2019-2-28 11:49 |
Over 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018
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Suspicious financial transactions filed by Japan-based cryptocurrency exchanges increased ten times over the previous year, according to the National Police Agency. The central enforcement body said Feb 28 that 7,096 out of the total 417,465 suspected money laundering cases mentioned the use of cryptocurrencies in 2018.
2019-2-28 16:41 | |
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In December last year, reports suggested Japan had seen over 6,000 money laundering cases that involved cryptocurrency in the first nine months of the year. Well, the trend continued. In the last three months of 2018, financial regulators received another 1,000-plus cryptocurrency related cases, taking the yearly total to 7,096 cases, the Japan Times reports.
2019-2-28 13:00 | |
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QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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Introduction In order to understand the full background behind why it can be said definitively that QuadrigaCX had one of their bank accounts raided in 2018 by Polish authorities for money laundering and involvement with criminal organizations (such as the Columbian Cartel).
2019-2-24 03:57 | |
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The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive, implemented originally by the European Union (EU), became active in July of 2018. The directive made it possible for the EU’s regulators to monitor crypto-related businesses and service providers, based on the intention of reducing the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing. The directive has now been transposed […]
2019-2-20 01:02 | |
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Exchange hacks, darknet activities and money laundering emerge as major trends in crypto crime in 2018
2019-2-18 17:23 | |
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Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange LocalBitcoins recently issued a statement about anti-money laundering laws and compliance with the 5th AML Directive of the European Union. The company said that it wants to work on compliance while building trust.
2019-2-11 15:29 | |
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On September 28, 2018, the Wall Street Journal published a report which claimed that criminals laundered nearly $90 million of proceeds via cryptocurrency exchanges over two years. The piece mainly targeted ShapeShift, a US-based crypto-to-crypto exchange, for facilitating trades without identifying the traders.
2019-2-4 12:16 | |
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Thefts and scams are plaguing the crypto space, which saw US$1. 7 billion worth of cryptocurrencies being stolen and scammed in 2018, a sharp increase despite a slump in the market, according to the CipherTrace 2018 Q4 2018 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report.
2019-2-2 15:11 | |
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According to the Q4 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering report by CipherTrace blockchain intelligence agency, criminals stole a massive $1. 7 billion of cryptocurrency last year. Despite the savage bear market conditions and freefalling prices, cryptocurrency theft is on the rise.
2019-1-31 14:00 | |
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Money laundering is by far the primary cause of regulatory restrictions placed on the crypto industry by various governments. Recent research has indicated that as much as three quarters of all laundered crypto in 2018 was shifted through basic online exchanges and related services.
2019-1-30 08:41 | |
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CryptoNinjas New research released today in the CipherTrace 2018 Q4 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Report reveals that $1. 7 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen and scammed in 2018 — a dramatic rise in criminal activity despite a slump.
2019-1-30 00:55 | |
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Binance’s cryptocurrency exchange platform has expanded into the European market with its entry into the Island of Jersey, a self-governing dependency of Great Britain.
2019-1-19 00:50 | |
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In a bid to curb the activities of bad actors who use cryptocurrencies to facilitate illicit gains such as terrorism financing, Irish authorities are set to approve the Criminal Justice Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Amendment Bill 2019, according to The Irish Times report on January 4, 2018.
2019-1-5 06:00 | |
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The American financial industry regulatory authority, FINRA, has fined wall Street bank Morgan Stanley for violating anti-money laundering (AML) rules over a period of five years, reported Finance Magnates on December 26, 2018.
2018-12-29 15:00 | |
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De Nederlandsche, the Dutch central bank, is keen to regulate cryptocurrency companies to deter money laundering and terrorist financing. According to December 11, 2018, reports from Dutch Daily newspaper, De Telegraaf, cryptocurrency companies may require a license to continue operating in the near future.
2018-12-13 07:00 | |
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The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has estimated that there were around 6,000 cases of suspected money laundering relating to crypto in the nation in the first three quarters of 2018. This figure is more than eight times that of the final nine months of the previous year.
2018-12-7 02:30 | |
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Reported suspicious crypto transactions soared in the first 10 months of 2018, but fiat is still vastly more popular in money laundering.
2018-12-6 14:02 | |
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Japan’s efforts to regulate the cryptocurrency industry might have come a little later than needed, as the country has seen nearly 6,000 cases of money laundering involving cryptocurrency so far in 2018.
2018-12-6 12:30 | |
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Crypto money laundering is on the rise in Japan, Homeland Security is going blockchain-project shopping, and fake celebrities hawk bitcoin.
2018-12-7 02:26 | |
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The state of Wyoming has passed a blockchain bill that allows banks to provide banking services to blockchain companies in the state. According to the legislative document, the new bill would create a new banking category called the Special Purpose Depository Bank, a group of financial institutions in the state that provide banking services to blockchain-based businesses.
2018-12-3 19:48 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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On November 30 and December 1, the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to the section 25 of G20 leaders’ declaration, G20 countries will regulate crypto-assets for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism in line with Financial Action Task […]
2018-12-3 19:35 | |
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On November 12, 2018, The infamous Thai siblings accused of duping a Finnish man for bitcoin worth $24 million have pleaded not guilty in court over money laundering charges. The siblings were first arrested in August this year for engineering a cryptocurrency scam.
2018-11-14 04:00 | |
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November 13, 2018, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT): A massive “sexstortion” scheme that has been raking in millions of dollars in Bitcoins from terrified victims has been traced to the Bitcoin money laundering site Bitblender.
2018-11-14 23:04 | |
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The Taiwanese Government recently amended their anti-money laundering and Countering Finance Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws concerning cryptocurrency regulations. According to an Asia Times article published on November 5, 2018, these revisions and changes will give Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), the ability to crack down on any anonymous cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-11-5 20:00 | |
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After first going to prison in 2015 for laundering money used on the Silk Road, a new lawsuit by the Winklevoss Twins on November 2, 2018, has been lanced against Charlie Shrem suggesting that the Bitinstant CEO’s legal troubles are far from over.
2018-11-4 16:00 | |
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Researchers have unearthed a new cryptocurrency ransomware scheme that implicates a group of Russian-speaking hackers into stealing large sums of Bitcoin from unsuspecting victims – and laundering the stolen funds on an obscure cryptocurrency gambling site.
2018-10-31 16:00 | |
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A well-placed Russian official has called for global cryptocurrency standards to prevent money laundering and provide legitimacy to the industry while enforcing broad recommendations to control the sector, reported local news outlet Izvestia on October 29, 2018.
2018-10-31 22:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has granted self-regulatory status to the country's cryptocurrency industry, giving the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) authority to oversee the space, according to a Reuters report.
2018-10-25 21:29 | |
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The global entity responsible for setting international money laundering guidelines is finally ready to lay the foundation for its first crypto-specific set of rules by June 2018. FATF Readies Global Crypto Regulation on Money Laundering Paris, France-based money laundering watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has seen increasing pressure from global governments to unify regulation.
2018-10-20 00:15 | |
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Гонконгская криптовалютная биржа Binance внедрила программное обеспечение для борьбы с отмыванием денег. Компания установила софт Chainalysis KYT, разработанный блокчейн-стартапом Chainalysis. We look forward to collaborating with the @chainalysis team to combat global money laundering in #crypto.
2018-10-18 11:28 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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Cryptocurrency money laundering laws are proving to be effective as criminals are using only unregulated exchanges to siphon their money off. The CipherTrace Third Quarter Report shows that there is $927 million worth of stolen digital currencies waiting to be laundered in 2018.
2018-10-12 15:49 | |
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A report released by cybersecurity company CipherTrace on Oct. 9th revealed that cryptocurrency theft via hacking attacks on exchanges and trading platforms was up 250 percent since 2017, totaling $927M in the first nine months of 2018.
2018-10-11 10:00 | |
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Australia’s financial regulator, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), is tightening up surveillance on cryptocurrency exchanges as sophisticated criminals leverage digital currencies to send money internationally.
2018-10-10 05:00 | |
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In a blog post published October 1, 2018, cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift refuted a recent Wall Street Journal report claiming that approximately $9 million illegally obtained funds went through the exchange.
2018-10-4 01:00 | |
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On September 23, 2018, the Bitcoin Foundation sent a letter to the French Parliament asking that they reject a new crypto asset amendment being proposed in the PACTE Bill, which deals with the growth and transformation of France’s businesses and the country’s employee savings.
2018-10-4 22:10 | |
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One of the impacts of the rapid, global advancement of digital asset markets has been seasons of volatility and turbulence. This creates a challenging environment for even the most astute investors in terms of managing cryptocurrency portfolios and investment strategies.
2018-10-3 17:37 | |
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In what seems like the first coordinated strike from government agencies, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have taken action against a securities broker for violating federal laws in connection with security-based swaps funded by bitcoin.
2018-9-29 22:29 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: AML BitCoin (ABTC) continues its banner inaugural year by being listed on one of the world’s largest digital currency exchanges, HitBTC. September 14th, 2018. Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2018-9-14 10:30 | |
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University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account.
2018-9-13 18:07 | |
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Two crypto companies, Gemini Trust and Paxos, got a green light from a New York state regulator to launch their own stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the U. S. dollar. New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) gave an okay to Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, to launch Gemini Dollar (GUSD).
2018-9-11 01:58 | |
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In a bid to fight crypto-linked money laundering activities by bad actors in Thailand, the nation’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has said it would create a cryptocurrency wallet to enable it to seize digital currencies from cyberpunks convicted of DLT-based virtual currency-related crimes, as first reported by local news source, The Nation on September 3, 2018.
2018-9-5 23:00 | |
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In a what appears to be a seismic shift in company ethos, digital assets platform ShapeShift has launched a new loyalty program called "ShapeShift Membership" which will require the exchange users to provide "basic personal details," according to a blog post published September 4, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:20 | |
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A 21-year-old Bitcoin dealer is currently being prosecuting for illegal money transmission and money laundering. According to the Department of Justice in the Southern District of California, Jacob Burrell Campos was arrested in August 2018, as he attempted to enter the United States from Mexico.
2018-8-23 12:00 | |
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On 16th August 2018, Bibox, a leading AI-enhanced digital asset trading platform, announced its acquisition of Chain Capital that owns Swiss VQF license. VQF itself is the largest cross-industry Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) with the longest history that meets the standards established by the Financial Services Standards Association (FINMA).
2018-8-16 12:30 | |
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Thai actor Jiratpisit “Boom” Jaravijit, who was arrested as part of an elaborate $24 million scam, has secured bail after his arrest on Thursday, August 9, 2018. Jaravijit Out on Bail Jiratpisit Jaravijit has been released on a two million Thai baht (US$60,000) bail.
2018-8-13 19:43 | |
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Despite continuing to maintain an unfavorable stance for cryptocurrencies and citing their potential role in money laundering, Indian government officials revealed they are looking at tokenized datasets and other cryptographic forms of blockchain technology.
2018-8-13 13:00 | |
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