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US Justice Department charges two men in Mt. Gox Hack
9.6.2023
The Justice Department claims Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner took control of a Mt. Gox server and stole 647,000 Bitcoin from the exchange
Today in Crypto: Google Cloud Offers Certain Customers Up To $1M for Cryptomining Attacks, Countdown Until MiCA Enters into Effect Officially Starts, Hong Kong to Lay Foundations to Implement Retail CBDC
9.6.2023
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Do Kwon Moved $29 Million Worth of Coins Since Arrest, Prosecutor Says
8.6.2023
Founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, has withdrawn millions of dollars in crypto from an entity linked to his failed blockchain firm, investigators claim. South Korean authorities are now trying to locate the digital assets that have been allegedly transferred since his arrest in Montenegro...
The role of blockchain in combatting fraud and revolutionizing the gaming industry
8.6.2023
Blockchain's transparency is another key weapon in the fight against fraud
Australia's Commonwealth Bank Will Partially Restrict Payments to Crypto Exchanges
8.6.2023
The Australian bank announced on Thursday that will decline "certain payments" to crypto exchanges or hold them for a period of 24 hours
Meta’s Zuckerberg grilled by senators over ‘leak’ of LLaMA AI model
7.6.2023
The senators weren’t happy with the “seemingly minimal” protections to fight against fraud and cybercrime in Meta’s AI model
SBF upset by criminal trial's late evidence while FTX seeks sale of AI stock
7.6.2023
3.6 million documents have yet to be produced by prosecutors in the criminal trial of Sam Bankman-Fried according to his lawyers
Ex-NFL team owner Reggie Fowler gets 6 years for crypto ‘shadow banking’
6.6.2023
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Fowler’s lies exposed the U.S. financial system to “serious risk.”
Today in Crypto: JPMorgan Partners with 6 Indian Banks on Blockchain-Based Interbank Transactions, APPG Makes 53 Crypto Recommendations to the UK Government, Charles Hoskinson Warns About the Rise in AI-generated Frauds
5.6.2023
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Kazakhstan Police Shut Down ‘Fake Crypto Exchange’ and Arrest ‘Mastermind’
2.6.2023
Police in Kazakhstan say they have shut down a suspected fraudulent crypto trading platform, with its alleged mastermind arrested.
Per Nur.KZ, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that a “23-year-old man” had been arrested.
The man’s name begins with L and he was born in 1999, the police...
Gate.io denies liquidity problems after Multichain CEO goes missing
31.5.2023
Some Twitter users posted transactions showing large inflows of MULTI and FTM to Gate.io, leading them to perceive a connection between the two organizations
SBF wants to subpoena documents from old FTX/Alameda law firm to use in his defense
31.5.2023
The prosecution and FTX Debtors already have access to the documents, which concern 11 topics and may contain material favorable to SBF
Sam Bankman-Fried Leverages Law Firm Advice for FTX Fraud Defense
31.5.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is preparing to argue that he relied on the advice of Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West in his defense against fraud charges.
On Tuesday, his lawyers requested that prosecutors turn over documents that were provided...
S Korean Police Bust Two ‘Crypto Scam Rings’ Worth a Combined $350m – Crypto Fraud on the Rise?
31.5.2023
South Korean police have shut down two suspected crypto scams they think are worth a combined $350 million, with hundreds of victims believed to have been duped.
Per Joongboo Ilbo, one case involved a “virtual fashion items” marketplace.
This appears to have tricked at least 435 “victims” out...
Some SBF charges will be dropped if Bahamas objects, U.S. prosecutors say
30.5.2023
The charges relating to Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged bank fraud, operating an unlicensed money transmitter service and bribing Chinese officials may be dropped
Today in Crypto: FBI Issues Alert About Scam Crypto Job Ads, Binance Dismissed from a Tinder-Related Lawsuit, Hong Kong to Allow Licensed Platforms to Serve Retail Investors
23.5.2023
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SEC has no authority over crypto, argues defendants in $18M fraud lawsuit
23.5.2023
Two individuals sued by the SEC for allegedly running a fake crypto mining scheme are seeking the suit's dismissal, arguing the regulator has no authority over crypto
Today in Crypto: STEPN Reveals Apple Pay Integration, Huobi Ordered to Stop Operations in Malaysia, Hotbit Closes Shop, DCG Missed a $630M Payment, BXB Capital Raising Capital Exclusively in BTC
22.5.2023
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Attacker Takes Over Tornado Cash DAO With Vote Fraud, Token Slumps 40%
21.5.2023
A malicious proposal allowed an unidentified attacker to take over Tornado Cash, opening up the floodgates to a potential treasury drain
FTX Executives Sue Co-Founders Amidst Failed FTX Stocks Project
18.5.2023
Court documents filed on May 17, 2023, reveal that current executives overseeing FTX and its subsidiary, Alameda Research, have initiated a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, Nishad Singh, FTX’s former director of engineering, and Zixiao “Gary” Wang...