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Chairman Jay Clayton is geared to leave the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after President Donald Trump nominates him to serve as the next U. S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
2020-6-22 19:15 | |
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On late Friday night, US President Donald Trump said he will nominate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
2020-6-21 16:13 | |
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The quest for the Bitcoin Association President continues as the law firm representing David Kleiman’s estate reaches out to Jimmy Nguyen on Twitter. NGUYEN KEEPS BUSY, YET CANNOT BE FOUND On Sunday, attorney Vel Freedman replied to one of Nguyen’s tweets, noting that his firm had repeatedly been unable to serve him with a subpoena related to the case against Craig Wright by Ira Kleiman.
2020-3-31 16:00 | |
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Since the coronavirus hijacked the headlines, Craig Wright and his lawsuit have taken a backseat. But, rest assured, the would-be Bitcoin inventor is still battling his corner. Now, he’s officially objecting to the Magistrate’s Order dismissing his Kenyan Lawyer attorney privilege.
2020-3-25 14:17 | |
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Bitcoin has taken a massive hit to both its market capitalization and, for some, its core value proposition over the last week or two. However, lawyer and cryptocurrency industry observer Jake Chervinsky claims its real test is still to come.
2020-3-21 19:15 | |
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While the cryptocurrency community deals with floundering market prices, the billion-dollar Kleiman v. Wright Lawsuit continues in Florida. On March 17, a court filing shows that the self-professed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has been ordered by the judge to pay $165,500 in attorney fees.
2020-3-19 22:50 | |
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While the cryptocurrency community deals with floundering market prices, the billion-dollar Kleiman v. Wright Lawsuit continues in Florida. On March 17, a court filing shows that the self-professed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has been ordered by the judge to pay $165,500 in attorney fees.
2020-3-19 22:50 | |
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The prolonged Kleiman vs Wright case has taken yet another turn as the defendant raised a plight of attorney-client privilege after failing to provide the alleged bonded courier. Craig Wright (defendant), self-proclaimed “Satoshi”, stated in court earlier this year, that he had received a bonded courier with over 11,000 Bitcoin addresses from a third party. […]
2020-2-6 01:56 | |
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In the latest dramatic turn of events in the Kleiman v Wright lawsuit, Craig Wright has claimed attorney client privilege over 11,000 documents, from over a dozen companies he was formerly involved with.
2020-2-4 00:30 | |
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Scott Freeman, a former prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, is the co-founder of JST Capital, a firm specializing in providing a full suite of traditional financial services to institutions and high-net worth individuals in the digital asset market.
2020-1-30 08:10 | |
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Joanna De Alba "dispensed heroin and methamphetamine from the shadowy corners of the internet," said U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue.
2020-1-4 23:30 | |
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On Friday the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the arrest of Ethereum Foundation member Virgil Griffith for allegedly “assisting North Korea in evading sanctions” by teaching “his audience how to use blockchain technology.
2019-11-30 07:05 | |
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During the last week, court documents stemming from the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit show that the Kleiman estate is now pursuing roughly $658,581 for attorney fees and expenses. Additionally, self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has filed a motion to fight the sanctions imposed on half of his alleged BTC holdings and intellectual property.
2019-11-28 06:30 | |
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The Attorney General of the U. S. state of Ohio has assessed the state’s crypto program and concluded that it is a legal violation of state law. The state’s former treasurer skirted the law to launch a website that allowed 23 types of tax payments in cryptocurrency ahead of other states.
2019-11-15 19:00 | |
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The Attorney General of the U. S. state of Ohio has assessed the state’s crypto program and concluded that it is a legal violation of state law. The state’s former treasurer skirted the law to launch a website that allowed 23 types of tax payments in cryptocurrency ahead of other states.
2019-11-14 19:00 | |
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Oct 1 Tether trumps Bitcoin for the monthly reported trading volume. Reported volumes compiled by CoinMarketCap showed that the controversial stablecoin, which is being sued by The New York Attorney General's office (NYAG), had the highest trading volume for the month of September, with roughly 18% higher volume than that of Bitcoin. Tether’s volume first […]
2019-11-11 09:13 | |
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Kathryn Haun, a general partner at U. S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, has revealed in recent interviews how she helped take down the Silk Road when she was working for the Attorney General’s office.
2019-10-23 01:25 | |
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The director of Bitcoin escrow service Volantis Market is facing several years in prison if found guilty of cryptocurrency-related fraud. According to the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, Jon Barry Thompson took more than $7 million from two victim companies after making false claims in connection with Bitcoin transactions.
2019-10-1 16:49 | |
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A man faces charges by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the CFTC over claims he took money for bulk bitcoin orders that were never delivered.
2019-10-1 13:21 | |
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One of the few countries in the world to ban Bitcoin and cryptocurrency outright has conducted multinational training on crypto crime prevention. Eight Countries Meet For Legal Training According to local news outlet SketsIndo, the Attorney General of Indonesia gathered attorneys from eight countries for a dedicated four-day cryptocurrency course.
2019-10-1 13:00 | |
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A Canadian man alleged to have conned an Oregonian woman out of $230,000 worth of Bitcoin is being held in prison so that he doesn’t flee the US to Canada. US Attorney Quinn Harrington said they were concerned that the perpetrator would flee and then fight extradition.
2019-9-27 14:41 | |
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A man charged with creating fake IDs in a major Bitcoin-powered distribution ring has been sentenced to one year and one day in US federal prison. Aaron Kuns, from Toledo (Ohio), who pleaded guilty in June, will also be subject to three years on supervised release and will have to forfeit his cryptocurrency holdings — valued at around $9,675 in April.
2019-9-19 14:28 | |
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U. S. President Donald Trump has previously spoken out against Bitcoin but he probably would never have imagined that his own justice department would unwittingly get involved in promoting the cryptocurrency.
2019-9-18 15:58 | |
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An Australian national living in Boulder, Colorado was slammed with a one year and a day prison sentence last month for trading bitcoins. An August 23 statement from the Colorado U.S. District Attorney’s Office states that Emilio Testa, 32, was charged with money laundering, and claims Testa knew the funds he was acquiring had been […] The post ‘We’re Going to Find You’ – How Undercover Agents Trade Prison Time for Bitcoins appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-9-2 18:00 | |
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On August 26, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor, Craig Wright, was ordered by Southern District Court of Florida to distribute half of his BTC holdings and intellectual property assets from prior to 2014.
2019-8-28 16:56 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitcoin Price Rose 3% as NY Supreme Court Denies Bitfinex’s Lack-of-Jurisdiction ClaimThe New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and iFinex, the parent company of the exchange Bitfinex, may continue.
2019-8-20 15:49 | |
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Earlier this month, Bitfinex filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court claiming that the New York State Attorney General (NYAG) was wrongly investigating Bitfinex as New York lacks the jurisdiction to do so.
2019-8-20 11:31 | |
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By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price moved higher on new legal developments in the ongoing wranglings involving Bitfinex and Tether. On Monday, the New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and iFinex can continue.
2019-8-20 05:30 | |
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The crypto industry is gearing up for an event-packed few months. From the resolution of the New York Attorney General’s injunction against Bitfinex and Tether to the final decisions of the long-awaited cryptocurrency ETFs, here’s a list of some of the most relevant dates in the crypto industry to keep an eye on.
2019-8-20 03:02 | |
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Goldman Sachs vice president and known Bitcoin skeptic Richard Gnodde is among 17 senior executives who could face ten years’ in prison for money laundering. Vice President Could Face 10 Years In Jail According to a press release from Malaysia’s attorney general August 9, Gnodde is now wanted in connection with the infamous 1MDB scandal from 2013.
2019-8-10 01:00 | |
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Justice Joel Cohen of the New York Supreme Court extended the preliminary injunction against iFinex and Bitfinex for an extra 90 days. This means the company cannot access Tether’s financial reserves for their own use.
2019-7-30 16:37 | |
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Monday’s judgment in the legal tussle between the New York Attorney General (NYAG) and Bitfinex might have some short-term effect on the Bitcoin price. All Eyes on Monday’s Trial Outcome As previously reported by Bitcoinist, the Supreme Court of the State of New York will resume hearing on the case between the NYAG and bitcoin exchange platform Bitfinex on Monday (July 29, 2019).
2019-7-29 17:00 | |
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On July 23, U. S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software.
2019-7-29 02:15 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is down 7. 7 percent from last week’s close. Steven Mnuchin, the U. S. Secretary of Treasury, is calling for unity amongst regulators. The U. S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York has charged Jon Barry Thompson of Volantis Escrow Platform LLC, for lying and stealing $7 million from clients.
2019-7-27 20:30 | |
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A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.
2019-7-26 07:45 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York State Attorney General have embroiled in an aggressive game of ping pong, continuously hitting back at each other’s remarks. In the latest episode, the NYAG claimed Bitfinex serviced New York State customers as early as January 2019.
2019-7-24 21:00 | |
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Bitcoin exchange platform Bitfinex has issued a court filing refuting claims by the New York Attorney General (NYAG) of servicing US customers in 2018. Bitfinex Says Alleged US Customers are Foreign Entities Earlier in July, the NYAG submitted evidence alleging that Bitfinex provided services to customers based in New York till December 2018, in violation of state law.
2019-7-23 15:00 | |
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In a tweet made out on Thursday, July 18, 2019, blockchain and crypto attorney, Stephan D Palley shared his viewpoint on Facebook’s Libra. Said activity isn’t the first of its kind, as many world leaders, countries and business tycoons have been assessing Libra’s pros and cons.
2019-7-22 23:13 | |
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On July 8 the office of the New York Attorney General submitted a report detailing Bitfinex and Tether’s alleged illegal trading and securities issuance in the state of New York. Have Tether and Bitfinex Colluded to Manipulate Bitcoin Price? A recently filed Memorandum of Law filed by the New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) alleges that Bitfinex and Tether knowingly issued USDT as loans to investors and operated as an unregistered securities operator in New Read More The post Tether Is In The Soup ‘Again’ For Blatant USDT Issuance appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.
2019-7-10 13:00 | |
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On July 8, 2019, the New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) submitted new court filings alleging that iFinex Inc. , the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuing firm Tether (USDT), continued providing services to New York residents as late as January 2019.
2019-7-10 21:00 | |
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The cryptosphere was a bit shaken a few months ago when news of the Bitfinex and Tether cover up spread like wildfire. It was revealed sometime in April by the New York Attorney General’s office that the exchange firm had experienced an $850 million loss and used funds from Tether to discreetly cover it up. […]
2019-7-2 18:02 | |
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On June 28, Craig Wright, the Australian native who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, spent the day in a Florida court battling with the Kleiman attorney. Wright became emotional when he told the court that he designed the network but didn’t like how it turned out.
2019-6-29 17:10 | |
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A court filing has surfaced in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit that gives details concerning the existence of the alleged Tulip Trust and another trust known as the Tulip Trust II. The filing of Craig Wright’s declaration dated May 8, 2019 is partially redacted but gives a description of the ostensible trusts of bitcoin […] The post Kleiman Attorney: ‘Craig Wright Hasn’t Complied With the Order to List His Bitcoin’ appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-6-22 21:30 | |
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According to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on June 3, 2019, it is conducting an ongoing investigation alongside the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to seek victims who lostRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-5 13:00 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin is a worthless sham that’s only useful for facilitating crime, and the public must be warned about the full spectrum of the crypto-sphere’s sleaziness. That’s the opinion of attorney John Reed Stark, a cybersecurity expert who worked for 20 years at the SEC’s enforcement division.
2019-6-3 02:30 | |
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Another suspected dark web drug dealer is about to stand trail because he wrongly believed Bitcoin transactions were entirely anonymous. This has prompted the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Erin Nealy Cox, to issue a warning for all those attempting to deal drugs online using Bitcoin.
2019-5-30 00:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex on May 23, 2019, had a sigh of relief amidst the ongoing Tether (USDT) controversy as it won a partial block on demands for information from the New York Attorney General (NYAG) Office, Bloomberg reports.
2019-5-24 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has secured a temporary reprieve in its ongoing legal tussle against the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office. NY Judge Grants Stay of Document In a press release issued on Wednesday (May 22, 2019), Bitfinex announced that Hon Joel M.
2019-5-23 13:00 | |
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In a court transcript from a May 16, 2019, hearing between the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office and Tether, the sister company of Bitfinex, Tether has admitted that some of its reserves were also invested in bitcoin and other digital assets, reports The Block on May 21, 2019.
2019-5-23 13:00 | |
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Tether has announced the expansion of its USDT token to an eighth blockchain.
The FMA reports two-thirds of the investment fraud reports filed in 2020 were related to cryptocurrency and digital currency trading products.
This is the second bitcoin ETF approved to trade in Canada.
Geely will own 80% of the venture while Concordium will own the rest.
Gates has previously criticized cryptocurrencies and said he'd short bitcoin "if there was an easy way to do it."
A new tie-up with payments firm Klarna brings the exchange access to more than 5,000 banks across Europe.
Local firm Bitcoin Suisse has partnered with the canton of Zug, converting cryptocurrency tax payments into Swiss francs.