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South Korea’s Biggest Exchanges Pen Crypto Crime-fighting Deal with Police

14.10.2022
The five biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea have signed a “crypto crime-fighting” MOU deal with the nation’s police force – and will work with officers fighting crypto-powered money launderers and crypto scam artists. According to Fn News, the exchanges – the market-leading Upbit and Bithumb...

Binance to Train Law Enforcement on How to Stop Crypto Crime

3.10.2022
Matthew Price, head of intelligence and investigations of the Americas, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss what role the largest cryptocurrency exchange is playing as it spearheads a global training program for law enforcement officials

ETH Merge Forks, Quantum Computing, Biden Draining Oil Reserves, DOJ Targets Criminal Crypto Use — Week in Review

25.9.2022
With the Ethereum Merge event now successfully completed, new proof-of-work (PoW) forks have emerged to vie for miner acceptance. This, as the United States government, has warned that the post-quantum world is getting closer, and vulnerable cryptography will need to be protected. Amidst red...

Tornado Cash left a void, time will tell what fills it — Chainalysis chief scientist

22.9.2022
There’s a hole to be filled where Tornado Cash once was, and “junior mixers” are vying for position in the wake of the mixers sanction and ban by the U.S. Treasury

Downfall of Canada's Lambo driving ‘Crypto King’ reportedly sees $35M in losses

21.9.2022
Founder of fraud recovery law firm says the only other avenue available for investors would be to make reports to the Ontario Securities Commission or the police

Crypto Crime-Focused Justice Department Leader Leaving Role: Report

13.9.2022
Nicholas Quaid, second-in-command in the Criminal Division, spent his nearly two-year stint at the DOJ developing the regime surrounding crypto crime legislation and prosecution

DeFi Has Become Crypto Crime’s Main Arena, Crystal Blockchain Says

27.7.2022
More than $14.5 billion in crypto has been lost to hacks and scams since 2011

US Rep. Josh Gottheimer Proposes $3M Boost to Treasury’s Crypto Crime-Fighting Unit

25.7.2022
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) has proposed an amendment to a federal budget bill that would give the Treasury Department an additional $3 million to fight crypto-related crime in 2023

Crypto CEO Appeals 25-year Prison Term for Pushing Girlfriend out of 19th-floor Window

20.7.2022
A 33-year-old South Korean crypto company chief has appealed a 25-year prison sentence after allegedly pushing his live-in girlfriend to her death from a 19th-storey window. Per Asia Today and Newsis (via Fn News), the man, referred to for legal reasons by his surname Kim, was the CEO of...

FBI Arrests 2 Men Planning ‘Violent’ Robbery of Bitcoin Worth Millions of Dollars — They Face 20 Years in Prison

28.6.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested two men who participated “in a violent plan to break into a family’s home in the middle of the night” to steal bitcoin worth tens of millions of dollars,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. They could go...

Chainalysis Launches 24/7 Hotline for Crypto Crime Victims

22.6.2022
Ransomware actors raked in all-time-high of $731 million in crypto payments in 2021 – and 2022 is on track to be another record year for crypto-enabled cyber crime

Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report

14.6.2022
A rapidly growing crypto market means that hacks and scams are accounting for less overall activity, and their percentage of total usage continues to decline

US Justice Department Urges More Coordination to Combat Crypto Crime

7.6.2022
A new report from Justice responds to this year’s executive order from President Joe Biden, marking some of the first recommendations produced by the order

Chainalysis Reveals ‘Storyline’ Product to Follow the Money in Crypto Crime

18.5.2022
“You have an entire investigation that tells the entire story of what happened,” Chief Scientist Jacob Illum said

US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands Share Crypto Criminal Leads, Including a Potential $1B Ponzi Scheme

15.5.2022
Officials from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands have shared data and identified more than 50 crypto-related criminal leads, including one case that could be a $1 billion Ponzi scheme. Officials Share Data on Global Crypto Crime The heads of tax enforcement from the Joint...