2020-2-8 01:00 |
What’s next for suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik as French authorities slam money laundering and conspiracy charges against him?
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2020-2-8 01:00 |
What’s next for suspected Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik as French authorities slam money laundering and conspiracy charges against him?
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Prominent figures like Vinnik, Bankman-Fried, and Zhao have faced DOJ charges for money laundering Popular crypto-exchange KuCoin was also slapped with similar charges Cryptocurrencies have The post BTC-e exec pleads guilty to +$9 billion money laundering charges appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-5-5 20:00 | |
More skulduggery in the cryptocurrency space as two Arizona men who fronted a million-dollar Crypto Ponzi scheme are arrested on money laundering charges. Crypto Ponzi Scheme Targeted Major Baseball League Players Another day, another deliciously wicked scam in the cryptocurrency space.
2020-2-7 16:00 | |
OneCoin associate Mark Scott was charged with two counts of money laundering totaling $400 million. Now, one of the enablers of Crypto’s biggest scam wants the charges against him dropped. OneCoin Aide Claims ‘Insufficient’ Evidence Mark Scott was found guilty by a jury last November of two counts of money laundering (wire fraud and bank fraud) for OneCoin and its elusive founder Ruja Ignatova totaling $400 million.
2020-2-5 16:00 | |
French prosecutors have charged Vinnik on counts of extortion, aggravated money laundering, conspiracy and more.
2020-1-30 15:30 | |
Crypto Capital co-founder Reginald Fowler pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business Friday. Additional charges were dropped.
2020-1-18 23:15 | |
An investigation launched on the request of a French startup has led to the indictment of a 37-year-old entrepreneur accused of stealing 182 BTC from the company he cofounded. Embezzlement of money is one the charges brought against him by the public prosecutor’s office in Paris.
2019-12-30 04:46 | |
Bogdan Nicolescu, the leader of the Bayrob Group hacker gang from Romania, as well as his co-conspirator Radu Miclaus, have been found guilty of charges related to their cryptojacking malware. The charges include 21 separate counts of wire fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and other crimes, according to a press release that was published […]
2019-12-10 23:51 | |
OneCoin was recently charged with fraud and money laundering. The founder’s brother, Dr. Rija Ignatova, admitted guilt to the charges and also accused Phoenix Thoroughbreds of being funded using the money laundered through OneCoin.
2019-11-27 00:27 | |
Hugh Brian Haney, a former narcotics dealer, has pled guilty to charges of laundering over $19 million USD of his profits that were raised illegally using Silk Road, a prominent dark web market. Now, according to the prosecutors of the Southern District of New York, a plea deal was struck and Haney will go to […]
2019-11-9 00:15 | |
Brian Haney, a former narcotics trafficker, pled guilty to charges that he laundered $19 million in bitcoin on Silk Road.
2019-11-8 12:00 | |
The operators of Bitfinex claim that the cryptocurrency exchange is a victim of fraud committed by its payment processor Crypto Capital. The men behind Crypto Capital now face charges related to money laundering in Poland and the U.
2019-10-28 15:15 | |
Crypto Capital, a financial services company that has conducted business with top crypto-exchanges across the world, is in the headlines again after its President, Ivan Manuel Molina Lee, was arrested by Polish officials.
2019-10-25 11:00 | |
A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner.
2019-10-18 04:26 | |
There aren’t many areas of modern society unaffected by the draconian war on drugs, and non-violent crypto exchange is no exception. Two San Diego men in their twenties reportedly pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of money laundering conspiracy, for selling cannabis on the darknet for bitcoin and operating an unlicensed crypto exchange service.
2019-10-2 16:00 | |
Long ago, anyone who wanted to invest in the stock market had to use a broker, or pay steep charges every time they made a trade. Then, a few years ago, Robinhood burst on the scene. This revolutionary fintech app, which launched in 2013, allows people to buy stocks and shares commission-free.
2019-10-1 18:13 | |
A man faces charges by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the CFTC over claims he took money for bulk bitcoin orders that were never delivered.
2019-10-1 13:21 | |
Santander Group unveiled its plan to expand services associated with Ripple technology. With the aim of building an efficient payment gateway, the bank wants to deliver services to Latin American customers so that they can carry out transactions and send the money effectively to the US without any charges.
2019-8-19 23:16 | |
A dark web kingpin has forfeited $4 million, including Bitcoin and 100 quadrillion Zimbabwe bank notes after selling drugs to an undercover cop via encrypted email. Richard Castro, of Windermere (Florida), pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute three controlled substances – carfentanil, phenyl fentanyl, and fentanyl.
2019-7-29 12:38 | |
Hugh Brian Haney, a dark web drug dealer was arrested in the United States for allegedly laundering his drug money worth $19 million with the help of cryptocurrencies. The news of his arrest was announced by United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S.
2019-7-24 02:50 | |
Прокуратура Южного округа Нью-Йорка выдвинула обвинения Хью Брайану Хани в отмывании денег, вырученных от продажи наркотиков на даркнет-маркетплейсе Silk Road. Сотрудники Министерства внутренней безопасности США полагают, что Хани мог быть администратором крупного поставщика незаконных препаратов Pharmville.
2019-7-19 19:38 | |
A cybercriminal from Israel is facing a long list of felonies associated with the supposed theft of $1. 7 million (6. 1 million NIS) in various cryptocurrencies. The perp, 31-year old Eliyahu Gigi from Tel Aviv, reportedly stole Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash from various foreigners, including Belgians, Dutch, and Germans, Israeli news reports.
2019-7-18 11:18 | |
The international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A string of scandals indicates, however, that traditional banks are not only susceptible to the phenomenon but sometimes complicit, whether knowingly or inadvertently.
2019-7-9 16:45 | |
A third defendant has recently decided to plead guilty in a case that is happening in Toledo, Ohio. The defendant is being accused of being a part of a scam that created fake ID rings and could have netted around $4.
2019-7-4 02:57 | |
A woman accused of running a Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring pleaded guilty on Tuesday after authorities busted the operation last year. Among other charges, Sarah Alberts, 35, who is due to be sentenced on October 8, admitted to money laundering, reports say.
2019-7-3 13:24 | |
U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.
2019-6-1 18:55 | |
By CCN: A Nevadan who has been accused of wire fraud as well as operating an unlicensed money transmitting service using bitcoin has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Morgan Rocknoons, who also goes by the name Morgan Rockwell, had earlier pleaded guilty to both charges.
2019-5-29 14:16 | |
United States authorities have brought criminal charges against a LocalBitcoins trader in connection with operating an unlicensed money transmission business
2019-5-29 10:53 | |
Binance CEO CZ is filing charges against Sequoia Capital for hurting his reputation and preventing him from attracting investors’ money at high valuations
2019-5-23 12:34 | |
On March 21, 2019, Dutch news outlet NL Times reported that “Berry van M. ,” a 33-year-old Dutch businessman and the operator of now-defunct trading platform Koinz Trading, has been arrested on charges of deceiving investors with a bogus bitcoin mining scheme.
2019-5-21 19:56 | |
Just over a week ago, Bitfinex faced accusations of lost funds and charges of a cover-up. Now, its parent company, iFinex, is planning to temporarily recover those funds through a token sale and buyback.
2019-5-6 17:48 | |
An Arizona Man and an Israeli woman have been charged in connection with providing “shadow banking services” to cryptocurrency exchanges — involving millions of dollars. The two individuals were charged by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a criminal investigation.
2019-5-2 14:00 | |
An Arizona man and Israeli woman have been charged with allegedly operating an unlicensed money transferring business for crypto firms
2019-5-1 00:05 | |
By CCN. com: The United States Attorney’s Office District of Oregon has indicted two Nigerian nationals, Kelvin Usifoh and Onwuemerie Ogor Gift, over a bitcoin fraud scheme which is estimated to have netted them bitcoin worth over $270,000.
2019-4-25 16:19 | |
Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports.
2019-4-25 15:18 | |
In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
Two Romanian residents have been convicted of infecting over 400,000 individual computers with malware in order to mine cryptocurrency and steal victims’ data to sell on the dark web. Bogdan Nicolescu, 36, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were convicted by a US jury following a 12-day trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and 12 counts each of wire fraud.
2019-4-12 15:31 | |
A 33-year-old Danish man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of laundering Bitcoin. According to the verdict, the perpetrator bought Bitcoins from funds he received from identifiable criminal sources and sent it to unidentified offshore accounts.
2019-4-10 06:30 | |
One of the operators of BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange and leading suspect in multi-billion money laundering scandal, Alexander Vinnik, is seeking to be extradited to Russia from Greece rather than to the United States or France.
2019-3-23 21:40 | |
In a recent report released by The Block, they show hat OneCoin indictment includes securities fraud charges. According to this report released by Nelson Rosario and Stephen Palley, they inform that OneCoin organizer, Ignatov and Ignatova, have been charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and also securities fraud. OneCoin Indictment Includes Securities […]
2019-3-18 16:53 | |
The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust.
2019-3-16 22:01 | |
The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which is currently headed by Donald Trump appointee William Barr, is investigating whether a $100,000 donation made to the president’s political fundraising committee came from one of the central figures in Malaysia’s 1MDB corruption scandal, Jho Low.
2019-3-14 17:01 | |
The way to bitcoin-utopia is laden with regulatory issues and scam artists. In a recent confession, Morgan Rockoons the founder of Bitcointopia and a well-known crypto activist has conceded to both charges against him in two bitcoin-related cases.
2019-3-10 22:08 | |
Following his arrest by authorities at LAX airport, Konstantin Ignatov, leader of the OneCoin ponzi scam, now faces charges. His sister, Ruja, who founded OneCoin, also faces multiple charges of fraud and money laundering — although currently remains at large.
2019-3-9 20:00 | |
A U.S. District Attorney has charged the founders of the OneCoin project with “wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering offenses”
2019-3-9 23:43 | |
If you’ve been following cryptocurrency news the past week, then you must have heard of the Florida Localbitcoins trader who is now facing felony charges for money laundering and running an illegal money service business.
2019-2-9 23:29 | |
In 2016, a Florida judge dismissed money laundering and illegal money transmission charges against a bitcoin trader, arguing that bitcoin wasn’t covered by state statutes. Today, an appeals court reversed that decision.
2019-1-31 22:15 | |
Wireless charging is one of today’s biggest mysteries. On one hand, it’s everywhere. Most flagship phones support it, Apple has been working on a wireless charging matt for an age, there’s an industry standard format (shout out, Qi), and it’s cool.
2019-1-28 19:27 | |
India could be making a U-turn on its directives for cryptocurrencies. Per reports from the New India Express, a second interdisciplinary committee set up by the Indian government is considering making cryptocurrencies legal in the country again but with more stringent rules.
2018-12-28 02:16 | |
Mobile cryptocurrency exchange and peer-to-peer wallet Shakepay has announced a new product that allows its Canadian customers to buy bitcoin with spare change. Dubbed "ShakePay Change," the pre-launch of the service was announced in a Medium post.
2018-12-18 02:32 | |