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Chinese authorities have announced the country’s first-ever case of cryptocurrency confiscation through a court ruling. Related Reading: 78% Of Bitcoin Exchange Inflows Are Coming From Short-Term Holders: Glassnode According to a report, an investigation conducted by Chinese police has uncovered a large-scale cross-border online gambling case with a turnover of 400 billion yuan (approximately $56 […]
2023-7-19 04:00 | |
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Crypto related transactions have put a South Korean lawmaker under scrutiny, leading to potential disciplinary actions as an advisory panel of the country’s parliamentary ethics committee set a meeting for Monday.
2023-6-26 16:40 | |
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The Indian enforcement directorate froze over $11. 1 million on April 24 as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering using a cryptocurrency called HPZ token. The funds were seized during searches conducted in three banks and payment gateway providers across the country that served entities involved in money laundering.
2023-4-25 14:15 | |
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Prosecutors in South Korea are trying to get a court order to freeze $5. 3 million worth of Do Kwon’s assets in the country, Yonhap News reported on April 11. Terraform Labs co-founder Kwon has been under investigation in South Korea for fraud and tax evasion since the Terra-LUNA collapse wiped out nearly $40 billion in […] The post S.
2023-4-11 13:00 | |
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Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime has announced biggest cryptocurrency seizure in country's history
2023-2-21 18:35 | |
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Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board has seized assets belonging to Sam Bankman-Fried after launching an investigation into FTX’s affairs in the country.
2022-11-26 16:00 | |
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The country's Financial Crimes Investigation Board MASAK says the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried is also under investigation.
2022-11-26 14:58 | |
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According to a report from CNBC, South Korean authorities apprehended Terra’s Head of General Affairs, Yu Mo, as part of their investigation against Do Kwon and the LUNA debacle. The suspect was captured without an arrest warrant to prevent him from fleeing the country.
2022-10-6 16:54 | |
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Following an arrest warrant issued by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Joint Financial Securities Crime Investigation Team, authorities in that country moved on to freeze the assets of Terra (LUNA) founder Do Kwon.
2022-10-5 18:10 | |
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According to a report from Reuters, the CEO and founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, was under investigation by U. S. federal prosecutors. Launched in 2020 by the Justice Department, authorities in the country were seeking information about the company’s anti-money laundering activity.
2022-9-1 17:25 | |
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Per a press release from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), crypto exchange Binance is allegedly involved in a money laundering scheme created with WazirX. This entity operates as a crypto exchange platform in this country; one of its offices was raided on August 3rd, as a result of an ongoing investigation. Related Reading: Data Shows Bitcoin […]
2022-8-7 22:06 | |
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The Indian Directorate of Enforcement is investigating WazirX to determine whether it facilitated the laundering of 2,790 crore Indian rupees(over $350 million) through its platform, the country’s Finance Minister, Pankaj Chaudhary, told local media.
2022-8-4 03:00 | |
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Recent reports have confirmed that South Korea has blocked Terra Labs' current and former employees from leaving the country. The post S. Korea Terra Investigation Moves to Bar Employees From Leaving Country; New Lawsuit Targets VC Backers appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-22 03:00 | |
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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is still dealing with regulatory issues in 2021. According to a Reuters story, the country’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board has fined Binance’s Turkish affiliate, BN Teknologi, an 8 million lira (about $751,314) penalties (MASAK).
2021-12-27 16:51 | |
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The United Kingdom Gambling Commission, the country’s premier gambling watchdog, has launched an investigation into cards trading platform Sorare, said a notification released Monday. The commission alleged Sorare offered and operated an unregistered gambling platform targeted towards UK citizens.
2021-10-12 16:00 | |
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S&P Global says this adoption has immediate negative implications on its credit rating while protesters in the central American country vandalize an ATM and carried signs reading “we were defrauded by Bitcoin.
2021-9-18 17:07 | |
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The Brazilian Police Force confiscated 591 bitcoin amounting to 150 million Brazilian real (about $28.6 million) in a crackdown on a suspected fraudulent scheme. According to a CNN Brazil report, federal police as part of “Operation Kryptos” – an ongoing investigation of an alleged financial pyramid scheme arrested 5 persons in connection with the crime […]
2021-8-28 17:38 | |
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More than 30 people are facing fines and prosecution in South Korea for allegedly contravening the country’s ban on overseas crypto transactions.
2021-7-8 14:26 | |
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WazirX, which is one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in India and a subsidiary of Binance is under investigation by the country’s financial-crimes investigative agency for allegedly violating trading rules involving transactions worth around Rs.
2021-6-11 19:12 | |
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South Korea’s top financial regulator established dedicated crypto investigation teams across the country last week.
2021-4-19 11:35 | |
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A Spanish Court has issued an order compelling a division within the country’s police to investigate the possible existence of “computer fraud” on the Bittrex cryptocurrency platform.
2021-3-2 10:30 | |
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The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an alert that warns private industry in the country about incidents of harassment of victims made by ransomware gangs, such as the well-known Doppelpaymer group.
2020-12-19 09:03 | |
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On Sept. 7, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit raided the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, for the second time in less than a week. According to reports from the local newspaper, Seoul Shinmun, the raid aims to collect additional evidence about the case opened against the Chairman of the board of […] The post Bithumb Cryptocurrency Exchange Raided by South Korean Police For The Second Time first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2020-9-9 17:04 | |
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South Korean police raided the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb on September 2 as part of an investigation of fraud allegedly committed by the organization’s main shareholder.
2020-9-3 11:00 | |
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One of Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is under investigation after the Seoul Metropolitan Police found evidence of wash trading of over 99% of its volumes. According to local reports from Seoul Shinmun, the police have seized Coinbit exchange headquarters in Gangnam district and some property around the country as investigations continue.
2020-8-26 19:46 | |
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“What happened at Quadriga was an old-fashioned fraud wrapped in modern technology,” said the Ontario Securities Commission in an investigation. The 10-month long investigation into the exchange by the country’s biggest securities regulator revealed that the collapse of the Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform QuadrigaCX was because of a Ponzi scheme operated by its founder Gerald […]
2020-6-12 17:20 | |
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Brazil’s national competition regulator is about to decide the fate of its investigation on whether some of the largest banks in the country wrongly locked local crypto brokers out of financial services.
2020-5-21 17:51 | |
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Lawmakers in India are investigating the operations of Bitcoin and crypto companies in the country over suspected fraudulent activities. India’s Lower Parliament Looking into Bitcoin Companies According to a document released by Lok Sabha — the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament, some lawmakers in the country want the Executive to look into the activitiesRead MoreRead More.
2020-3-19 20:00 | |
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India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has performed a targeted raid on about 170 of the country’s banking locations in an attempt to crack down on fraud, which is reportedly rife in the banking sector.
2019-11-7 10:06 | |
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The sanctions committee of the United Nations has recently accused North Korea of using a blockchain firm in order to launder money overseas. According to the committee, an investigation was conducted and it was discovered that the country was using cryptos to evade sanctions imposed on it by the international community. Marine China, a blockchain […]
2019-11-7 23:00 | |
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A Brazilian congressman is opening an investigation into the company’s rampant cryptocurrency scams. We got access to
2019-10-19 18:04 | |
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The central bank of Venezuela is reportedly looking into whether it can store cryptocurrencies in its coffers, Bloomberg reports citing four anonymous individuals close to the matter. According to the report the bank‘s investigation follows a request by Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PSDV) – the country’s state-owned oil and natural gas company – which is apparently looking to send Bitcoin and Ethereum to the central bank.
2019-9-26 18:52 | |
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Hundreds of cases of a mysterious lung illness have been reported in the US in just a matter of weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with city and state officials across the country urge people to stop vaping nicotine and THC cartridges immediately.
2019-8-29 20:39 | |
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Perhaps no other company has profited more from the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented immigrants — and US citizens of similar appearance — than Peter Thiel‘s Palantir. A recent investigation, conducted by Mijente, revealed the US government has at least 29 active contracts with the company worth approximately $1.
2019-8-13 23:28 | |
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The law enforcement of Australia has recently charged five people for a cryptocurrency-related scam that involved $2. 7 million AUD ($1. 8 million USD). The investigation, which was made by the cybercrime division of the country, discovered that the criminals fooled over 100 investors.
2019-8-9 22:37 | |
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Venezuela appears to be leveraging cryptocurrencies as part of a larger effort to bypass US sanctions. According to an investigation by Spanish newspaper ABC, President Nicolas Maduro and his administration are using a digital wallet app called Jetman Pay to convert tax revenue from one of the country’s main airports into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2019-7-26 14:02 | |
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An investigation in the Spanish press suggests the country’s regime may have transferred funds to an offshore exchange via Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets.
2019-7-26 13:42 | |
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High-ranking police officers in India will receive cryptocurrency training to help with investigations involving digital currency. The country’s national police academy – the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) – has launched an educational course to help officers gain an understanding of how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology work.
2019-7-8 13:52 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Although China has shut down bitcoin trading platforms and deemed them illegal, its attitude toward bitcoin mining is still ambiguous.
2019-5-31 20:14 | |
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GDPR is complicated business; even people like me who try to keep up with all its developments struggle to understand this mammoth set of European regulations and its effects. I believe one of the main reasons for that is we’ve yet to see a proper GDPR case being brought against big tech companies like Facebook and Google — the companies GDPR should protect us from.
2019-4-30 14:06 | |
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There’s a 2,500-year-old Greek fable by Aesop which tells of a snake that ate a bird’s babies at a town’s Hall of Justice. The moral? It’s a dangerous world, and just because there’s a sign imprinted with the word “justice,” it doesn’t make it a just world.
2019-3-27 19:50 | |
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On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that major banks in the country have suffered a cyber attack affecting more than 20,000 users. “More than 100 cases (of cyber-attack) have been registered with the FIA and are under investigation.
2018-11-7 12:08 | |
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Japan’s Tax Investigation Committee, an advisory body of the government, is looking to simplify its tax filling system as confusion has led to poor reporting of profits with digital currencies in the country.
2018-10-20 21:00 | |
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The $34 million Bitcoin scam has its prime suspect named Prinya Jaravijit who was arrested in Thailand after returning to the country. Jaravijit is allegedly part of a scam which saw a man from Finland, Aarini Otava Saarimaa scammed out of over 5,500 Bitcoins, this would be worth around $34 million in today’s market.
2018-10-17 12:00 | |
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Companies from Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union have apparently turned the small country of Estonia into a massive money laundering haven. An investigation into the Estonian branch of Denmark’s largest bank is examining up to $150 billion which may have been involved.
2018-9-10 23:55 | |
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Nearly eight months to the day after the ponzi scheme BitConnect exit scammed, the sins of the project have caught up to one of its figureheads. Divyesh Darji, the alleged leader of BitConnect’s Asian team, was arrested this Saturday, August 18, 2018, in the Delhi airport by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
2018-8-20 19:54 | |
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Police in China has detained three men suspected of pulling the country’s biggest ever cryptocurrency heist — worth 600 million yuan ($87 million). Theft is China’s Biggest: Reports As multiple outlets report quoting local news publication Huashang News on August 19, authorities concluded an investigation spanning almost six months into three men who allegedly hacked a computer for Bitcoin and Ether.
2018-8-20 12:00 | |
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Months after speculations surrounding the government’s role in the investigation of a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Seiko Noda, the country’s internal affairs minister, has denied her involvement.
2018-7-25 12:00 | |
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The Surrey County police department in the UK became the first in the country to confiscate more than 2 million dollars in Bitcoin (BTC), which they discovered after a careful investigation that lasted more than a one year.
2018-7-21 07:41 | |
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In 2025, identity theft is bigger, nastier, and more varied than ever. As more of our lives move online, fraudsters have more opportunities: from massive data breaches at corporations to credential harvesting via phishing, from synthetic identity fraud to account…
Due to its anonymity, the cryptocurrency industry has become the target of identity-related fraudulent activities in recent months. According to an AU10TIX fraud report shared with crypto.news, crypto-related platforms accounted for 29% of global identity fraud attempts in the second…
Animoca Brands closed a funding round supporting the acceleration of the Mocaverse to create digital IDs and a point system for Web3 culture, gaming and entertainment.
The head of product at Tools for Humanity told Cointelegraph that Worldcoin is expecting more companies to integrate in the second half of the year.
New reports reveal that Worldcoin plans to expand its operations to sign up more users by allowing organizations and governments to access its technology.
Concerns around privacy, security and reported connections to Sam Bankman-Fried and Three Arrows Capital have raised eyebrows in the crypto community.