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U.S. authorities have arrested and charged a Taiwanese national with operating darknet drug bazaar Incognito Market, which he allegedly used to facilitate over $100 million in crypto-denominated sales of illegal narcotics including fentanyl. origin »
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In December 2022, crypto trader Avi Eisenburg was arrested in Puerto Rico for defrauding crypto Mango Market users of $110 million. In a trial yesterday in New York statements from both sides were being heard by a jury of 12 members.
2024-4-19 20:15 | |
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Celsius Network, which filed for bankruptcy in 2022, is selling its crypto holdings as the broader market recovers. Roughly $23.5 million of tokens sold
2023-7-17 12:28 | |
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought manipulation charges against Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg on Monday, after the Department of Justice arrested him last week.
2023-1-10 21:58 | |
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Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was recently arrested by authorities in The Bahamas and has been charged by the US SEC. Patrick McHenry revealed that the former FTX chairman tried to buy off Washington. FTX’s collapse continues to make headlines in the crypto market.
2022-12-14 20:18 | |
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During a panel discussion at Taipei Blockchain Week, Darius Sit noted the continued institutional adoption of the crypto options and derivatives market, among industry high points; former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested.
2022-12-13 02:58 | |
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One of the co-founders of Terraform, David Shin, an online cryptocurrency trading platform, has been arrested and is facing criminal charges. Arrest Details Daniel Shin is accused of using insider information to profit from illegal market manipulation. The court appearance…
2022-12-3 22:15 | |
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A 27-year-old investment manager from Ohio was arrested on 18 November for allegedly running a crypto Ponzi scheme. This fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scam raised at least $10 million from inveThe post Assessing the details of this latest Ponzi scheme amid the current market state appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-11-19 13:30 | |
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Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon‘s aide, Yoo Mo, has been arrested by South Korean officials for fraud and market manipulation. The post South Korea tightens circle on Do Kwon, arrests his aide appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-10-6 13:00 | |
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The altcoin market seemed to have arrested the bearishness that was prevalent a few days ago, at press time. While for coins like Bitcoin SV, SUSHI, and FTX Token, there wasn't drastic bullish momentuThe post Bitcoin SV, SUSHI, FTX Token Price Analysis: 19 March appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-3-19 21:00 | |
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In the latest crackdown on the Darknet marketplace, German police arrested a 34-year-old Australian national near the Danish border who allegedly operated DarkMarket, a site used by half a million people.
2021-1-14 23:59 | |
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The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.
2021-1-13 11:27 | |
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News regarding the OKEx founder being arrested by the Chinese government has created some fear amongst crypto investors He holds the keys to the cryptocurrency that is locked within the platform, making it impossible for the exchange to conduct any withdraws while he is in police custody Although the bull case is that this could reduce the supply of BTC circulating on the market, it would also strike a heavy blow to investors who used […]
2020-10-17 02:00 | |
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Ethereum has been closely tracking Bitcoin over the past few days and weeks This has caused the cryptocurrency to see some turbulence as of late, with news regarding the OKEx founder being arrested sending BTC and ETH reeling lower This decline was short-lived, and bulls were able to rapidly step up and begin absorbing this selling pressure Analysts are now noting that upside could be imminent for the market, and ETH could see some serious […]
2020-10-17 23:00 | |
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Bitcoin faced some intense selling pressure yesterday evening after news broke regarding the founder of OKEx being arrested by the Chinese authorities This is simply another set of news that has rocked the crypto market, but its impacts on Bitcoin’s price action has been surprisingly muted It does not appear that investors aren’t too concerned that the prospect of OKEx users losing their BTC will strike a blow to the crypto’s technical outlook Some analysts […]
2020-10-17 21:00 | |
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The PlusToken Ponzi Scheme has long been a thorn in the side of the crypto market It now appears that the ring leaders behind the now-defunct scheme have all been arrested, meaning that they won’t be able to offload their massive crypto holdings Many analysts have pinned major selloffs in previous months on token sales coming from this source Now that this isn’t a factor, the crypto markets may be able to rally with greater […]
2020-7-31 02:00 | |
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Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2. 1 billion – but customer funds appear to be safe, for now. The news comes just two days after former chief executive officer Markus Braun was arrested by German police on allegations of falsifying accounts and market manipulation.
2020-6-26 00:30 | |
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The Japanese police arrested two suspects for the theft of Bitcoin (BTC) from the coffers of the relatively small market operator CoinExchange. Internal Information Helped Order Bitcoin Withdrawals for Personal Enrichment Yuto Onitsuka, 25, and Takuma Sasaki, 28, reportedly stole 78 million yen in Bitcoins, equivalent to about $710,000, reported Japan Times.
2020-1-24 11:15 | |
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The arrest, noted by the Shenzhen Nanshan District Prosecutor on Dec. 12 and reported by business publication Caixin on Sunday, comes amid ongoing battles between mining giant Bitmain and MicroBT, which has been a rising competitor this year challenging Bitmain's market dominance.
2019-12-16 08:00 | |
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The operators of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin Tether have notified users that they were hit with another class action lawsuit in U. S. courts over market manipulation allegations that the companies are trying to frame as mercenary and baseless.
2019-11-28 00:30 | |
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A 23-year-old South Korean man is being accused of running the world’s “largest child sexual exploitation market,” which reportedly processed 7,300 Bitcoin transactions worth over $730,000. According to a criminal indictment unsealed today, the now-defunct English-language website known as “Welcome To Video,” featured over 250,000 child exploitation videos – approximately eight terabytes worth of horrific material.
2019-10-16 18:32 | |
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The Dow Jones had its upward momentum sharply arrested after a bombshell news leak alleged that President Donald Trump was considering limiting US portfolio inflows to China and booting Chinese firms from US stock exchanges.
2019-9-28 22:06 | |
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Silk Road, a dark web drug market founded by Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonymous nickname “Dread Pirate Roberts” has had a critical impact on Bitcoin. While it’s associated with the dark web marketplace has forever left a stain on the crypto asset, Bitcoin may also not be where it is today if it didn’t catch.
2019-7-24 04:00 | |
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Anyone who has ever heard of the darknet will know most vendors will get arrested sooner or later. This situation will not change either, as more and more law enforcement agencies are focusing their efforts on bringing these criminals to justice.
2019-6-29 05:00 | |
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The Brazilian police recently arrested criminals in connection with a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme worth more than $200 million. The gang defrauded about 55,000 Brazilians by promising enormous profits afterward, local news media outlets reported on May 21st.
2019-5-25 04:03 | |
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Authorities in Germany have arrested the principal operators of one of the largest dark web marketplaces in the world dubbed the Wall Street Market. Three men, Tibo Lousee, Jonathan Kalla… The post Dark Web Enterprise Similar to Silk Road Shut down by FBI, Europol appeared first on CoinCentral.
2019-5-10 18:54 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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In a major operation to uncover dark web business, the German Federal Criminal Police pulled down the shutters of the largest dark web market, the Wall Street Market. In a similar operation earlier this year, Finnish Customs and the French National Police busted Silkkitie, aka the Valhalla Marketplace, along with its entire content, Europol announcedRead MoreRead More.
2019-5-5 09:00 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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Three men have been arrested this month under suspicions of running one of the largest drug stalls on the dark web named “Sinmed,” as reported by ABC News Australia. The illegal drug marketplace conducted its business on Dream Market, which is now suspected of being compromised as a “honey pot” by law enforcement agencies.
2019-4-29 22:00 | |
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Immediately after the Silk Road was taken down in 2013, a marketplace known as the Silk Road 2 launched. The new darknet market was run by a person who called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts 2 and he was arrested a few months later in November 2014.
2019-4-13 23:19 | |
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Gold and bitcoins worth of hundreds of thousands of euros are the spoils of an elaborate online fraud discovered by the postal police in Liguria, Italy. Bitcoin Scam Artist Impersonated Swiss Crypto Firm Local sources reported that the Italian authorities recently arrested a Genoa-based computer expert who entangled his victims by exploiting encrypted communication channels and false identities found on the darknet.
2019-3-22 20:16 | |
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The Australian cryptocurrency pioneer Sam Karagiozis has been arrested accused of trafficking 30 kilograms of drugs. Mr. Karagiozis informed he lost around $3 million after the cryptocurrency market crash in 2018.
2019-3-11 16:31 | |
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Despite the gloomy cryptocurrency market outlook, bad actors are still interested in illegally amassing bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets. In the latest development, a 22-year-old student has been arrested by the Indonesian police for illegally setting up a virtual currency mining operation with college computers, reported The Jakarta Post on February 14, 2019.
2019-2-19 14:09 | |
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Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume.
2019-1-23 00:57 | |
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South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, UpBit, faces criminal charges after top executives were formally indicted by the country’s legal prosecutors, as reported by Business Korea on December 21, 2018.
2018-12-23 02:16 | |
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SEC and Bitcoin Cash Wars take their toll on the market, North Korea to host blockchain conference week, New York sim swapper arrested for $ 1 million crypto theft and Tron $1 million giveaway for developers.
2018-11-23 13:20 | |
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The Winklevoss twins have filed a lawsuit against bitcoin investor Charlie Shrem, alleging that Shrem “stole” 5,000 bitcoins from them in 2012. According to a recent report released by the New York Times, Charlie Shrem has made several large purchases over the past year, including multiple real estate properties, luxury cars, powerboats and a $2 million house.
2018-11-3 20:19 | |
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The cryptocurrency market is not regulated in India, and the Indian government does not consider crypto as a legal tender or investment. The Reserve Bank of India banned all banking channels to crypto entities in April this year.
2018-10-26 21:29 | |
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The $34 million Bitcoin scam has its prime suspect named Prinya Jaravijit who was arrested in Thailand after returning to the country. Jaravijit is allegedly part of a scam which saw a man from Finland, Aarini Otava Saarimaa scammed out of over 5,500 Bitcoins, this would be worth around $34 million in today’s market.
2018-10-17 12:00 | |
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Creditors of Mt. Gox, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, can now start submitting proofs of claim in a newly approved rehabilitation process, according to an update posted on the exchange’s website.
2018-8-27 17:14 | |
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Once plagued by a black market stigma, cryptocurrencies have risen from public uncertainty to global proliferation. Arrested in 2015, an alleged Silk Road drug dealer is now fighting to reclaim his 226 BTC worth over $1.
2018-7-28 02:00 | |
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Local police, recently, arrested a group of Chinese technology professionals in Da Lian City over charges of running a $2 million illegal crypto mining scheme. Of the 20 suspects, 11 were released on bail while 9 others have been jailed.
2018-7-10 16:14 | |
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“The number of crypto transactions associated with Chinese fentanyl brokers increased by 450% just last year alone," said the Massachusetts senator, citing an Elliptic report.
The rehabilitation center cited estimates that about 1% of cryptocurrency traders will develop an "extreme" addiction to crypto trading.
Uzbekistan's law enforcers were educated on blockchain analysis topics and methods for seizing crypto.
The charges are reminiscent of events that took place during the "Silk Road" saga.
The National Police of Spain said vendors’ “purchase of virtual currency stands out.” They arrested 33 suspects across two parallel raids.
The Irish High Court has ruled to confiscate $56 million in Bitcoin from an alleged drug dealer after deeming the proceeds criminal