Despite criminal charges from the DOJ and at least one arrest of its leadership, Bitmex promises to continue operating as usual.
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Despite criminal charges from the DOJ and at least one arrest of its leadership, Bitmex promises to continue operating as usual.
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Two Chinese crypto exchanges allegedly lost millions of dollars to North Korean hackers.
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The U.S. government has taken down a $25 million bitcoin ATM operation and seized 17 machines along with some cryptocurrencies. The Department of Justice says the man behind this unlicensed bitcoin ATM operation has agreed to plead guilty and is facing up to 30 years in prison. US Dismantles Bitcoin ATM Operation The U.S. Department […]
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The U.S. has charged an investor after he obtained two loans worth over $1.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) intended for covid-19 relief and used some of the money to invest in cryptocurrency. He was taken into custody on allegations he fraudulently obtained the loans. Crypto Investor Charged The U.S. Department of Justice […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice received two more guilty pleas from Romanian nationals involved in a crypto-fuelled transnational cyber fraud ring on June 11.
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The FBI is seeking individuals who held crypto assets on CoinGather who appeared to conduct an exit scam in November 2017.
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The fraudulent domain was seized after its owner attempted to sell it to a Homeland Security Department agent
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The U.S. government has charged two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency worth $100 million from an exchange allegedly for the benefit of North Korea. They are linked to the U.S.-designated North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. A total of 113 cryptocurrency accounts and addresses used to launder funds have been identified. Also read: SEC […]
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Wells Fargo, one of the largest U.S. financial services companies, has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve the U.S. government’s investigations into fraudulent sales practices spanning over 15 years. The Wells Fargo fraud case involved the company forging customer signatures, moving money from millions of customer accounts to unauthorized accounts, and misusing customers’ sensitive […]
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U.S. extradites man for selling investors shares in gold company that had no gold in exchange for over $11 million in Bitcoin and other cryptos
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