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U. S. Presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voiced his shock and concern over the U. S. government’s decision to withdraw six charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled founder of crypto exchange FTX.
2024-1-2 10:45 | |
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ALSO: SAM Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss most charges against him raises questions about the reach of the Commodities Exchange Act.
2023-5-10 04:49 | |
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The U.S. government recently announced charges against 5 Russian nationals and two oil traders for breaching sanctions. According to reports, the accused persons used crypto assets in sanction evading to fund Russia in the war against Ukraine. The U.S. Charges…
2022-10-20 19:00 | |
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BitMEX, the most widely utilized bitcoin margin trading platform, failed to enact proper compliance procedures and allowed unregistered trading, among other violations, according to US regulators. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, CEO Arthur Hayes, the firm’s owners (Samuel Reed and Ben Delo), and corporate entities (HDR Global Trading […]
2020-10-2 22:36 | |
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Update 2: In a reaction to the CFTC levying charges against BitMEX, the latter released an official statement that read: “We strongly disagree with the U.S. government’s heavy-handed decision to The post CFTC charges Bitmex co-founders for violating Bank Secrecy Act appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-2 19:28 | |
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New wire fraud charges against St. Petersburg trolls allege that they stole the identities of U.S. citizens to open crypto accounts.
2020-9-11 22:54 | |
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The founder of the Bitclub Network admitted charges against him of selling unregistered securities and filing a false tax return. The damage from Bitclub's actions is estimated at $722 million.
2020-9-9 23:04 | |
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Ripple (XRP) price broke below key short-term support at $0. 27 as the sellers assumed control of the price action. In the meantime, the crypto giant is facing a lawsuit in Australia. Fundamental analysis: Legal troubles for Ripple A large Australian financial services company is pressing charges against the crypto company Ripple Labs on trademark infringement allegations.
2020-8-29 18:04 | |
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Having only settled with the SEC last year, the PlexCoin founders now face a fresh round of charges from the U.S. Department of Justice.
2020-7-28 17:14 | |
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A US Federal Court said Friday that bitcoin is a form of money covered under the Washington D. C. , Money Transmitters Act (MTA). The court made this conclusion as it denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against Larry Dean Harmon, the operator of an underground bitcoin trading platform.
2020-7-25 13:30 | |
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The DOJ announces fraud charges against a Texas man who collected PPP funds to invest in crypto
2020-7-15 18:53 | |
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One of four men charged with defrauding investors of over $722 million through a long-running cryptomining scheme has pleaded guilty to charges against him.
2020-7-11 12:22 | |
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The SEC freezes the assets that belong to the owners of a fraudulent cryptocurrency hedge fund
2020-6-20 21:15 | |
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A “court motion to dismiss,” filed by Ripple Inc. to the United States District Court in Northern California on June 8, aims to dismiss the charges faced by the CEO, Brad Garlinghouse. The motion aims at removing three accounts of fraud by the plaintiff, Bradley Sostack, which did not show how Garlinghouse was purportedly fraudulent […]
2020-6-10 20:46 | |
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Manhattan prosecutors from the New York Southern District Court (NYSD) have unsealed indictment charges against Onecoin cofounder Sebastian Greenwood. The documents allege that Greenwood, alongside his accomplices Ruja Ignatova the ‘Crypto Queen’ and her brother Konstantin Ignatov, committed fraud on a multi-billion dollar level.
2020-4-13 03:00 | |
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Charges against Maduro and other Venezuelan heads don’t involve crypto directly, three different lawyers say
2020-3-28 21:30 | |
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After breaking down the charges against Larry Harmon, legal experts Sasha Hodder and Rafael Yakobi examine the case for bitcoin privacy and fungibility. The post Bitcoin Fungibility, Mixing and the Legal Limits on Maintaining Privacy appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-3-18 15:36 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against an Ohio-based businessman, Michael W. Ackerman on Tuesday who allegedly orchestrated a cryptocurrency scheme to defraud about 150 investors including many physicians.
2020-2-13 00:27 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a man for allegedly swindling 150 investors in an elaborate crypto trading scam
2020-2-13 12:26 | |
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What’s next for suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik as French authorities slam money laundering and conspiracy charges against him?
2020-2-8 01:00 | |
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OneCoin associate Mark Scott was charged with two counts of money laundering totaling $400 million. Now, one of the enablers of Crypto’s biggest scam wants the charges against him dropped. OneCoin Aide Claims ‘Insufficient’ Evidence Mark Scott was found guilty by a jury last November of two counts of money laundering (wire fraud and bank fraud) for OneCoin and its elusive founder Ruja Ignatova totaling $400 million.
2020-2-5 16:00 | |
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The Seoul Southern District Court has acquitted senior executives at Upbit crypto exchange of fraud charges. Insufficient Evidence Against Upbit Chiefs Delivering judgment on the matter, Deputy Judge Oh Sang-yong dismissed the 30-count criminal fraud and market manipulation charges leveled against the Upbit directors for lack of evidence.
2020-2-1 18:00 | |
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Former Ethereum Foundation member, Virgil Griffith has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges filed against him by the U. S. Attorney’s office. Griffith who is accused of aiding North Korea in evading sanctions faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if found guilty.
2020-1-31 18:00 | |
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The U. S. government has formally brought up charges against Virgil Griffith, a former researcher and scientist at the Ethereum Foundation. Griffith ran into trouble for traveling to North Korea to attend a crypto and blockchain conference after having been denied permission to travel by the U.
2020-1-9 16:00 | |
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While no one would deny the crypto sector has its fair share of ne'er do wells and general malfeasance, it was trusted legacy brands that stood out during the year for the sheer scale of their transgressions and related fines
2020-1-4 14:01 | |
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U. S. law enforcement filed in November criminal charges against Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith because he traveled to North Korea and taught “his audience how to use blockchain technology.
2019-12-30 20:38 | |
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An investigation launched on the request of a French startup has led to the indictment of a 37-year-old entrepreneur accused of stealing 182 BTC from the company he cofounded. Embezzlement of money is one the charges brought against him by the public prosecutor’s office in Paris.
2019-12-30 04:46 | |
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Eran Eyal, Shopin CEO, pleaded guilty today to charges of conducting an unregistered securities offering in an ICO that raised over $42 million. The SEC announced charges against Eyal in a Wednesday press release.
2019-12-13 05:53 | |
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The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal proceedings have started against Onecoin leaders and one alleged associate who was found guilty of laundering $400 million has asked a New York judge for more time to process an acquittal motion.
2019-12-11 22:30 | |
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The U.S. government's charges against Virgil Griffith are overblown, says one attendee of the North Korean conference that led to the ethereum developer's arrest.
2019-12-3 12:00 | |
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Micree Zhan, the former co-founder of Bitmain, will be pressing charges against the hardware manufacturing giant. He claims that he was removed from the company illegally. With Jihan Wu now leading Bitmain, its former co-founder is claiming this was an illegal power grab—and he plans to take action.
2019-11-8 22:32 | |
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The SEC and CFTC have filed and settled charges against Switzerland-based securities dealer XBT Corp. SARL
2019-11-1 22:11 | |
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The operators of Bitfinex claim that the cryptocurrency exchange is a victim of fraud committed by its payment processor Crypto Capital. The men behind Crypto Capital now face charges related to money laundering in Poland and the U.
2019-10-28 15:15 | |
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Following the loud arrest of the Crypto Capital president in Poland, fraud charges were brought against another head of Crypto Capital, a company that is allegedly responsible for the loss of Bitfinex's hundred millions of dollars.
2019-10-31 13:01 | |
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Investors in Centra Tech, a defunct crypto firm that was accused of fraud, defended their renewed class certification bid in a Florida federal court yesterday, after being denied in an initial motion.
2019-10-23 15:00 | |
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Nebulous Inc. , Sia decentralized cloud storage network’s parent company, reportedly entered a settlement agreement with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The complaint is related to a 5-year old SEC filing, that highlighgted Nebulous’ involvement in offering and selling unregistered securities.
2019-10-2 19:08 | |
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America’s Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has just announced settled charges against Block. one, the company behind EOS, for raising billions in an ICO in 2017 over approximately one year.
2019-10-1 01:50 | |
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U.S. law enforcement has charged an early supporter of the ethereum project and former advisor to Overstock’s tZero with extortion.
2019-9-19 00:10 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced pressing charges against Bitqyck Inc. and its founders for defrauding investors in securities offerings of two digital assets and operating an unregistered exchange.
2019-8-29 19:18 | |
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The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to settle the charges it filed in 2018 against a pyramid scheme that involved 4 individuals. As part of the settlement, the promoters of recruitment-based cryptocurrency schemes are permanently banned from operating or participating in any multi-level marketing program. Additionally, they are supposed to pay a […]
2019-8-25 18:05 | |
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We need a new category for this sort of Netflix activity. Robert De Niro’s company has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee who purportedly binged Netflix while on the clock, Variety reports.
2019-8-20 17:01 | |
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A U. S. judge has ruled that Coinbase must face negligence charges over its actions around the launch of Bitcoin Cash trading. However, the majority of claims against the company, including those of fraud and unfair competition, were thrown out.
2019-8-8 15:00 | |
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ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin was summoned to court in a $13 million lawsuit connected to failed ConsenSys spinout Token Foundry. Charges levied against Lubin by the startup’s former CEO, Harrison Hines, include fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract.
2019-7-23 23:28 | |
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Прокуратура Южного округа Нью-Йорка выдвинула обвинения Хью Брайану Хани в отмывании денег, вырученных от продажи наркотиков на даркнет-маркетплейсе Silk Road. Сотрудники Министерства внутренней безопасности США полагают, что Хани мог быть администратором крупного поставщика незаконных препаратов Pharmville.
2019-7-19 19:38 | |
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By CCN Markets: Renwick Haddow, the operator of the fake crypto trading platform Bitcoin Store and the fraudulent shared office space Bar Works, admitted to the charges against him with one of his fellow collaborators found guilty by US court.
2019-6-18 17:42 | |
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Karpeles believes that it will take a minimum of up to 10 years before a resolution for the Mt. Gox scandal can be arrived upon. The ex-Mt. Gox CEO is currently serving a 2.5 years suspended jail sentence in relation to the various charges that were levied against him back in 2015. As many of […]
2019-6-17 17:22 | |
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The SEC has filed charges of fraud against purported blockchain-related firm Longfin Corp
2019-6-6 00:30 | |
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The SEC filed fresh fraud charges against Longfin Corp. on Wednesday, alleging the company falsified its accounting. Longfin's stock price jumped after it announced a crypto pivot in 2017.
2019-6-6 23:30 | |
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As discussions surrounding the CLARITY Act—often referred to as the crypto market structure bill—continue in Washington, Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute, has provided insights on the current status of the legislation and the organization’s top priorities.
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When European police staged another coordinated sweep against crypto mixers this autumn, most people saw a familiar headline and scrolled on. But every seizure, every frozen server rack, every compressed hard drive pushed into an evidence van has the potential to change how Bitcoin actually moves.
Совокупный объем депозитов в криптовалютном миксере Tornado Cash достиг рекордных $1,195 млрд. В DL News скачок TVL протокола объяснили притоком средств, связанных с Ричардом Хартом. Источник: DefiLlama.
On Oct. 31, 2025, the Radiant exploiter transferred approximately 5,411. 8 ETH to Tornado Cash, a move worth roughly $20. 7 million. Nine days earlier, the same cluster had moved approximately 2,834.
DeFi now faces competition from CeFi (centralized finance)—a hybrid model that blends crypto’s financial rewards with familiar convenience.
The Ethereum Foundation is doubling down on its support for Roman Storm, the Tornado Cash developer who now faces prison time after a partial conviction in federal court. In an Aug. 7 X post, the legal aid account supporting Storm…