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Senator Warren’s Crypto Money Laundering Bill Builds Momentum as More Sign On
18.9.2023
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has enlisted more support from key lawmakers in a growing coalition pushing for a law to crack down on money-laundering and sanctions abuses in crypto, with new sponsorship from the top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary committees
OneCoin co-founder Greenwood gets 20 years in US jail for fraud, money laundering
12.9.2023
Karl Greenwood will also have to pay back the $300 million he made in commissions in the OneCoin pyramid scheme
London Fintech Owner Accused of Facilitating Massive Drug Money Laundering via Crypto
8.9.2023
A fintech owner in London is under scrutiny for allegedly assisting notorious drug traffickers in laundering hundreds of millions of euros through a crypto exchange platform.
Caio Marchesani, the 38-year-old Italian owner of Trans-Fast Remittance, a regulated payments business, is accused...
Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex CEO Receives 11,196-Year Jail Term for Fraud and Money Laundering
8.9.2023
Faruk Fatih Ozer, the founder and former CEO of Thodex, a prominent Turkish cryptocurrency exchange, has been handed 11,196-year prison sentence for fraud and other crimes, Bloomberg reproted.
Ozer was convicted on various charges, including fraud, leading a criminal organization, and money...
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Maintains Innocence in Money Laundering Case – Here's the Latest
7.9.2023
Roman Storm, co-founder of the sanctioned Ethereum-based crypto mixer Tornado Cash, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to money laundering and sanctions violations.
Storm pleaded not guilty in front of a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday...
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Pleads Innocence Amidst Money Laundering and Hacking Scandal
6.9.2023
On the 6th of September, 2023, the Inner City Press (ICP) delivered an account of the legal proceedings involving Roman Storm, one of the co-creators behind the ethereum (ETH) mixing protocol, Tornado Cash. In the courtroom drama that unfolded, Storm resolutely declared his innocence by pleading...
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering, Other Charges
6.9.2023
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm pleaded "not guilty" to charges of conspiring to operate a money transmitter or facilitate money laundering and sanctions evasion in a court appearance Wednesday
Major Singapore Banks Named in $740 Million Money-Laundering Scandal in Which Police Seized Millions in Crypto
31.8.2023
Top local and international banks in Singapore have found themselves entangled in one of the city-state’s biggest money-laundering scandals, encompassing over $740 million.
Recent chargesheet filed against 10 individuals have unveiled a web of illicit financial activities that have implicated...
Tornado Cash Developers Charged With Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations That Facilitated Over $1 Billion in Illicit Transactions
23.8.2023
Two more developers who worked on Tornado Cash, an Ethereum network-based privacy protocol designed to obfuscate the link between sending and receiving addresses, are being charged by the US Depart of Justice.
Developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov are both being charged with money laundering...
Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations
23.8.2023
Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC's sanctioned persons list and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer
Tornado Cash Devs Arrested for Allegedly Helping North Korean Hackers Launder $1B
23.8.2023
Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were arrested and charged with money laundering and sanctions violations tied to their work with the privacy mixer which "facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering" for North Korea's Lazarus Group
Binance Seeks Registration in Taiwan Under Money Laundering Control Act and FSC
13.8.2023
Binance, the global leader in cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has submitted an application for registration in Taiwan according to the Money Laundering Control Act and the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC).
During a private meeting on Tuesday, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory...
Binance Appoints New Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer
4.8.2023
On Thursday, Binance announced Kristen Hecht as the new Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer (GMLRO), a new role amid potential fraud charges from U.S. regulators.
Amid ongoing investigations into its practices, Binance has witnessed the departure...
New York Man Admits to Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hack From 2016, Pleads Guilty With Wife to Money Laundering
4.8.2023
In an unexpected revelation, Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, confessed to being the original hacker behind the 2016 cyberattack on crypto exchange Bitfinex, a theft that was once worth $4.5 billion. Lichtenstein made the admission while pleading guilty to laundering the stolen bitcoin in a Washington, D.C....
Individual charged with money laundering admits to hacking Bitfinex in 2016: Report
3.8.2023
The identity of the hacker or hackers behind an exploit which removed more than 100,000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016 had only been the subject of speculation until Aug. 3
Couple behind Bitfinex money laundering scheme reach plea deal with US prosecutors
21.7.2023
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan are scheduled to appear for an arraignment and hearing on Aug. 3 as part of a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors
21 Arrested in China for $54M USDT Money Laundering Investigation
20.7.2023
Authorities in China's Shanxi Province have arrested 21 individuals allegedly involved in a major Tether (USDT) money laundering scheme.
The scheme, estimated to have generated over $54 million, utilized the US dollar-backed stablecoin USDT to launder money, the country’s national broadcasting...
Deltec Bank's Funds Seized by U.S. Secret Service in Money Laundering and Fraud Probe
19.7.2023
The U.S. Secret Service seized multiple corporate accounts last month controlled by Deltec Bank, a Bahamian bank with ties to crypto-related firms.
New documents unsealed in a federal court on Monday reveal that the secret service seized several U.S bank accounts controlled by Deltec last month. ...
Brazil Police Take Down ‘Crypto-powered Money Laundering Rings’
14.7.2023
Brazilian police say they have taken apart two crypto-powered money laundering rings, with suspects arrested in four states across the nation.
In an official Federal Police announcement, officers explained that they had “dismantled” two groups they claimed had been active in “international drug...
Russia’s Supreme Court: Criminals’ Bitcoin-to-Fiat Trades Constitute Money Laundering
29.6.2023
Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that criminals’ Bitcoin (BTC)-to-fiat trades can be considered money laundering.
Per a report from the Russian legal affairs-focused media outlet RAPSI, the Supreme Court made the judgement in a case involving a citizen who sold narcotics to crypto-paying drug...