctions on Iran
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has made it clear that it will keep imposing fines on cryptocurrency exchanges for alleged violations of the U.S. sanctions system. This time it was th...
Binance, Kraken, Accused of Violating US Sanctions, Back Anti-Fraud Startup
Rival cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Kraken — both once accused of violating US sanctions — are now backing a fraud detection and identity verification platform for digital assets. The ven...
Kraken settles with US Treasury’s OFAC for violating US sanctions
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has announced a settlement with crypto exchange Kraken for “apparent violations of sanctions against Iran.” In a Nov....
U.S. SEC Charged Goldman Sachs For Violating ESG Investment
33 mins ago | 2 mins read Editors News Goldman Sachs Asset Management agreed to pay a $4 million penalty. GSAM failed to have written rules or procedures for ESG research in one product. The U.S. Secu...
Keurig Dr Pepper CEO resigns after violating code of conduct
The Keurig Dr Pepper logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Keurig Dr Pepper announced Thursday that CEO Ozan Dokmecioglu agreed to resign after violati...
BitDAO Community Accuses Alameda Research Of Violating No-Sale Contract
According to Lookonchain, an on-chain consulting company, Alameda Research only controls 56 Ethereum addresses, which marks a decline from its possession of $500 million on October 1st. At the time of...
Twitter Is Being Sued For Violating Employment Laws After Massive Layoffs
Rumors of massive layoffs had followed Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform Twitter. Apparently, the billionaire had thought that there were too many employees in the company and that ...
Seagate to Cut 3,000 Jobs, Faces Charge of Violating Sanctions
(Bloomberg) — Seagate Technology Holdings Plc, the biggest maker of computer hard drives, said it’s eliminating about 3,000 jobs and that big buyers of technology are cutting orders on concerns ...
Bittrex Fined With $53 Million For Violating Anti-Money Laundering Laws
Cryptocurrencies are supposed to be censorship resistant… Cryptocurrency exchanges, not so much. Bittrex found this out the hard way after a record fine imposed by the U.S. regulators. On October 11, ...
DOJ Charges Russian Billionaire Deripaska With Violating Sanctions—And Scheming For His Child To Be Born In U.S.
Topline The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Thursday accusing Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and three associates with violating U.S. sanctions imposed against the aluminum tycoon in 201...
Coinbase Sued for Violating the Copyright on Crypto Transfer Technology – crypto.news
Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, has been hit with yet another multi-million dollar lawsuit. The exchange is facing charges over its digital trading technology, filed by a c...
Former BitMEX Executive Faces Up to Five Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Violating Bank Secrecy Act
A high-ranking BitMEX employee is pleading guilty to violating the US’s Banking Secrecy Act, the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the embattled crypto exchange. In his plea, Gregory Dwyer admi...
BitMEX former executive pleads guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act
Another top executive joins three co-founders of the crypto exchange BitMEX, pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court case under the headlin...
BitMEX Executive Pleads Guilty to Violating US Anti-Money Laundering Program
Two years ago, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Justice and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) slapped BitMex with civil and criminal charges after the firm allow...
Another BitMEX executive pleads guilty to violating Bank Secrecy Act
BitMEX former executive Gregory Dwyer has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Dwyer, who served as the Head of Busin...
BitMEX Executive Pleads Guilty to Violating Bank Secrecy Act
A high-ranking BitMEX executive, Gregory Dwyer, has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. He faces a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison. BitMEX executive Gregory Dwyer has plea...
New York State Fines Crypto Wing of Robinhood $30,000,000 for Allegedly Violating Consumer Protection Laws
The state of New York is levying a fine against the crypto branch of trading giant Robinhood for allegedly violating consumer protection and anti-money laundering laws. According to a new press releas...
Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Violating US Sanctions – crypto.news
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Kraken has reportedly come under federal investigation by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), on the suspicion that the exchange offered se...