2020-6-17 21:00 |
A recent U.S. government hearing showed a significant uptick in online crime since COVID-19 took over in 2020.
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DOJ prosecutors trace a path of stolen Bitcoin from hijacked phones through a complex web of wallets, culminating in a series of circular transactions at an online casino designed to mask the illicit funds’ origins. According to a September 9…
D.C.’s attorney general is taking aim at Athena Bitcoin, accusing the ATM operator of knowingly enabling scams that drained seniors’ savings. Nearly every deposit, investigators claim, came from fraud schemes that the company ignored while pocketing hidden fees. On September…
A Beijing court has sentenced seven people over a crypto laundering case involving $20 million in stolen funds, raising fresh questions about how China might tighten its stance on digital assets. According to local reports, at the center of the…
A Belgian court has sentenced three for the abduction of a crypto coach’s wife, marking another high-profile case amid the rising wave of crypto kidnappings in France. The Brussels Criminal Court court has sentenced three kidnappers to 12 years in…
WhiteRock’s native token has plunged nearly 25% in the past 24 hours amid reports that its founder, Ildar Ilham, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. The price of WhiteRock (WHITE), the token that powers the on-chain brokerage for…
As part of a broader global crackdown on crypto-related fraud, Australia’s financial regulator has issued a major penalty over a fraudulent 15 million AUD digital asset scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a former financial adviser,…
Lawyers for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky argue that prosecutors are stripping him of his humanity to support a harsh sentence disconnected from his true actions. Alex Mashinsky‘s legal team has criticized the U.
