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NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce Charged by SEC for Touting EMAX Tokens
17.2.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for touting EMAX tokens and making misleading comments about unregistered crypto securities. The former Boston Celtics small forward agreed to settle the charges and pay the SEC $1.409 million....
Terraform Labs and CEO Do Kwon Charged by SEC With Multibillion-Dollar Crypto Fraud
17.2.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Hyeong Kwon, with fraud, alleging that Kwon and his company orchestrated “a multibillion-dollar crypto-asset securities fraud.” The securities watchdog insists that Kwon raised billions from...
Ex-Mitsubishi Electric CEO’s Son Charged with Violent Crypto Theft
14.2.2023
The son of the former CEO of Mitsubishi Electric has been arrested in a violent crypto robbery and kidnapping case in Japan – which saw a crypto holder allegedly confined and beaten over period of 20 days....
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Russian Charged With Laundering Ransomware Proceeds in Crypto Pleads Guilty in US
10.2.2023
A Russian national accused of processing cryptocurrency payments from ransomware attacks has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the United States. The man who was extradited from the Netherlands in mid-August, last year, will be sentenced in April. Russian Crypto Launderer Pleads Guilty in...
New FTX CEO Charged Crypto Exchange $690K Last Year: Hearing
6.2.2023
John J. Ray III has been leading FTX's bankruptcy case following the departure of Sam Bankman-Fried
US Authorities Charge Mango Markets Attacker — Defendant Arrested, Detained in Puerto Rico
23.1.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have charged an alleged attacker who stole $116 million from crypto trading platform Mango Markets. The defendant has been arrested and is currently detained...
SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini — Winklevoss Says Regulator’s Lawsuit Is ‘Super Lame’
13.1.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged crypto exchange Gemini and crypto lender Genesis Global Capital, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG). “Through this unregistered offering, Genesis and Gemini raised billions of dollars’ worth of crypto assets from...
Crypto Lending Crisis - Gemini and Genesis Charged by US SEC With Selling Unregistered Securities
13.1.2023
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against major crypto exchange Gemini and the troubled crypto lending and trading firm Genesis.
Per the press release issued by the regulator on January 12,
"The [SEC] today charged Genesis Global Capital, LLC and Gemini Trust...
Gemini and Genesis charged by SEC over unregistered securities
12.1.2023
The charges relate to Gemini's crypto asset lending program, Gemini Earn, according to a press release from the Securities and Exchange Commission
US Arrests ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFT Creator in $3M ‘Rug Pull’ Scheme to Defraud Crypto Investors
11.1.2023
The U.S. government has arrested and charged the creator of “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for allegedly defrauding crypto investors. “The purchasers were ‘rug pulled,'” the Department of Justice (DOJ) described, adding that millions of dollars...
Hacker Sent to Prison for Robbing Vietnamese Crypto Exchange
9.1.2023
Authorities in Vietnam have caught and sentenced a hacker who stole money and data from a local cryptocurrency exchange. The man, who was arrested and charged for extorting the trading platform’s owner, has been ordered to return the money he misappropriated. Vietnamese Court Jails Hacker...
DOJ Asks Victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud to Come Forward
8.1.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked victims of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)’s fraud to come forward. The former FTX executive has been charged with “defrauding customers of FTX.com, investors in FTX.com, and lenders to Alameda Research,” the Justice Department...
SEC Charges Team Behind Coindeal Crypto Fraud That Promised 500,000 Times Investment Returns
7.1.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the team behind Coindeal, a $45 million fraudulent crypto investment scheme. The regulator explained that the defendants falsely claimed that Coindeal “would generate investment returns of more than 500,000 times...
Two More Promoters of Forcount Crypto Ponzi Scheme Arrested, Charged With Fraud
6.1.2023
Two additional promoters of the Forcount Ponzi scheme – a Brazil-based crypto scam that defrauded Spanish-speaking investors around the world of a collective $8.4 million – have been arrested and charged with fraud for their role in the alleged grift
Developer of ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFTs Arrested, Charged With Fraud for Alleged $2.9M Rug-Pull
5.1.2023
The developer of the Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible token (NFT) collection – a knock-off of the popular Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT collection – has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly perpetrating a $2.9 million rug pull
Sonic Co-Creator Charged With Illegally Trading Over $1 Million In Final Fantasy Stock
28.12.2022
Last month, the legendary co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog was arrested for allegedly purchasing shares in a Dragon Quest development studio before their announcement. A month later, he was arrested a second time for reportedly buying stock in a Final Fantasy company in a similar fashion....
SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering
26.12.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered securities offering. In 2018, the company minted and sold tokens to raise funds for its ‘gig economy platform,’ the development of which had not even started at...
New FTX CEO Told Members of Congress SBF’s Family ‘Certainly Received Payments’ From the Business
19.12.2022
According to multiple reports, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents face scrutiny over their reported involvement with their son’s business operations. The two Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but the current FTX CEO, John J....
US Securities Watchdog Charges Sam Bankman-Fried With Fraud Over FTX Collapse
13.12.2022
According to a statement published on Dec. 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) with defrauding investors. SEC chairman Gary Gensler explained that the U.S. financial regulator alleges that SBF “built a house...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Formally Charged With Conspiracy, Fraud in US Court
13.12.2022
U.S. prosecutors revealed a litany of charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and campaign finance violations early Tuesday