The Department of Justice has indicted a New Jersey resident for failing to register his Bitcoin exchange with the U.S. Treasury. William Green, a 46-year-old New Jersey resident, was indicted by a federal grand jury on account of allegedly running an unlicensed money transmission service. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the indictment […]
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A federal judge has sentenced a New Jersey resident to 86 months in prison, due to a fraudulent investment scheme involving the ATMCoin cryptocurrency. A scammer has been sentenced to 86 months in prison for running a cryptocurrency-related scheme, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) reports on July 1 In addition to the 86-month […]
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Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has appointed former FinCen and U.S. DoJ official Michael Mosier as its new Chief Technical Counsel. Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has hired a former official from the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Department of Justice as Chief Technical Counsel, according to a press release published on June 26 […]
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The QuadrigaCX story gets weirder, and Satoshi Nakamoto is apparently the author of a coloring book. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one […]
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The U.S. DoJ unveiled a complaint against an alleged bitcoin-funded investment scam, saying the perpetrator and company are charged with fraud and money laundering. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has unsealed a fraud complaint against Swedish citizen Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson and associated firm Eastern Metal Securities (EMS), according to a press release on […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a group of hackers might face over 100 years in prison after stealing $2.5 million. The United States Department of Justice released a fifteen-count indictment on May 9 that charges a hacking group labeled “The Community” with SIM swapping in order to steal cryptocurrencies. U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider […]
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Some cryptocurrency exchange platforms are inflating their Bitcoin trading volumes to earn higher listing fees, but the market’s liquidity is still due to trading activity on tightly regulated exchanges. In mid-March, Bitwise Asset Management issued a damning report on Bitcoin (BTC) trading figures. The San Francisco-based index fund provider declared that up 95 percent of […]
Continue ReadingThe operator of allegedly fraudulent crypto investment scheme CabbageTech has been indicted on nine counts of wire fraud by a U.S. District Attorney. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard P. Donoghue unsealed a nine-count indictment against Patrick McDonnell today, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DoJ) […]
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The U.S. Marshals Service wants to set up a legal procedure for managing confiscated cryptocurrency. United States federal law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), is looking to set up an agent for managing confiscated cryptocurrency, according to public documents released on March 5. The USMS has recently published two draft documents including a […]
Continue ReadingIranian Bitcoin hackers used the WEX exchange to launder Bitcoin acquired through ransomware, according to a PwC report. Big Four consulting and auditing company PwC has linked Iranian nationals behind Bitcoin (BTC) ransomware scheme SamSam to the crypto exchange WEX in a recent report published in February. The report is based on information that […]
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