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Winklevoss Twin’s Lawyer Fined $15,000 Because of “Improper Behaviour” in Shrem Court Case
Back in 2018, the Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, decided to sue the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitInstant. According to them, they have paid to him $750,000 to purchase Bitcoin, but they received 5,000 BTC less. дальше »
2019-3-9 20:26 | |
Big Banks Money Laundering: UBS Fined $4.2 Billion, Danske Shuts Down in 4 Countries
Money laundering scandals involving some of the world’s largest banks have grown this week. Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, has been fined 3. 7 billion euros (~$4. 2 billion) for money laundering. дальше »
2019-2-21 18:18 | |
Mastercard Is Grabbing All The Blockchain IP It Can Handle
Mastercard filed the most global blockchain patents out of all US firms in 2017, a new report has found. The news comes in the same week that EU regulators fined the card provider $650M for restricting competition. дальше »
2019-1-26 20:57 | |
Mastercard Fined $650M by EU for ‘Artificially’ Raising Fees
The European Union’s competition commission has handed Mastercard a €570 million euro ($648 million) fine for artificially raising payment processing fees in breach of antitrust laws, according to an online statement published on Jan. дальше »
2019-1-24 06:05 | |
Plus One For Crypto: Mastercard Fined $650m For Inflating Fees
One of the primary driving forces behind the adoption of cryptocurrencies is to liberate ourselves from excessive bank and credit card charges. Today’s news that the European Union has just levied a $650 million fine on Mastercard for purposefully increasing charges just reinforces that premise. дальше »
2019-1-23 08:47 | |
Google Fined €57 Million For Violating GDPR
French regulators say Google failed to disclose how user data is collected and stored.
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Crypto Ecosystem is Improving as a Whole with AML while Big Banks Continue to Rack up Fines for Money Laundering
One of the biggest criticisms of crypto-based businesses has been weak AML procedures. Ironically, the ones who raise these concerns, large financial organizations are the ones who have been lax in doing the same. дальше »
2019-1-5 19:09 | |
Paragon Becomes 18th Largest Crypto By Market Cap: Are We High?
In a dramatic turnaround for one of 2017’s most egregious ICO projects, ParagonCoin (PRG) – recently fined $250k by the SEC for selling an unregistered security, and ordered to repay its investors – has cracked the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and is now worth over half a billion dollars. дальше »
2019-1-1 18:01 | |
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley $5 Million for Sub-Standard Anti Money Laundering Practices
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. дальше »
2018-12-29 15:00 | |
WSJ Reports Morgan Stanley Fined $10 Million for Money Laundering Activity Detection Failure
Traditional banks often affirm that the crypto market is often used for money laundering and that it should be banned or sanctioned because of this. However, there are days in which the anti-bank rhetoric of the banks can be somewhat ironic. дальше »
2018-12-28 11:18 | |
Another Plus One For Crypto: Morgan Stanley Fined For Failing to Detect Money Laundering
Major banks are often spewing anti-crypto rhetoric over its potential to be used for money laundering. So it is a little ironic when one of the world’s largest banks gets fined for not doing enough to prevent or detect it. дальше »
2018-12-27 13:00 | |
John McAfee Taunts SEC After Agency Affirms ICO Promotion without Payment Disclosure is Fraud
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently indicted DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather and fined them because they were promoting ICOs in the country without disclosing their payments. дальше »
2018-12-4 02:31 | |
Uber fined €1M for 2016 data breach by Dutch and British privacy watchdogs
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) just announced itcealed the 2016 breach for over a year, in which hackers gained access to personal data of 57 million people worldwide, such as names, email addresses, and telephone numbers. дальше »
2018-11-27 13:16 | |
SEC: ICOs Can be Securities Offerings and Need to be Registered
Late last week, the SEC released a statement informing the crypto and investor communities that it had settled with two ICOs that had carried out unregistered securities offering. The two firms that were cited by the SEC were CarrierEQ Inc. дальше »
2018-11-21 14:22 | |
SEC Cryptocurrency Crackdown: Two More ICOs Penalized
In a press release today, the SEC has imposed civil penalties on two more ICOs. Up to $27 million reimbursed to investors; each company fined $250,000, in addition to other penalties. The SEC appears to be finished watching. дальше »
2018-11-17 05:04 | |
U.S. Trader Fined $1.1 Million and Sentenced to 15 Months for Commiting Bitcoin Fraud
According to a report by Bloomberg, published November 13, 2018, U. S. resident named Joseph Kim has been fined $1. 1 million and sentenced to 15 months in prison for orchestrating fraudulent schemes related to bitcoin (BTC), and litecoin (LTC), thus duping his employer and several other customers of their money. дальше »
2018-11-16 00:00 | |
Trader Jailed and Fined Over $1 Million for Bitcoin and Litecoin Fraud Scheme
The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors. дальше »
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
Word on the Street: Cannabis stocks take off again - without crypto
Stock markets have made a significant recovery in the past week and cannabis stocks have been on a tear - attributed to the resignation of the notoriously anti-dope US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. дальше »
2018-11-10 22:00 | |
EtherDelta SEC Action Could Impact Entire Industry, Experts Warn
Legal figures engaging with cryptocurrency are warning over continued regulatory uncertainty impacting businesses after US regulators fined EtherDelta almost $400,000 November 8. EtherDelta Could Set Precedent EtherDelta, which operated since 2016 as a smart contract on Ethereum, fell victim to securities obligations under the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), leaving owner Zachary Coburn liable for penalties totaling $388,000. дальше »
2018-11-9 14:00 | |
US regulator fines EtherDelta founder for unregistered security exchange
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Zachary Coburn, the founder of decentralized EtherDelta exchange, of operating an unregistered stock exchange. He was fined of $388,000. дальше »
2018-11-9 10:57 | |
Etherdelta Founder Fined $400K for Operating Unregistered Securities Exchange
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published details of a cease and desist order it has taken against Zachary Coburn, the operator of Etherdelta. The decentralized ER20 token exchange was the leading Ethereum DEX during its peak, executing more than 3. дальше »
2018-11-8 19:40 | |
Crypto News Weekly 26.10.18: Floyd Mayweather ICO lawsuit, Air Canada looks to blockchain, Russian church fined for cryptomining
Floyd Mayweather faces private ICO court action, Air Canada joins airlines seeking blockchain economies, HTC launches its first blockchain phone, Bitcoin murder suspect arrested in France and Russian church forced to pay for cryptomining. дальше »
2018-10-26 10:23 | |
Facebook fined 0.001% of its 2017 revenue for Cambridge Analytica scandal
One of 201800 — was issued by the UK Information Commissioner‘s Office today and cements the initial ruling in July, the Guardian reports. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the fine is pocket change for the social media giant. дальше »
2018-10-25 17:12 | |
Italy slaps Apple and Samsung with a combined €15M fine over dodgy software updates
Italy’s top anti-trust watchdog today fined Samsung and Apple €5 million each over allegations their software updates deliberately slowed down users’ phones, Reuters reports. In addition, the agency stung Apple with a further €5 million fine over complaints it failed to provide end-users with clear information about how to maintain and replace failing batteries. дальше »
2018-10-24 15:27 | |
US Federal Court Fines Bitcoin Ponzi Schemer Over $2.5 Million
A U. S. federal court has fined a New York firm and its chief executive officer over $2. 5 million in the first anti-fraud action involving bitcoin filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. дальше »
2018-10-21 11:15 | |
Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare
How far can you trust the institutions and organizations that hold your sensitive medical information? Earlier this month, the Canadian government fined the manager of a pharmacy for using the provincial Drug Information System to snoop on the confidential medical history of friends, family, and coworkers. дальше »
2018-10-17 10:54 | |
Court Refuses to Drop Money Laundering Charge Against UBS, $5.8 Billion Fine Looms
A French court has reportedly rejected a request by the largest Swiss bank to drop money laundering charge against it. UBS Group and a number of its executives are accused of tax fraud and money laundering. дальше »
2018-10-13 16:10 | |
Chinese man arrested for stealing electricity to mine Bitcoin
I’ve heard some pretty innovative ways to avoid the electricity bill while mining cryptocurrency, but this is a new one. A Chinese man has been stealing electricity from a local railway network operator in order to power his Bitcoin mining rigs. дальше »
2018-10-8 15:45 | |
Another Plus One For Crypto; Banking Giants Fined Billions for Malpractice
For their misconducts, US and European regulators are imposing heavy fines on global banks. Solid research findings indicate that fines could top $400 billion by 2020 according to reports by Quinlan and Associates. дальше »
2018-9-26 16:30 | |
North Queensland is Becoming a Hub of BCH Accepting Businesses
The northern part of the Australian state, Queensland, is bustling with cryptocurrency energy. The region is extremely passionate towards one specific decentralized peer-to-peer electronic currency — bitcoin cash (BCH). дальше »
2018-9-17 18:55 | |
Netherlands’ Largest Bank ING Group Fined $900M for Money Laundering
This week Dutch authorities revealed to the public that the Netherlands’ largest financial services provider, ING, had violated numerous money laundering laws because they didn’t scrutinize unusual transactions and certain accounts. дальше »
2018-9-16 21:28 | |
Ex-CEO of Crypto Company Sentenced to Prison for Fraud, Fined $9 Million
The former CEO of a cryptocurrency company has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay $9 million in restitution due to his company’s role in a major Ponzi scheme that cost hundreds of investors millions of dollars. дальше »
2018-9-16 21:45 | |
Josh Garza Sentenced to Prison and Fined $9M over GAW & Paycoin Scam
U. S. Attorney’s Office District of Connecticut has announced Homero Joshua Garza (Josh Garza) has been sentenced to “21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which [Mr. дальше »
2018-9-14 16:40 | |
TokenLot ICO Superstore in Hot Water with U.S. SEC
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has fined TokenLot and its founders more than $550,000 for doing business in the U. S. as unregistered broker-dealers. The regulatory watchdog has also slapped them with officer-director bar, amongst other penalties, according to a Finance Magnates report on September 11, 2018. дальше »
2018-9-13 05:00 | |
A New Precedent: FINRA Charges Crypto Broker With Securities Fraud
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-profit watchdog for public brokerage firms in the U. S. , has had its first run-in with the cryptocurrency industry. дальше »
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
SEC Slaps Fraudulent Cryptocurrency ICO Founder with Fine and Lifetime Ban
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined the founder of a scam ICO project. The erring project head has also been issued a lifetime ban by the Commission. Details of the SEC Fine The Commission, on August 14, obtained a permanent officer-and-director order against David T. дальше »
2018-8-15 18:30 | |
Bitmain Reveals the Total Hashrate of Its Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware
Chinese bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has revealed the total hashrate of all its cryptocurrency mining hardware. This was done as part of a larger push towards greater business transparency by the company ahead of its rumored massive IPO. дальше »
2018-7-26 23:20 | |
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a number of stories related to crime from around the cryptosphere: an exchange operator pleads guilty to securities fraud, a scammer is fined over $1.9 million for bitcoin and binary options fraud,
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Montroll deceived his investors and then attempted to deceive the SEC. He also failed to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator. He promised to convert this into fiat and invest it on customers’ behalf in a pooled investment, including trading binary options on an online дальше »
2018-7-25 18:25 | |
Operators of Fraudulent Bitcoin Firm Fined $1.9M by CFTC
Various firms related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have no honest intentions. This problem has plagued the industry for quite some time now. The CFTC recently scored a big victory in this regard, as The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited was forced to pay $1. дальше »
2018-7-25 17:00 | |
The Daily: Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty, Scammer Fined Over $1.9 Million
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a number of stories related to crime from around the cryptosphere: an exchange operator pleads guilty to securities fraud, a scammer is fined over $1. дальше »
2018-7-25 14:58 | |
“STOP”: US Congressman and Cryptocurrency Critic Lashes Out on Twitter at People Investigating Backers’ Shady Past
In a direct message, Sherman said “STOP” to Twitter user @TheCryptoDog, who had made several Twitter and Reddit posts about the Congressman’s campaign funding history, which revealed that his main donor had been fined $13. дальше »
2018-7-19 19:24 | |
Credit Suisse Fined $77 Million For Bribing Chinese Officials in a Revolving Doors Scheme
One of the world’s biggest bank is to pay a $47 million criminal penalty to the U.S. Department of Justice and a $30 million settlement to the Securities and Exchanges... The post Credit Suisse Fined $77 Million For Bribing Chinese Officials in a Revolving Doors Scheme appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »
2018-7-5 18:00 | |
Bada Bing, Bada Boom: JPMorgan Fined Another $65 Million
Wall Street yawned yesterday as JPMorgan Chase & Co, the largest American bank, agreed to pay a fine of $65 million dollars for market manipulation. The fine was issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as penalty after discovering that traders had intentionally manipulated exchange rates in the $300-trillion-dollar swap market. дальше »
2018-6-19 04:57 | |