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According to an unsealed U.S. Department of Justice indictment, early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver was charged with tax evasion and arrested in Spain. origin »
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A computer engineer from Afghanistan, who planned to start mining Bitcoin and Ethereum, was forced to flee the country on foot and was arrested by the Turkish police
2021-8-25 12:44 | |
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Ninety-six people have reportedly been arrested in India for allegedly extorting bitcoin from foreigners. They set up illegal call centers, posed as police officers, and told the victims that their bank accounts had been used in illegal transactions.
2020-12-24 15:30 | |
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Thailand-based actor Jiratpisit “Boom” Jaravijit has been arrested by local police in connection with a $24 million Bitcoin scam. Jaravijit is one of seven suspects accused of defrauding a Finnish national.
2018-8-11 02:08 | |
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A suspect in a $24 million Bitcoin scam has been arrested on charges of money laundering by Thai authorities
2018-8-10 06:08 | |
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A brief series of cyber attacks recently led to the theft of an astoundingly large amount of cryptocurrency. The perpetrator, Joel Ortiz, broke into his victims’ cryptocurrency accounts and withdrew funds.
2018-8-3 04:47 | |
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Reports out today suggest that a 20 year old student from Boston in the United States has been arrested after being accused of involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that is alleged to have seen the theft of $5 million worth of Bitcoin after hacking the phone numbers of more than 40 cryptocurrency traders and investors.
2018-8-2 16:00 | |
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A brief series of cyber attacks recently led to the theft of an astoundingly large amount of cryptocurrency. The perpetrator, Joel Ortiz, broke into his victims’ cryptocurrency accounts and withdrew funds.
2018-8-2 02:38 | |
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California investigators have arrested Joel Ortiz, a 20-year old college student who is a key suspect in the phone jacking and SIM swapping operation that saw more than 40 bitcoin and other cryptocurrency holders lose their cryptoassets.
2018-8-2 20:30 | |
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Investigators have arrested and charged a 20-year-old college student with multiple counts of hacking and identity theft. Prosecutors accuse him of being part of a gang which stole $5 million of cryptocurrency by hijacking mobile phone numbers.
2018-7-31 23:00 | |
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Greek Court Grants Russia’s Request To Expedite Fraud Suspect Alexander Vinnik. Vinnik, a Russian national accused of money laundering $4 billion in bitcoin through a cryptocurrency exchange, has been arrested in Greece after a United States grand jury on indicted him for fraud on Wednesday.
2018-7-31 12:13 | |
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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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Criminals still tend to favor Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to mask their activities. That is not an advisable course of action, as most of these currencies lack both privacy and anonymity features.
2018-7-22 16:00 | |
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In a somewhat surprising twist, Amit Bhardwaj, the man behind the notorious Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, has pledged to pay back his victims in Indian rupees (INR) according to report on July 18, 2018. The Schemer’s Path Towards Prison Bhardwaj caught the attention of police and global media houses in April 2018, when the police arrested him for setting up an.
2018-7-20 19:00 | |
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Two months into the investigation of the Bitcoin extortion in India, the Crime Investigation Department has arrested seven constables from Amreli district in connection with the case. Arrests Made The original complaint was made by Bhatt, a builder based in Surat, who alleged that the Amreli police had kidnapped him and his partner Paladiya, and extorted over Rs 9 crore.
2018-7-17 10:00 | |
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In the city of Guangdong, the police have arrested hundreds of individuals involved in online gambling platforms that facilitated betting with $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin. An operation involving 21 public security authorities has cracked down on organized football gambling during the ongoing football World Cup, resulting in the arrests of some 540 individuals […]
2018-7-13 21:05 | |
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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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Police in Istanbul has arrested the founders of Hipper, a company that launched the Turkish “national” coin Turcoin. The two arrested were involved in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme and cheated over 10,000 victims.
2018-7-6 16:14 | |
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Movers turned thieves helped themselves to an iMac in order to compensate for what they considered an unfair work rate, clueless to the fact that the computer held $10,000 in Bitcoin. Moron Movers Steal $10,000 in Bitcoin Without Knowing it.
2018-7-5 16:00 | |
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According to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, two people have been arrested and one is still being sought after they made off with a TV and an Apple iMac computer containing $10,000 in bitcoin from a family they were hired to help move.
2018-7-5 22:16 | |
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The Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2018, that it will not reconsider the conviction or life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the darknet site Silk Road.
2018-6-30 23:20 | |
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In recent mining news, major mining chip manufacturer Ebang Communications has filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, a Chinese miner has been arrested for allegedly stealing 150,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in roughly one month, and a report has provided unique insight into the state of mining in the Russian exclave […] The post Mining Round-Up: Ebang Files for IPO in HK, Miner Arrested in China appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-6-28 12:55 | |
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US authorities have revealed that their agents had been operating undercover on the Darknet for the past year. The massive operation uncovered the true identity of over fifty vendors on sites such as Silk Road, Alpha Bay, Hansa, Dream, and more.
2018-6-27 17:35 | |
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A man has been arrested in China for fraud over the sale of underpriced Bitcoin mining equipment and is awaiting prosecution. According to state media, the man made nearly 100 million yuan ($15 million) from 50 investors within a few months.
2018-6-26 02:30 | |
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When making investment decisions it is always important to remember the old saying, “If something looks too good to be true, it probably is. ” This is especially true if anyone promises you a bitcoin mining rig, which people wait for months in advance, at just a third of the retail price.
2018-6-25 21:40 | |
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Chinese police have arrested a suspect on charges of alleged power theft, seizing 200 bitcoin and ethereum mining computers in the process.
2018-6-25 03:00 | |
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The Ukrainian National Police announced the arrest of four suspects, who reportedly ran six fake cryptocurrency exchanges in the country. They were arrested last week from Dnipro city, after which their homes were raided, and several computers and smartphones were seized.
2018-6-23 14:57 | |
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A Bitcoin miner who failed to pay a 150 megawatt electricity bill has been arrested by police in China’s Anhui Province
2018-6-22 17:02 | |
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Japanese police from 10 prefectures have arrested website operators using Coinhive to tap into the computer power of their site visitors to mine cryptocurrencies without consent. They are accused of violating the law banning the use of computer viruses.
2018-6-16 21:05 | |
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A 36-year-old French national plead guilty this week in U. S. courts for selling narcotics for Bitcoin on the dark web. Guy Vallerius, who operated under the monkier ‘OxyMonster,’ was arrested by authorities at the Atalanta airport last September as he was making his way to Austin, Texas to take part in the World Beard and.
2018-6-16 13:30 | |
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FTX agreed to pay the Internal Revenue Service $885 million to settle a $24 billion tax claim the agency levied during bankruptcy proceedings.
MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin supporter Michael Saylor has agreed to the largest income tax settlement deal in Washington D.C.'s history.
Crypto investigations are no longer focused on money laundering as about half of the crypto probes in 2022 involved tax, the IRS says. As per a Bloomberg report, Jim Lee, head of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) criminal investigation division…
The government of Cheongju City, located in the central region of South Korea, is looking to confiscate virtual assets such as Bitcoin from tax evaders. According to a local media report on August 22, the city authorities sought cooperation from seven crypto exchanges, including Upbit and Bithumb, to punish these delinquents. These exchanges have been […]
Cardano investors in Japan have come under scrutiny after authorities reported that investors in the asset had underreported their taxes from their trading activities. It was reported that multiple cities in the country had seen profits from trading in Cardano’s native token ADA but had not reported the earnings made from investing in the digital asset.
Crypto tax evasion is becoming a hot potato for the authorities in some Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea. A South Korean city is now actively fighting against tax evaders who are suspiciously reporting meager earnings in their filings.