
A 24-year-old man from Florida has been convicted of running a crypto-stealing scheme that also included kidnapping and assault. In a new press release, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says that Remy St. Felix, from West Palm Beach, was the mastermind of a burglary crew that targeted crypto owners from September 2022 to July […]
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A former investment banker and registered broker has been sentenced for masterminding a $1.5 million crypto fraud scheme. In a new press release, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) says that Rashawn Russell, who used to work for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has been sentenced to three years and five months behind bars. […]
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Authorities in Taiwan are reportedly accusing crypto exchange executives and dozens of others of running a multimillion-dollar crypto scam. According to a new report by the Taipei Times, prosecutors are charging 32 people with fraud allegedly related to the ACE crypto exchange, recommending 20-year sentences for the four operators of the trading platform. Those arrested […]
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The Supreme Court of Montenegro is postponing the extradition of disgraced Terra (LUNA) founder Do Kwon to South Korea. According to a new memo, the Supreme Court of Montenegro is overturning a previous ruling that greenlit the extradition process to send Kwon back to his homeland of South Korea where he is wanted for alleged […]
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The lawyers of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried say that the prosecution’s sentence recommendations for their client are “disturbing.” In a new letter addressed to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, Bankman-Fried’s attorneys say that the sentence recommendation is draconian and brands the former chief executive as a “supervillain.” “The government’s memorandum is disturbing. With marked hostility, […]
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US authorities have charged 17 people for their alleged involvement in a multi-million-dollar crypto Ponzi scheme. In a new press release, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it is charging 17 individuals with operating a crypto scheme that targeted 40,000 investors across three countries. According to the regulatory agency, Texas-based firm CryptoFX allegedly […]
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The brother of the infamous “Cryptoqueen” fugitive has reportedly been released from a US prison for his role in the $4 billion OneCoin crypto fraud. Bloomberg reports that Konstantin Ignatov, the brother of Ruja Ignatova, received a sentence of 34 months behind bars – time that he had already served in prison. Authorities said that […]
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The US government is sanctioning the crypto wallets believed to belong to two Russian nationals linked to the ransomware group LockBit. In a statement, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) says that it has sanctioned several Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) wallets linked to the group. According to a press release, the […]
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Atomic Wallet is beefing up the security of its platform through a new initiative that will give monetary awards to those who discover potential vulnerabilities in its app. In a new statement, the decentralized wallet company says it is launching a bug bounty program with a cumulative prize pool of $1 million months after suffering […]
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