2025-7-11 10:04 |
Hacker Nicholas Truglia’s 18-month prison sentence has been upgraded to 12 years after he failed to pay $20 million in restitution for the victim of a SIM-swap he conducted back in 2018. According to a report by the Inner City… origin »
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Shakeeb Ahmed, a former Amazon engineer, was sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges, leading to over $12 million in theft and significant financial restitution and forfeiture.
2024-4-13 00:30 | |
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In the latest crypto investigation by US authorities, a Los Angeles man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution to his victims for orchestrating a series of scams in which he posed as an Apple support representative and stole non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency. Amir Hossein […]
2023-11-29 05:00 | |
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Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, led by newly appointed CEO John Ray III, has embarked on an intensive legal campaign to regain control and recover assets in its pursuit of financial restitution. As founder Sam Bankman-Fried awaits possible conviction and faces a staggering 114 years in prison if found guilty, FTX’s asset recovery plan continues under Ray’s leadership.
2023-10-26 22:00 | |
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A U. S. court has sentenced Jerry Ji Guo, a resident of San Francisco, to an effective six months in prison for his role in a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). In addition to the prison term, the court ordered Guo to pay over $4 million in restitution.
2021-1-29 02:00 | |
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A South Florida federal district judge has sentenced Jose Angel Aman to 84 months in prison for his role in perpetrating a $25 million diamond Ponzi scheme. In addition, the judge ordered Aman to pay over $23 million in restitution to victims who invested in his diamond cutting business and the purported diamond-backed crypto token.
2020-12-10 18:05 | |
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Jose Angel Aman, charged with operating the fraudulent investment scheme, was sentenced to serve six years in federal prison and pay over $23 million in victim restitution by a federal court in Florida.
2020-12-10 00:56 | |
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Volodymyr Kvashuk, a former Microsoft engineer, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding the tech giant for over $10 million, using a bitcoin mixer to hide taxable income, and filing fraudulent crypto tax returns.
2020-11-11 00:13 | |
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The former CEO of a cryptocurrency company has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay $9 million in restitution due to his company’s role in a major Ponzi scheme that cost hundreds of investors millions of dollars.
2018-9-16 21:45 | |
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Finally, Crypto’s biggest villain of 2014 has his saga come to an end. A little less than three years after Paycoin’s launch and failure the CEO of GAW Miners, Joshua Homero Garza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison, along with an order to pay $9,187,000 in restitution and three years of supervised release […] The post 21 Months for $20M, Josh Garza Gets off Light appeared first on Coinjournal.
2018-9-14 22:06 | |
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Over $440,000 in stolen crypto funds has been secured by New York officials in an ongoing fraud investigation that targeted locals. Authorities from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and the New York State…
Two men plead not guilty in a shocking case of crypto-related kidnapping and torture.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to form a digital advisory council that would guide the city’s digital asset strategy. Speaking at the New York City Crypto Summit on May 20, Adams said it has the potential…
Wintermute has officially entered the U. S. market with the launch of its New York City headquarters. As part of its U. S. push, Wintermute has appointed Ron Hammond as Head of Policy and Advocacy.
A New York assemblyman has filed a bill urging the State Board of Elections to study how blockchain technology could be utilized to protect voters’ data during U.S. elections. According to the official filing from New York State Assembly member…
Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional clients, has received approval for a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services. The approval authorizes Anchorage Digital’s subsidiary, Anchorage Digital NY, LLC, to offer regulated crypto trading services…