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Report: Microsoft, Nvidia, Ubisoft Hacked By Suspected Teenagers

24.3.2022
Over the past month a number of the world’s biggest tech companies have been hacked by a group known as Lapsus$, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Ubisoft, Samsung and Okta. These haven’t been minor breaches, either; Nvidia lost sensitive GPU designs, and Microsoft gigabytes of important source code....

Wex Exchange Co-Owner Reportedly Detained in Russia

23.3.2022
Authorities in Russia have arrested a crypto entrepreneur associated with an unidentified cryptocurrency exchange who is suspected of embezzling funds and property. According to a media report, the detained person is one of the owners of Wex, successor of the infamous BTC-e exchange. Owner of...

Shonen Jump Gives Fans Heart Attack Over Suspected NFTs

19.1.2022
Earlier today the American Twitter account for storied manga anthology Shonen Jump got very excited about some upcoming news. Problem being, they phrased it in a way that got fans very upset, very quickly.Read more

US ‘Kidnapped’ Russian Crypto Businessman Denis Dubnikov, Lawyer Says

13.11.2021
U.S. law enforcement agents have “kidnapped” crypto entrepreneur Denis Dubnikov in Mexico, before transferring him to the Netherlands where he was arrested, his lawyer told Russian media. Dubnikov is suspected of money laundering and faces up to 20 years in prison if extradited to...

Finiko Fugitives Suspected of Moving 750 BTC From Crypto Pyramid’s Wallet

13.11.2021
A large amount of cryptocurrency has reportedly been withdrawn from a wallet previously controlled by the Finiko Ponzi scheme in Russia. The wallet’s unknown operators have transferred coins worth $48 million this month. The digital currency was split into smaller amounts and deposited...

Bank of Russia Lists Crypto Companies Among Financial Pyramids

24.9.2021
The Central Bank of Russia has recently expanded its database of financial market players suspected of illicit activities. Several crypto companies have been added to the list along with entities bearing signs of Ponzi schemes, as well as illegal credit organizations and forex dealers. Central Bank...

US Sanctions Russian Crypto Broker Suex for Laundering Millions in Illicit Funds

22.9.2021
The U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted Suex, a cryptocurrency broker based in Russia, for its money laundering activities. The platform is suspected of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto transactions related to scams, ransomware attacks, darknet markets, and the infamous...

Authorities Seize USD 5.2m in Crypto from ‘Tax Dodgers’

15.9.2021
tax crackdown on suspected cases of unreported or underreported taxable income by studying customer data they were handed by the nation’s four largest crypto exchanges

Legalized Theft: Police Seize $87,000 From Former Marine but Don’t Charge Him With a Crime

2.9.2021
A recently published report that went viral across social media details how a former U.S. Marine, Stephen Lara, was pulled over by police and was suspected of being a drug trafficker. Police then searched Lara’s vehicle and subsequently took $87,000 in cash from a bag kept in Lara’s...

Watch: Spanish Police Bust a Suspected 111-rig Crypto Mining ‘Farm’

24.8.2021
Source: Screenshot, Policía Nacional, Twitter Spanish police have captured a raid on a suspected illegal underground crypto mining facility on video – breaking into a private house that was allegedly housing over 100 functioning mining rigs. In a video shared by the National Police, officers were...

Crypto Exchange Liquid Hacked, Loses Millions in Various Currencies

19.8.2021
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is suspending deposits and withdrawals after a security breach resulting in the loss of around an estimated $80 million in digital assets. The platform published the suspected hacker’s addresses and said it’s moving funds to cold storage. Hacker...

Arson Suspected After House Of Twitch's Biggest Female Star Catches Fire

17.8.2021
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, the most-watched woman on Twitch, said in a Twitter thread that her house caught fire last Friday. According to Siragusa, investigators haven’t pinpointed a specific cause but “strongly suspect arson.”Read more

Report Suggests Robinhood Owns Largest Dogecoin Address and Third-Largest BTC Wallet

30.7.2021
Last February the crypto community was obsessed with a specific dogecoin address that happens to be the largest dogecoin holder today with over 36 billion DOGE. One armchair sleuth studied a number of onchain transactions and suspected the company Robinhood owned the wallet. Now the individual...

Suspected USD 330M Crypto Scammer: Set Me Free and I’ll Refund Investors

24.7.2021
Javier Biosca, a man accused of masterminding a Spanish crypto-themed fraud project believed to be worth over USD 330m, has appeared before a court to deny that he intended to cheat investors out of their funds. He also claimed he would be able to “fix the situation” for investors currently unable...

Ukraine’s ‘Largest Illegal’ Mining Facility May Have Been a FIFA Bot Farm

18.7.2021
A data center busted by Ukrainian law enforcement this month for suspected electricity theft may have had a purpose different from mining cryptocurrencies. Ukraine’s security service described the facility as the “largest underground crypto farm” found to date but media reports...

Hong Kong Busts Money Laundering Ring Using Tether to Wash Millions

16.7.2021
Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested four people suspected of money laundering a total of $155 million through cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts. The city’s customs agency said this was its first case in which virtual money had been used to launder dirty cash. Money Laundering...

China Shuts Down Software Maker Over Suspected Crypto-Related Activity, Issues Industry-Wide Warning

7.7.2021
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, has shut down a software firm over suspected involvement in cryptocurrency transactions. The central bank also warned organizations not to “provide premises, commercial display, advertising … and other services...