2020-6-11 15:46 |
About 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement.
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China has frozen the bank accounts of many bitcoin miners according to local media reports as a crackdown intensifies following Yuan’s devaluation. “Many miners and OTC merchants said that many.
2020-6-11 16:15 | |
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Police from Guangdong province freeze bank accounts on suspicion of involvement in money laundering... The post More than 4,000 bank accounts belonging to crypto traders frozen by Chinese authorities appeared first on Coin Journal.
2020-6-10 15:08 | |
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Several thousands of bank accounts belonging to cryptocurrency traders have reportedly been frozen by Chinese police as a result of an extensive crackdown on illicit activities. Frozen accounts are not necessarily involved in wrongdoing and supposedly can be unfrozen if the authority finds no evidence of illicit activities.
2020-6-10 22:30 | |
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The Steem project has been thrust into the spotlight yet again. This is as an oncoming hard fork on May 20th will see some users accounts frozen and lose up to 23. 6 million STEEM valued to be well over $5 million.
2020-5-21 18:44 | |
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Witnesses on Steem have frozen eight accounts, putting a total of 17.6 million steem in limbo. It's the latest drama since March 20's Hive hard fork.
2020-4-5 16:37 | |
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Vimeo, one of the most popular video-sharing platforms, has announced that several user accounts are at risk of being compromised by malicious actors. Online news media The Register reported that one of their readers had gotten a notification from Vimeo that his account had been inappropriately accessed by a third-party and frozen as a result.
2020-3-19 04:10 | |
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The Russian Central Bank is flip-flopping on cryptocurrencies and now says that bank accounts linked to virtual assets may be blocked. The latest news comes from a new amendment to anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines in the country.
2020-2-17 14:20 | |
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Around one million payment accounts were frozen when the UK’s financial watchdog ordered ePayments Systems to halt its operations due to AML concerns. The payment processor was popular among traders...The post One Million ePayments Accounts Frozen on FCA Orders, AML Concerns appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-2-13 22:30 | |
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UK regulator FCA suspends ePayments operations due to anti-money-laundering controls
2020-2-12 02:31 | |
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As Twitter prepares for a massive cleanup of inactive accounts, the crypto community urged the company to memorialize the account of legendary programmer and early Bitcoin adopter Hal Finney. Finney, who died in 2014 due to complications of ALS, had his body cryogenically frozen in hopes to be revived in the future.
2019-11-28 20:36 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is reportedly looking to return the digital assets to the customers in sanction nations, as per the letter posted by an ex-Bittrex user Ziya Sadr on Twitter. It's been a few years that @BittrexExchange disabled Iranian accounts, froze their holdings and stayed silent on the subject.Today, I (and many others) received an […]
2019-11-12 01:04 | |
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A source has reported to news. Bitcoin. com that the Chinese government is attempting to directly manage the crypto exchange industry in the country. According to the source, this could lead to frozen assets for U.
2019-11-6 13:00 | |
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Bitfinex is seeking deposition and documentation tied to millions of dollars it claims have been mismanagement by payment processor Crypto Capital. The post Bitfinex Files Subpoena to Recover $850M in Frozen Bank Accounts appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-10-23 00:28 | |
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Hundreds of thousands of businesses and individuals with tax obligations to the Turkish state have received foreclosure notices this week informing them about their frozen bank accounts. The government of Turkey, which is struggling with financial and economic problems under geopolitical pressure, is likely to push even more of its citizens towards cryptocurrencies with the […] The post Turkish Government Freezes Over 3 Million Bank Accounts appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-10-6 22:00 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceToday, cryptocurrency exchange Fedlio officially opened, it is from the same folks who operated BiteBTC, an exchange with mixed user reviews.
2019-7-16 23:04 | |
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A sudden crash in the Poloniex margin lending market for CLAM has resulted in the loss of 1800 BTC worth of loan principal. Lenders will see the extent of their loss when they log in, borrowers who have defaulted will have their accounts frozen until they can repay their sustained default.
2019-6-7 11:00 | |
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GBB recently fell victim to a hacking scandal that saw the firm lose nearly $13 million via double spend-type attacks. As part of GBBs recovery efforts, the company has closed down a total of 2,568 suspicious accounts.
2019-6-6 17:10 | |
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A Sao Paulo court has blocked funds in bank accounts linked to Grupo Bitcoin Banco, with 726,630 reals ($188,000) frozen
2019-6-5 16:13 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million.
2019-4-10 17:39 | |
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In Canada, authorities have seized luxury cars and frozen bank accounts owned by the ringleaders of FUEL, an allegedly fraudulent $22-million initial coin offering (ICO) from 2017. Court documents claim “blockchain services company” Vanbex raised $22 million (CAD$30 million) in cryptocurrency and fiat by with absolutely no intention to develop the FUEL token, reports CoinDesk.
2019-4-1 17:04 | |
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Canadian police have frozen assets of the founders of Vanbex, as part of a fraud probe into the firm's $22 million ICO.
2019-4-1 07:41 | |
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Canadian police have frozen assets of the founders of Vanbex, as part of a fraud probe into the firm's $22 million ICO.
2019-4-1 07:41 | |
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Nowhere does the phrase ‘misfortunes don’t come singly’ appear to be truer than in the case of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin which has been hacked, had its banking accounts frozen, lost funds to a payment processor and now faces liquidation all in a span of three years.
2019-3-15 15:34 | |
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A hack and three frozen bank accounts wasn’t enough to make Gatecoin let it go, but it could only handle so much bad luck.
2019-3-15 20:03 | |
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Gerald Cotten reportedly used his own money to fund customer withdrawals. At the time, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had frozen their bank accounts, questioning their provenance. His widow, Jennifer Robertson, told Coindesk that while she didn’t have a lot of knowledge as regards his operating the exchange, he had told her that much.
2019-3-14 01:55 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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Spain’s second-largest bank, BBVA, has aggressively frozen up to 5,000 accounts without warning. Many of the accounts belonged to Chinese clients, leading to cries of racism. The bank, however, claims it was acting on Spanish anti-money laundering rules.
2019-2-18 16:56 | |
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The 20th largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world HitBTC in terms of reported volume is in the news again since it has frozen the trading accounts of its users due to their upcoming annual proof of keys event.
2019-1-3 12:48 | |
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Cybersecurity news resource The Hacker News (THN) has become the latest PayPal user to have its accounts frozen without warning, the company has claimed. ‘At Least One Valid Reason’ In a series of tweets December 28, officials reported that funds from “all” its corporate accounts with the money transmitter were no longer accessible.
2018-12-29 20:00 | |
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Romanian-based crypto exchange CoinFlux has had its bank accounts frozen days after its CEO was arrested in Bucharest.
2018-12-14 21:53 | |
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CryptoNinjas It was announced today by top Romanian bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlux that the company has had their bank accounts frozen. The CoinFlux team said that due to a recently started, and unexpected investigation, they.
2018-12-14 06:33 | |
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently moved to take custody of a large sum of assets from a crypto exchange currently frozen in accounts at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
2018-11-15 22:14 | |
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In a short-term win for bitcoin advocate Charlie Shrem, a federal judge has lifted the freeze on Shrem’s financial accounts in an ongoing legal battle against the Winklevoss twins.
2018-11-10 00:48 | |
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Paxful Inc. , a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange, is seeing significant growth in Africa. The U. S. -based company said Africans now accounted for the largest number of people buying and selling cryptocurrency on its platform, with average monthly transactions totaling $64.
2018-11-2 05:45 | |
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A Brazilian court has ordered the reopening of cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Max’s bank accounts, which were closed without explanation by Banco do Brasil and Banco Santander in September.
2018-11-1 03:00 | |
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Binance has frozen multiple accounts associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Wex, citing money laundering concerns. The CEO of Binance went on Twitter recently to announce the freezing of multiple accounts owned by Wex, claiming that Binance will cooperate with law enforcement in any way possible should a criminal investigation result from alleged money laundering.
2018-11-1 01:47 | |
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Крупнейшая по объему торгов криптобиржа Binance заморозила счета, на которые поступило 93 тысячи ETH из кошельков, связанных с проблемной торговой площадкой WEX. Об этом сообщает CoinDesk. Счета были заморожены 25 октября, однако об этом стало известно лишь спустя несколько дней из твита главы Binance Чанпена Чжао.
2018-10-31 11:18 | |
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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly linked to the troubled Russian exchange WEX, CoinDesk reported.
2018-10-31 09:52 | |
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Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether (over $18.9 million) from wallets indirectly linked to troubled Russian exchange WEX.
2018-10-31 22:15 | |
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QuadrigaCX is waiting on a judge's decision after the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce froze CA$28 million in multiple bank accounts.
2018-10-10 00:00 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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A Canadian banking cartel has allegedly frozen $28 million in customer funds belonging to Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Vancouver-based exchange desk QuadrigaCX claims the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) locked the money and froze accounts belonging to its payment partner, Costodian, and its owner, Jose Reyes.
2018-10-9 12:59 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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This week Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fans were pleased to hear another well-known merchant is now supporting BCH for payments. The South Korea-based food dispatch platform called Shuttle Delivery now accepts BCH for door-to-door meal deliveries throughout the Seoul region.
2018-9-17 20:55 | |
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This week a blockchain researcher named Alex Lebed published a code review on the new stablecoin, the gemini dollar, created by the Gemini Trust cryptocurrency firm. According to Lebed’s study, gemini dollar accounts can be frozen by the exchange, and the tokens can be turned into non-transferable assets.
2018-9-16 06:25 | |
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The owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle retailer, 50cycles, recently had his company’s accounts with HSBC and Barclays frozen within hours of transacting on peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform, Locabitcoins.
2018-8-26 12:15 | |
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The owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle retailer, 50cycles, recently had his company’s accounts with HSBC and Barclays frozen within hours of transacting on peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform, Locabitcoins.
2018-8-26 12:15 | |
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Barclays and HSBC have allegedly blocked three accounts of a U. K. -based electric bike retailer for having traded Bitcoin for cash through a popular P2P trading platform hours earlier. The alarming situation comes five months after crypto exchange Coinbase opened a bank account with Barclays.
2018-8-25 00:00 | |
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Court documents allege that Eisenberg possessed sexually explicit images of minors on his electronic devices, including images of prepubescent minors and minors under 12 years of age.
An Australian federal court agreed to a petition by markets regulator ASIC to hand over some US$41 million in digital assets invested by over 450 Australians with the mining companies to specialists from advisory and restructuring company McGrathNicol.
According to prosecutors, Lee Jeong-hoon intended to revamp Bithumb’s governance to gain from exchange coins, circumventing financial regulations.
The former FTX CEO took the stand for the first time in his criminal trial, but without members of the jury present.
Filed in September 2022, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill is expected to receive royal assent on Oct. 26, 2023.
The former FTX CEO will remain in jail following three judges with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals calling the arguments behind a motion for release “unpersuasive.”
During the bill’s review phase, the House of Lords agreed on certain amendments to clarify its intent of targeting monetary proceeds from fraud or other financial crimes.