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Kraken Faces SEC Charges for Unlawful Crypto Trading Operations
21.11.2023
Image Source: CNBC The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added Kraken – a San-Francisco-based crypto exchange – to its hitlist of industry giants charged with a litany of securities law violations and internal control failures. In a lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court on Monday...
Oracle Employee Allegedly Involved in $54 Million Crypto Laundering Scheme
8.11.2023
Source: Pexels An Oracle employee with a unique nighttime persona as a party entertainer is now under investigation for his alleged involvement in a $54 million crypto money laundering scheme. Brian Krewson, who goes by the alias “Mr. Poto” during his party entertainer gig, has not been...
Breaking News: SafeMoon Executives Charged by SEC for ‘Massive Fraudulent Scheme’ and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Securities
1.11.2023
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just charged crypto project SafeMoon and its top executives for “perpetrating a massive fraudulent scheme” through the unregistered sale of crypto asset security SafeMoon (SFM). As per a press release on the SEC’s website, the agency...
Safemoon Founders Indicted for Fraudulently Diverting Investor Funds
1.11.2023
The founders of cryptocurrency Safemoon have been indicted on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering related to the alleged misappropriation of millions of dollars of investor funds. Braden John Karony, Kyle Nagy, and Thomas Smith were charged in an indictment unsealed...
SafeMoon executive team charged with multiple fraud counts, arrests made
1.11.2023
According to charges, the men misappropriated $200 million in investor funds to spend on a luxurious lifestyle
SafeMoon Execs Arrested by DOJ in Fraud Investigation, Charged By SEC
1.11.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SafeMoon and its executive team with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme through an unregistered securities sale
US Crypto Exchange Bittrex Receives Bankruptcy Nod to Cease its Operations
31.10.2023
A Delaware court judge approved the Chapter 11 plan of Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex on Monday to cease its operations. In April, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Bittrex, its co-founder and former CEO William Shihara. Bittrex faced allegations of operating...
Russia’s FSB Charges Man with ‘High Treason’ for ‘Donating Crypto to Ukraine’
30.10.2023
The Russian FSB, the nation’s intelligence service, has charged a man suspected of donating crypto to Ukraine’s military with high treason. The man, named Alexander Vechirko (54), was arrested by the FSB (Federal Security Service) in June this year – and, following a several...
CFTC Sues Former CEO of Crypto Lender Voyager for Fraud
14.10.2023
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital with fraud. The regulator accused Stephen Ehrlich and the company of luring investors with promises of high-yield returns while breaking derivatives rules. Ehrlich was also...
Voyager Ex-CEO Charged by U.S. Regulators With Fraud, Making False Claims
12.10.2023
U.S. regulators have targeted former Voyager Digital CEO Stephen Ehrlich with lawsuits claiming he engaged in fraud and deliberately misrepresented his customers’ government protections
South Australian Police Seizes $1.5M in Crypto From Man Charged With Drug Trafficking
5.10.2023
South Australian police have apprehended a 25-year-old man from Adelaide Hills on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, with approximately $1.5 million worth of crypto seized during the operation.
The accused individual operated multiple vendor profiles on the dark web, selling various...
SEC Charges FTX Auditor for Helping Clients Violate Securities Laws
2.10.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against an accounting firm that worked for failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The company, Prager Metis, has been accused of facilitating clients in breaking federal securities laws and also auditor independence violations....
Ben Armstrong spends night in jail with prowling, simple assault charges
27.9.2023
Crypto influencer Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong was released on bail around 8 hours after being booked by Gwinnett County police for loitering and simple assault
FBI Wanted Co-Founder of Crypto Exchange Wex Sentenced in Russia
24.9.2023
Aleksey Bilyuchenko, co-founder of Wex, the successor of the infamous Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, will spend only a couple of years in prison. The Russian, who is charged in the U.S. with money laundering, has been sentenced in his homeland as the only defendant in a case over the collapse...
SEC Charges Stoner Cats Over $8M Unregistered NFT Offering: Mila Kunis-Backed NFT Project to Pay $1M Penalty
13.9.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Stoner Cats 2 LLC (SC2) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that raised about $8 million from investors to finance an animated web series. SEC Slaps Stoner Cats 2 With...
Hawaii Man Charged for Making False Security Fund Conversion to Crypto Claims
5.9.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Hawaiian resident for falsely claiming that his fraudulent security would become the “first publicly traded security fund to convert to a cryptocurrency.” According to the Commission, the man promoted the security to boost...
Tornado Cash Founders Accused, Court Rules in Favor of Grayscale Against SEC, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
3.9.2023
The U.S. government has charged the founders of crypto mixing and privacy tool Tornado Cash with money laundering, calling them “criminals.” In other news, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled in favor of crypto asset manager Grayscale against the United...
SEC Charges Impact Theory in First NFT-Related Lawsuit Over Unregistered Token Sales
28.8.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Los Angeles-based media company Impact Theory with offering and selling unregistered securities in the form of crypto asset tokens. Notably, this marks the SEC’s first lawsuit targeting an NFT offering. SEC Sues Impact Theory Over $30M...
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Released on Bail
26.8.2023
One of the founders of the Tornado Cash crypto mixer, Roman Storm, has been released on bail, his lawyer announced on social media. Storm, who was arrested in the United States, has been charged with money laundering and sanctions violations through the unlicensed platform. Storm Out on Bail After...
SEC Charges Former US Correctional Officer With Fraudulent Crypto Token Sale
25.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Aug. 23 that it had charged a former New Jersey correctional officer “with fraudulently raising funds through the unregistered offering of the blazar token.” The Commission said the correctional officer’s scam was primarily...