2024-12-20 05:49 |
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has petitioned a judge to drop criminal charges against him after an appeals court found the Treasury unlawfully sanctioned the crypto mixer. origin »
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A popular figure in the cryptocurrency world known as “Bitcoin Jesus” – who has been indicted for a multi-million-dollar tax evasion case – asked a federal court to drop the charges against him.
2024-12-5 07:00 | |
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Federal prosecutors have charged five alleged members of “Scattered Spider,” a hacking group accused of targeting companies and individuals in a spree of cyberattacks. According to court documents unsealed Wednesday in California, the defendants allegedly stole sensitive data and at…
2024-11-21 22:53 | |
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Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive who had been detained since February, has been officially cleared of all charges by the Nigerian government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) requested the withdrawal of the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja during a court session on October 23, 2024. This announcement was made during […]
2024-10-24 07:00 | |
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Judge John Koeltl ordered Alex Mashinsky and prosecutors to appear in court on Nov. 13 to address the former Celsius CEO’s motion to dismiss fraud and market manipulation charges.
2024-10-24 01:23 | |
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Nigerian authorities have dropped charges against Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance, citing his ill health as the reason for discontinuing the case. Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.
2024-10-24 16:34 | |
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The Nigerian government has officially dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance Holdings executive, who had been detained since February. On Oct. 23, the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced the case withdrawal at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
2024-10-23 14:36 | |
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Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, has pleaded not guilty to laundering Bitcoin in a London court. According to Bloomberg, Qian, a Chinese national, was arrested in April and charged with two counts of money laundering. The UK’s Criminal…
2024-10-21 17:04 | |
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The former FTX engineering director pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges in February 2023 and will return to court on Oct. 30 for a sentencing hearing.
2024-10-18 19:47 | |
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A Nigerian court denied bail for Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who is facing money laundering charges, despite concerns over his deteriorating health. A Nigerian court on Friday, Oct. 11, rejected a bail application on medical grounds for Binance executive Tigran…
2024-10-11 14:16 | |
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Roughly two years after the crypto exchange collapsed and many of its executives faced criminal charges, the Oct. 7 court decision was a step forward for reimbursing FTX users.
2024-10-8 22:43 | |
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According to Montenegro’s Supreme Court, the US and South Korea had both met the conditions for applying for Do Kwon’s extradition to face criminal charges.
2024-9-21 23:00 | |
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Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, facing money laundering charges in Nigeria, made a fresh bail request on medical grounds during his court appearance on Sept. 2, according to a family statement shared with CryptoSlate.
2024-9-2 20:15 | |
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been indicted and placed under supervised release by a Paris court on Aug. 28 following his recent arrest on charges including terrorism and child abuse content. Durov has been indicted and placed under judicial supervision.…
2024-8-29 22:57 | |
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The head of the popular social-media and messaging platform was arrested on Saturday as part of an investigation into money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and non-cooperation with law enforcement crimes.
2024-8-30 17:38 | |
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, a Franco-Russian billionaire, was released from police custody but has been transferred to a Paris courthouse, where he faces multiple charges, including terrorism and child abuse content.
2024-8-29 16:42 | |
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Novatech specifically targeted and defrauded the United States' Haitian community Charges filed in the U.S District Court of Southern Florida The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)The post SEC charges Novatech, founders, promoters with $650M crypto fraud appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-8-13 14:30 | |
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The U.S. SEC may be dropping it's charges against so-called third-party tokens such as Solana and Matic which have been part of its case against Binance, according to a court filing early Tuesday morning.
2024-7-31 10:35 | |
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Come charges against Binance are sticking. Others aren't. Here are the latest developments on the company's ongoing legal troubles.
2024-7-1 18:21 | |
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In a statement to the press, Gambaryan’s wife expressed her confusion about why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will not release her husband after a court cleared him of tax evasion charges.
2024-6-21 10:08 | |
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The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three UK nationals for the $3 million ‘Evolved Apes’ NFT (non-fungible tokens) scam. The suspects face charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
2024-6-8 05:00 | |
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Thomas John Sfraga, known as “TJ Stone,” entered a guilty plea to wire fraud charges in a Brooklyn federal court on Thursday. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Sfraga was accused of deceiving investors with the promise of up…
2024-5-18 21:44 | |
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive, who faces charges of money laundering and tax violations in Nigeria. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled against granting Gambaryan bail on Friday, citing the executive’s potential…
2024-5-18 17:57 | |
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Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan denied bail by Nigerian court, faces money laundering and tax evasion charges. The post Nigerian court denies bail and allows Tigran Gambaryan to stand trial on behalf of Binance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-5-19 16:27 | |
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The Nigerian court also ruled that the Binance exchange can be served the FIRS tax evasion charges through its executive Tigran Gambaryan.
2024-5-19 15:48 | |
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Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev is facing a lengthy prison sentence should a panel of judges in the Netherlands find him guilty of money laundering charges. That court decision is today, May 14 and comes amid Dutch prosecutors’ recommendation that Pertsev be slapped with a 64-month prison sentence.
2024-5-14 14:55 | |
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After their initial court appearances on May 2, the former CEO and chief financial officer of Cred must enter their plea by May 8.
2024-5-5 03:52 | |
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Qoin still has a class-action suit pending against it in addition to the case brought by regulator ASIC.
2024-5-4 21:54 | |
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The US Department of Justice has released a rebuttal to Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges levied against him by the government. In a filing submitted on Friday, the DOJ rebuffed several arguments made by the defendant’s lawyers while nudging the court to ensure the case undergoes a proper trial. […]
2024-4-29 20:00 | |
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Binance‘s co-founder and former CEO, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, submitted a letter of apology to the court on April 24. Zhao, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges earlier this year, expressed regret in advance of his upcoming sentencing date.
2024-4-25 03:03 | |
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Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan will remain in prison in Nigeria until at least May 17, following an Abuja court’s ruling to postpone a scheduled bail hearing until after he is tried on money laundering charges.
2024-4-24 22:33 | |
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A Nigerian High Court in Abuja ordered that the detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan be remanded in prison following the postponement of his bail hearing. Gambaryan, a US citizen, pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges earlier today and will remain in custody until his bail hearing on April 18.
2024-4-9 19:45 | |
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Nigerian authorities arraigned Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan before an Abuja High Court on April 8, where the employee denied allegations and applied for bail.
2024-4-8 18:08 | |
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Crypto exchange Binance, currently facing criminal charges in Nigeria, notably lacked legal representation at its April 4 court hearing in the African nation. Instead, the hearing was only attended by its compliance chief, Tigran Gambaryan, who the Nigerian government has detained since the end of February.
2024-4-4 19:59 | |
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The local tax watchdog last month filed charges in an Abuja court against Binance and the two executives who were detained in the country.
2024-4-5 14:23 | |
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The Appellate Court of Montenegro has declined Do Kwon’s appeal to halt his extradition to South Korea, according to a March 20 notice. In its ruling, the Court affirmed the High Court’s decision to deport Kwon, the co-founder of now-defunct Terraform Labs, to face criminal charges in South Korea.
2024-3-21 20:13 | |
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A court in Montenegro ruled Thursday that Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to his native South Korea to face criminal charges regarding the May 2022 multibillion-dollar blow-up of the Terra ecosystem.
2024-3-14 22:02 | |
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Do Kwon, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Terraform Labs, notched a minor victory on Tuesday when the Montenegrin Appeals Court quashed last month’s Supreme Court decision that would have seen him deported to the United States to face fraud charges.
2024-3-6 23:42 | |
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The Montenegro Court of Appeals has ruled against fugitive Do Kwon's extradition to the United States to face fraud charges.
2024-3-5 20:04 | |
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Jian Wen faces charges of laundering Bitcoin in a London court as part of an alleged $6 billion investment scam, as her defense claims the scheme's true mastermind manipulated her.
2024-3-3 22:01 | |
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High Court in Montenegro has ruled to allow Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon to be extradited to the US. Kwon faces US fraud charges tied to losses from UST stablecoin collapse. SEC alleges Kwon raised billions through unregistered crypto transactions.
2024-2-22 21:40 | |
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Delve into the ongoing legal battle between Coinbase and the SEC, as the crypto exchange seeks to dismiss charges in a lengthy court hearing. The post Coinbase SEC Hearing Falls Short, According to Crypto Legal Expert appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-1-18 04:49 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, facing charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will fight the regulator and respond to the complaint in court. As the company’s chief legal officer (CLO) Marco Santori told CNBC, the legal battle with the…
2023-12-1 12:58 | |
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Kraken, facing charges from the U. S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), plans to fight and respond to the complaint in court, confirmed the company’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Marco Santori, in a conversation with CNBC on Nov.
2023-12-1 02:40 | |
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Now-former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges, according to reports from The New York Times on Nov. 21. Zhao reportedly entered his guilty plea in federal court in Seattle today and agreed to pay a $50 million fine as part of the plea deal.
2023-11-22 00:59 | |
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CZ will be required to pay a fine of $50 million as part of the plea deal, which will absolve the CFTC's charges Binance will have to pay a fine of over $4 billion and accept CZ's resignation The post Binance and CZ's plea deal with US Government revealed in court filing appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-11-22 22:48 | |
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Per a report from crypto news outlet CoinDesk, the founder of the failed ecosystem Terra (LUNC, formerly known as LUNA), Do Kwon, was denied an appeal on its 4-month sentence. The Montenegro High Court issued a statement upholding its decision over the charges brought up for falsifying an identity document by Kwon. Related Reading: SEC […]
2023-11-16 15:09 | |
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Uncertainty has hung over Ripple ($XRP) for months, but in a quick succession of defeats for the SEC in the US court system, momentum returns to this cross-border payments crypto solution. Earlier this year, a landmark ruling announced that $XRP was not, in fact, a security, and more recently, in October, the SEC dropped charges […] The post XRP Embraces Bullish Run, Galaxy Fox Continues to Rise Steady appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.
2023-11-15 18:00 | |
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A federal court ordered Braden Karony to be detained pending his transfer to the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) where the SafeMoon CEO faces crypto fraud charges.
2023-11-15 19:35 | |
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Irina Dilkinska, who reportedly served as “Head of Legal and Compliance” for the supposed crypto project, pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering on Nov. 9 in a Manhattan federal court.
2023-11-10 23:00 | |
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Jiva Technologies CEO Lorne Rapkin said the move to add Bitcoin to the treasury is “a unique opportunity to strengthen our treasury with a resilient and innovative investment.”