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The accused were also charged by the CFTC and the SEC for allegedly soliciting funds from over 1,000 people for the fake forex and bitcoin trading fund. origin »
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The US Office of Foreign Assets Control has accused four Chinese traffickers, Songyan Ji, Longbao Zhang, Guifeng Cheng, and Guangfu Zheng, of aiding the Zheng Drug Trafficking Organization. The four were charged under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act and Global Biotechnology Inc.
2020-7-18 23:51 | |
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U.S. authorities have accused a man of securing COVID-19 relief funds to invest in cryptocurrency.
2020-7-15 19:47 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its sister company Tether Inc will be standing in a trial in a New York court as state Attorney General Letitia James accused the companies of over $800 million lost in funds that they tried to hide.
2020-7-11 10:46 | |
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Crypto exchange Binance was accused of freezing an account worth around $1 million. The owner accuses the platform of embezzlement, but the company says it simply followed the requirements of the South Korean police.
2020-4-9 15:00 | |
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Representatives of HackControl reportedly said that they are investigating a case of alleged embezzlement involving Binance. The exchange is accused of misappropriating funds without explanation.
2020-4-8 09:15 | |
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A Philippine crypto regulator is accused of misappropriating funds and funneling them into his family members’ electoral campaigns
2020-2-29 13:29 | |
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1inch Exchange, the leading DEX aggregator in DeFi, accused bZx of withholding information on a bug that put $2.5 million of user funds at risk. bZx hit back, claiming they...The post DeFi Project Claims bZx Witheld Info Tied to Exploit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-2-22 18:41 | |
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Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice, these provisions are used as an excuse to surveil, cajole, and threaten customers, who risk losing funds if they are unable to meet the impossibly high burden of proof.
2020-2-19 18:10 | |
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Dash Core Group CMO, Fernando Gutierrez, has denied that Moocowmoo, a former Dash advisor accused of stealing investor funds on Monday, was ever hired by Dash Core Group. 3 questions however, still remain.
2019-12-4 12:57 | |
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Ivan Manuel Molina, Crypto Capital’s President, is currently under the Polish Police custody following his arrest. The controversial ‘Crypto bank’ president is accused of laundering money for a Columbian Drug Cartel through crypto exchanges like Bitfinex.
2019-10-25 18:06 | |
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As the multi-billion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme continues to tumble, news of witnesses set to testify against the scam’s perpetrators are now coming to light. According to Finance Feeds, employees of the Bank of Ireland have been asked to testify in the case against Mark Scott, one of the alleged figureheads of the $3 billion-plus OneCoin scam.
2019-9-30 17:30 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that a 21-year-old mother has been arrested following an investigation into an online syndicate accused of stealing and laundering millions of dollars worth of funds from superannuation and share-trading accounts through the use of cryptocurrency.
2019-9-18 17:30 | |
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Bitcoin payment processing platform BitPay has blocked payments to the Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong FP), according to the chief editor of the nonprofit press agency. Tom Grundy accused BitPay of sitting atop their funds for almost three weeks.
2019-9-12 13:51 | |
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Two cryptocurrency fraudsters in Canada are asking the courts to give their stuff back claiming the order to seize their assets had been granted improperly. The court isn’t buying it, and has dismissed their appeal, local news reports.
2019-8-20 11:58 | |
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The crypto trading platform EtherDelta is currently being investigated by the Chinese police over allegations of exit scam, which is when a company vanishes with funds from clients. In this case, EtherDelta is being accused of selling tokens during an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and then abandoning the platform. EtherDelta was a platform that was […]
2019-8-8 23:27 | |
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The South Korean-based cryptocurrency wallet PlusToken has allegedly conducted an exit scam, stealing users’ funds. According to a recent report released by FinanceMagnates, the funds stolen are valued at over $3 billion from individuals using the wallet.
2019-7-2 17:53 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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In its April 2019 Exchange Review, released on May 20, 2019, London-based crypto data analysis firm CryptoCompare found that fiat-to-crypto exchanges performed much better than crypto-to-crypto platforms did over the last month, as cryptocurrency prices rose across the board.
2019-5-21 20:48 | |
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Bitfinex is forging forward despite its ongoing row with the authorities, and it's looking for investors to support its efforts. Today, May 8, 2019, iFinex, the operator and parent company of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, released a private token sale white paper, putting to rest rumors of its Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
2019-5-8 18:33 | |
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This week, a scandal involving Bitfinex and Tether parent company iFinex being accused by the New York Attorney General’s office of misappropriating funds has shaken up the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have rallied in recent months, however, the latest negative news surrounding the leading stablecoin on the market has been enough to cut.
2019-4-30 03:01 | |
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The general attorney office of the State of New York accused Bitfinex of concealing the fact of losing $850 million of company's and customers' funds. After this information was published, approximately $350 million in bitcoins and Ethereum was withdrawn from Bitfinex's cold wallets.
2019-4-29 17:33 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether are facing serious allegations. The Office of the New York Attorney General is investigating iFinex, the operator of Bitfinex and Tether Ltd. , and the office alleges that executives have covered up missing funds.
2019-4-28 20:47 | |
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The New York Attorney General (NYAG) Office on April 25, 2019, published a document alleging cryptocurrency Bitfinex and its popular dollar-backed stable coin Tether (USDT) of colluding to cover $850 million loss in client and corporate funds.
2019-4-27 21:00 | |
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FUD-driven customers are withdrawing funds to their private wallets after Bitfinex was accused of an $850 mln Tether cover-up
2019-4-26 16:32 | |
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Joel Ortiz, the 21-year-old student who was accused of stealing over $7. 5 million in digital assets via a SIM swapping operation, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2019-4-23 15:27 | |
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By CCN: The shocking headlines just keep piling on for disgraced attorney and onetime anti-Trump messiah Michael Avenatti. Following his arrest for allegedly embezzling from Nike, evidence has emerged suggesting Avenatti’s white-collar thievery extends deeper into the sports world.
2019-4-23 01:15 | |
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In Nigeria, thousands of cryptocurrency investors and traders have reportedly lost access to millions of dollars. Paxful Incorporated, a major cryptocurrency services firm based in Estonia, is accused of large-scale fraud, reportedly suspending the accounts of Nigerian users.
2019-4-8 18:52 | |
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The operator of New York-based company CabaggeTech has been accused of defrauding investors out of more than $200,000 in cash and cryptocurrency, according to a nine-count indictment unsealed in federal court in New York, on Tuesday.
2019-3-27 14:40 | |
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Months after The Wall Street Journal accused them of laundering money through their exchange; Shapeshift has hit back with a March 20, 2019 report from CipherBlade. Double Take In July 2018, The Wall Street Journal published a report in which they accused crypto exchange Shapeshift of helping hackers in laundering stolen funds to the tuneRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-22 21:11 | |
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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 | |
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Coinomi is facing an avalanche of criticism after being accused on February 27, 2019, of sending passphrases to googleapis. com, leading to the loss of over $70,000. Where’s the Money? In the past, crypto owners have lost funds due to errors made on the part of service providers such as the case of QuadrigaCX of forRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-1 04:00 | |
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The Romanian judiciary has decided to hand over to U. S. authorities the founder and CEO of Coinflux, one of the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges. Vlad Nistor has been accused of a number of crimes including the laundering of illicitly obtained funds through his digital asset trading platform.
2019-1-5 04:05 | |
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Japanese prosecutors are seeking a 10-year jail term for Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Mt. Gox. The embattled Frenchman, who has been previously accused of diverting company money for prostitutes, business acquisitions and luxury items, is facing charges of transferring $3 million of client funds to his own account for investment in a software […] The post Former Mt.
2018-12-13 23:15 | |
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Jared Rice Sr. , CEO of the Dallas-based bank AriseBank, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, and charged with six counts of securities fraud and wire fraud.
2018-11-30 23:03 | |
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A 21-year old U. S. citizen has been arrested after being accused of stealing $1 million in cryptocurrencies. Apparently, the suspect used a technic known ‘SIM-swapping. ’ The information was released by the New York Post on November 20.
2018-11-22 09:01 | |
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Pure Bit lured investors in with promises of a rewarding ICO then mysteriously vanished, taking 13,000 worth of ETH with them. There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute The South Korean exchange is accused of pulling an exit scam after raising nearly 13,000 ETH ($2.
2018-11-13 18:00 | |
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Maplechange, a small Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, has ceased operations following the purported theft of all the funds it was holding. Despite promises of an investigation into the matter, many have accused the exchange of attempting to stage an exit scam.
2018-10-29 18:50 | |
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The Helsinki-based banking conglomerate, Nordea Bank, has allegedly accepted “criminal funds” from banks in Lithuania and Estonia, as reported by the Swedish Economic Crime Authority. Tied To The Rest Supposedly, this money is related to a separate laundering case that involved the Danske Bank in Denmark.
2018-10-23 17:50 | |
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Nordic banking giant Nordea has been linked to a massive money laundering scheme involving $365 billion of illicit funds.
2018-10-19 19:04 | |
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ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees has published a new blog post refuting accusations from the Wall Street Journal surrounding a multi-million dollar money laundering network operating through the ShapeShift exchange.
2018-10-2 18:34 | |
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A man known as “Tokyo Whale,” for the enormous amount of bitcoin he controls, confirms he unloaded another big chunk of it earlier this year. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of now-defunct Tokyo exchange Mt.
2018-9-25 19:54 | |
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Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers. The orders were issued on September 18, 2018, against DGBK Ltd.
2018-9-20 00:05 | |
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Monero (XMR) users have been complaining after finding out that cryptocurrency exchange Changelly can effectively “steal” their cryptocurrency. Changelly has been accused of requiring KYC documents after funds leave the wallet according to a tweet from September 4, 2018.
2018-9-6 18:00 | |
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Nearly eight months to the day after the ponzi scheme BitConnect exit scammed, the sins of the project have caught up to one of its figureheads. Divyesh Darji, the alleged leader of BitConnect’s Asian team, was arrested this Saturday, August 18, 2018, in the Delhi airport by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
2018-8-20 19:54 | |
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In November 2016, a Dutch cryptotrader tried to buy his first 10 bitcoin, first using funds from his ING bank and later from ABN Amro. Both banks denied the transactions.
2018-8-18 23:22 | |
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Japan’s Mizuho Bank is Facing a Lawsuit from a Mt. Gox Customer Japanese financial giant Mizuho Bank is being sued by a former Mt. Gox customer. According to Japanese reports and Bitcoin. com, Mizuho Bank is being accused of causing difficulties for Mt.
2018-8-3 00:04 | |
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According to regional reports the Japanese financial institution, Mizuho Bank, is being accused of creating issues for Mt Gox customers who were hoping to withdraw funds after the exchange collapsed.
2018-8-2 12:50 | |
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It is energy-guzzling, perilously slow and, with the prospect of dazzling returns (at least until recently), perhaps best to HODL ‘til you retire. But Bitcoin can count at least one group of spendthrifts among its users: Russian hackers accused of hacking in the 2016 election. The hackers allegedly used the funds to purchase the domains,
2018-7-14 15:55 | |
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Notably, the accused used bitcoin – including funds they mined themselves – to pay for web domains and other services utilized during their alleged scheme. Unsurprisingly, the news quickly spread through social media, inciting a mix of incredulity, suspicion and – in some cases – amusement from observers. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s tweet, as might be
2018-7-14 14:13 | |
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The Maryland Department of Labor announced that a security flaw in its databases may have exposed the sensitive and personal data of around 78,000 people. The agency commented that the breach occurred earlier this year after nine employees fell victim to what cybersecurity experts call a phishing attack.