2019-6-8 18:20 |
India’s new crypto bill reportedly includes a 10-year jail term for dealing with crypto, but also suggests the development of a national crypto
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Crypto leaders have faced continued legal scrutiny over the past few years, with several high-profile figures receiving lengthy prison sentences. In a recent study into jail sentences in crypto, Social Capital Markets draws parallels to the prosecution of bankers after the 2008 financial crisis.
2024-9-30 17:50 | |
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A businessman from Brooklyn went to jail for a year and a half for two scam ICOs. The time of gangster lawlessness on the crypto market has ended. Crypto criminals get what they deserve. We are talking about projects built on Ponzi scheme: RECoin and Diamond Reserve Club. The first project was announced as “First […]
2019-11-21 20:47 | |
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Two execs from South Korean crypto exchange Komid have been given jail time for faking trading volume and deceiving investors.
2019-1-22 01:30 | |
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Indonesian unicorn Go-Jek has announced a partnership between the company’s payments platform, Go-Pay, and Filipino cryptocurrency wallet Coins. ph. Local media has reported that the deal will see Coins.
2019-1-21 21:30 | |
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In a major blow for the global crypto sector, two executives working for an established cryptocurrency exchange called ‘Komid’ have reportedly been sentenced to jail for “purposely inflating trade volumes” through the use of digital bots and fake financial accounts.
2019-1-20 19:56 | |
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In South Korea, the leaders of cryptocurrency exchange Komid have reportedly been sentenced to serve time in jail for faking exchange volumes
2019-1-20 15:13 | |
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Two executives of a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange have reportedly been sentenced to jail for inflating trading volumes on their exchange. The pair allegedly used a bot to fake large orders in both cryptocurrencies and Korean won.
2019-1-20 07:00 | |
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With a new capital markets law, Malaysia declares any and all cryptocurrencies to be securities — and promises heavy fines and 10-year jail terms for breaches of its regulations
2019-1-19 15:00 | |
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Running an unregistered crypto exchange or an initial coin offering (ICO) in Malaysia could land the operator in jail for a maximum of 10 years. $2. 43 Million in Fines Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country’s top financial watchdog, has announced that it would categorize cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as securities.
2019-1-17 19:33 | |
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Changes to regulations in the cryptocurrency industry are abound throughout many countries, and it looks like Malaysia is one of the most recent to impose new laws. According to a report from TheNextWeb, the government in Malaysia has decided to impose regulations on both cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs). A statement was just […]
2019-1-15 00:21 | |
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$300,000 crypto fraud case involving Georgian state senator set to see prosecution evidence
2019-1-2 16:20 | |
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has run into trouble in the Japanese legal system, and prosecutors are pursuing a 10-year jail sentence for alleged embezzlement during his tenure at Mt.
2018-12-13 21:15 | |
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A Swedish man was recently convicted for trying to bomb a crypto exchange in London recently. He sent a letter bomb to the company and have also sent threatening letters to lawmakers in Sweden. The man, Michael Salonen, 43, was convicted to seven years in prison by a Swedish court of the Stockholm District. The […]
2018-11-10 05:41 | |
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Coinbase raises $ 300m for future expansion, Crypto’s race into space heats up, Oyster fraud leaves project in chaos & American Bitcoin trader faces 5-year jail sentence.
2018-11-2 12:04 | |
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On the most recent episode of The Tatiana Show, host Tatiana Moroz opened with an interview with Lyn Ulbricht, leader of the Free Ross campaign, to deliver some recent updates with the struggle to petition the carceral state for his clemency.
2018-10-4 20:31 | |
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Kenya’s central bank has penalized five major commercial banks for handling stolen state funds in the corruption scandal involving the country’s National Youth Service and Ministry of Devolution and Planning.
2018-9-19 15:30 | |
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A Texas man, formerly a citizen of Somer, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his involvement in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme worth $9 million. Homero Joshua Garza, the 33-year-old convict, will be put under three years of supervised release after his jail term ends.
2018-9-15 07:00 | |
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GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge.
2018-9-14 20:45 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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You hear stories of these mastermind criminals who have tonnes of Bitcoin stashed away, ready to be sold at the end of their sentence. Obviously, there’s not a lot you can do with your crypto when you’re in jail, until now that is.
2018-8-19 00:30 | |
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A former bitcoin trader from Arizona has been sentenced to 41 months in jail for laundering drugs money with crypto.
2018-8-3 16:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency bigwigs join the petition for pardon to Ross Ulbricht, as the request gains more strength beyond the crypto world. More than 29,000 signatures have asserted on the petition less than a week it started.
2018-7-23 16:26 | |
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Daily SPA, a Japanese media outlet, has reported on a Japanese man using his company dormitory’s free electricity to mine cryptocurrencies without asking permission. Also read: Japan Gives Jail Sentence to Crypto Miner in a Remote Mining Case An Extraordinary Income “Virtual currencies are processed cryptographically,” Sora-san, a Japanese man working in a major Japanese manufacturing
2018-7-6 11:38 | |
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Trading isn’t the only way to acquire crypto. Daily SPA, a Japanese media outlet, has reported on a Japanese man using his company dormitory’s free electricity to mine cryptocurrencies without asking permission.
2018-7-6 10:25 | |
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In Japan, a court has handed out the first jail sentence for remote mining from other people’s computers.
2018-7-3 22:02 | |
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A Japanese district court has, for the first time, sentenced a man to prison in a remote crypto mining case. The case follows the arrests of Coinhive users by the police in 10 prefectures. However, this case is different from previously discussed cases of mining cryptocurrencies using website visitors’ computers.
2018-7-3 07:15 | |
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Cryptocurrency has never been favoured or supported by the mainstream media, but this week’s news that an LA trader is facing jail time for their trading of Bitcoin, one of the biggest worldwide digital currencies, is bringing strange new attention to this new financial frontier.
2018-6-20 16:00 | |
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Cybercrook Louis Meza’s daring $1. 8 million crypto heist faces a jail term of 25 years, along with his accomplices. Meza, aged 35, planned the grand heist along with three other people he recruited.
2018-6-14 16:59 | |
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As India approaches another Union Budget, the country’s crypto and Web3 community is doing so with restrained expectations, shaped by years of regulatory ambiguity and a policy approach that has prioritised taxation and oversight over formal recognition.
India’s RBI wants BRICS to link CBDCs like the e-rupee and digital yuan by 2026, creating a shared rail for trade and tourism that bypasses dollar-based systems. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed a plan to interconnect the central…
Crypto exchanges must now track user location and identity more rigorously as India steps up efforts to bring digital assets under formal oversight.
Regulators warn that decentralized and offshore crypto activity could outpace India’s enforcement capabilities.
India’s ED raided 21 sites tied to 4th Bloc Consultants, alleging a decade-long fake crypto-platform Ponzi that laundered funds via wallets, shell firms, hawala and foreign accounts. India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted coordinated raids at 21 locations across Karnataka, Maharashtra…
India’s CCI clears Coinbase’s minority stake in CoinDCX, cementing the US exchange’s return to India and strengthening the local platform’s position in a top crypto adoption market. India’s antitrust regulator approved Coinbase Global Inc.
