2020-10-2 15:38 |
As we reported, on Thursday, the US authorities brought criminal charges against the owners of the popular cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX, accusing them of engaging in illegal transactions and allowing money laundering. origin »
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KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu said the US criminal charges against the exchange will not affect the platform’s operational stability and assured users that their funds remain safe. Lyu made the statement on social media after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it is levying criminal charges against the exchange for flouting anti-money laundering (AML) […] The post KuCoin assures users funds are safe after US levies criminal charges appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2024-3-26 20:53 | |
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The United States Department of Justice has levied criminal charges against cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and two of its founders
2024-3-26 18:02 | |
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A federal judge presiding over the case involving former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has rejected the motions presented by his legal team, which aimed to dismiss all but three of the criminal charges.
2023-6-28 22:41 | |
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Judge Lewis Kaplan has denied his motion to dismiss or sever most of the charges in his thirteen-count criminal indictment
2023-6-28 21:43 | |
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Yesterday, the crypto market took a hit on the news of BitMEX facing criminal charges. Chainlink (LINK) was one of the top cryptos that reacted the most violently, losing 15. 3% of its value. At the time of writing, LINK has been trading at $8.
2020-10-2 16:21 | |
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Owners of one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchanges, BitMEX, have recently faced criminal charges which accuse them of using the exchange for laundering money and conducting other criminal activities.
2020-10-2 10:19 | |
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CFTC has charged BitMEX with illegally operating a derivatives trading platform. Back in July 2019 U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) started investigating the exchange with a focus on allowing Americans to trade on the platform while not being registered with the agency.
2020-10-2 20:21 | |
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A US Federal Court said Friday that bitcoin is a form of money covered under the Washington D. C. , Money Transmitters Act (MTA). The court made this conclusion as it denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against Larry Dean Harmon, the operator of an underground bitcoin trading platform.
2020-7-25 13:30 | |
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Anthony Ghosn, son of Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, made about $50,000 in cryptocurrency payments to an American man who helped his father escape criminal charges in Japan. The Jr.
2020-7-25 22:44 | |
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Coinbase processed $500,000 in bitcoin payments that aided the dramatic escape of former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan, according to Bloomberg. In December, two Americans used a box to smuggle Ghosn out of the Asian country, where he was facing criminal charges for embezzlement and financial manipulation.
2020-7-24 16:21 | |
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The U. S. has charged 14 high-ranking officials of the Venezuelan government, including President Nicolas Maduro, with “narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges.
2020-3-27 09:15 | |
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The Seoul Southern District Court has acquitted senior executives at Upbit crypto exchange of fraud charges. Insufficient Evidence Against Upbit Chiefs Delivering judgment on the matter, Deputy Judge Oh Sang-yong dismissed the 30-count criminal fraud and market manipulation charges leveled against the Upbit directors for lack of evidence.
2020-2-1 18:00 | |
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Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, suspected of assisting criminals in laundering billions, was extradited to France where he will face criminal charges. Major suspect in a money-laundering operation to be charged in France Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen, was arrested in Greece back in 2017 due to his suspected involvement in a massive money-laundering operation that allegedly involved billions of dollars.
2020-1-29 20:00 | |
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Operator of an allegedly fake crypto mine faces criminal charges from the SEC for fraudulent securities offerings worth $3.5 million
2020-1-10 00:39 | |
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U. S. law enforcement filed in November criminal charges against Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith because he traveled to North Korea and taught “his audience how to use blockchain technology.
2019-12-30 20:38 | |
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The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal proceedings have started against Onecoin leaders and one alleged associate who was found guilty of laundering $400 million has asked a New York judge for more time to process an acquittal motion.
2019-12-11 22:30 | |
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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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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are often mentioned in the same breath as cybercriminals. Most of those stories are, unfortunately, 100% correct. However, not every criminal had a troubled youth.
2019-9-20 01:59 | |
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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 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is chasing hackers — including the founder of cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash — over an alleged plot to create and distribute malware through major dark web forum Darkode.
2019-6-12 16:40 | |
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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 | |
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a government employee alleged to have misused government IT infrastructure for personal cryptomining operations, per a press release.
2019-5-22 18:47 | |
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Tesla this week sent an email to employees warning about the impact of on-going press leaks. The email reminded employees that each of them signed confidentiality agreements, warning the company would take action against those it felt were in violation, including “termination of employment, claims for damages, and even criminal charges.
2019-5-4 03:36 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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As part of an ongoing criminal case, a judge in Canada has ordered that a local online drug dealer must forfeit about 281. 41 bitcoin (worth about $1. 4 million) after it was found that he used the cryptocurrency to fund his illegal activities.
2019-4-5 20:02 | |
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By CCN. com: In yet another shocking twist to the Chicago hate crime scandal, President Trump has asked the Justice Department and the FBI to review the recent criminal case of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
2019-3-29 22:41 | |
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Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is a free man after a Japanese court acquitted him of embezzlement charges. Read more here. The post Former Mt. Gox CEO Acquitted of Criminal Charges appeared first on CoinCentral.
2019-3-19 16:02 | |
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On March 6th, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested OneCoin ringleader Konstantin Ignatov at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The government alleges that he was one of several masterminds behind the multi-billion dollar crypto pyramid scheme.
2019-3-9 04:30 | |
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According to a recent report, Joel Ortiz, the 20-year-old student from Boston who was indicted by prosecutors in Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what is believed to be the very first SIM swapping conviction in the United States.
2019-2-6 01:17 | |
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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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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 | |
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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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The U. S. Marshals agency has announced plans to auction $4. 3 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) in November 2018. The sealed bid auction is for nearly 660 bitcoins which were seized in a series of federal criminal, administrative and civil cases over the years.
2018-10-19 20:51 | |
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A U. S grand jury has indicted a group of Russian Operatives on charges of criminal cyber activities funded with Bitcoin. This is the latest against foreign elements using the anonymity of cryptocurrencies to support illegal operations in the US.
2018-10-5 12:29 | |
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Cody Wilson, founder and Director of Defense Distributed (DD) has resigned, according to a press conference held Tuesday, September 25th in Austin, Texas. Paloma Heindorff, an operations executive with the company for three years, has been named Director.
2018-9-26 13:15 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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Surrey Police has officially become the first UK police force to effectively seize and convert bitcoin. However, due to active legislation, the police sold the cryptocurrency just before its all-time-high.
2018-7-22 05:00 | |
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The operator of defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder is negotiating a plea deal over criminal charges laid against him by the SEC.
2018-7-20 16:30 | |
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On July 13, 2018, an 11-count federal indictment was filed against twelve Russian military intelligence officers allegedly infiltrating Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. The accused used cryptocurrencies to finance their operations and avoid the strict financial scrutiny that accompanies fiat operations.
2018-7-14 21:30 | |
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As part of an ongoing criminal case that has drawn international attention, a Greek court has agreed today to extradite Russian cybercrime suspect and ex-Bitcoin BTC-e platform operator Alexander Vinnik to France.
2018-7-14 01:30 | |
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In an investigation case that might lead to criminal prosecution, Japanese police have filed charges against the defendants for installing a mining program without consent from the users. The mining program in question is Coinhive.
2018-6-14 11:08 | |
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News The police in Japan are cracking down on the illegal use of personal computers for cryptocurrency mining. Multiple prefectural police departments are currently investigating one particular case and pursuing criminal charges, which would make it the first criminal case in Japan where computers are illegally used for mining cryptocurrencies. Japan Confirms Entrance Into the
2018-6-13 11:08 | |
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The police in Japan are cracking down on the illegal use of personal computers for cryptocurrency mining. Multiple prefectural police departments are currently investigating one particular case and pursuing criminal charges, which would make it the first criminal case in Japan where computers are illegally used for mining cryptocurrencies.
2018-6-13 09:40 | |
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Authorities in Japan are investigating a number individuals who are alleged to have duped website visitors into mining cryptocurrency for them without their permission. If charges are pressed, it will be the first time that cryptojacking has become a criminal case in the nation.
2018-6-13 23:00 | |
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Bitcoin and Ether continue to struggle as they trade around $48k and $3,800 respectively on Friday. The leading cryptocurrency is now testing a key technical level that has been acting as a floor for Bitcoin over the past two years.
Just before the end of the year, the crypto market continues to take a beating. After the initial green start of the last week of 2021, prices have only been going down. This rout further extended to late Wednesday and early Thursday when Bitcoin price dipped further just under $45,900 and Ether to about $3,585.
The market is struggling to turn bullish as price takes a dip ahead of massive year-end options expiry on Friday, with the “max pain” point at $48k. The post Bitcoin Now Awaits The ‘First Week of the Year Effect’ After Lack of ‘Santa Claus’ Rally first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
Meanwhile, Mexico's third-richest billionaire continues to encourage his followers to invest in bitcoin and avoid fiat while the vice chairman of Alibaba Group announces, “I like crypto.” The post Short-term Holders’ Bitcoin Stake Drops as Price Falls Below k; Stock Market Rallies to New Highs first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
To mark the beginning of the last week of 2021, the crypto market is enjoying the greens. After the quiet weekend, on Monday, the total crypto market capitalization has risen 2. 8% to $2. 55 trillion.
The crypto market is green again going into the weekend. Bitcoin rose to $51,500 on Friday in the Asia trading session during the winter festival season with thin liquidity. While sentiments are turning, Bitcoin hasn’t got out of its range yet and is still down 25.
“There's a lot of fear when there's something new,” said Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, who sees a “huge opportunity with crypto and NFTs.” The post Bitcoin Aims for k Ahead of Low-Liquidity Holiday Season as Girls Who Code Refuse to “Miss Out” on Crypto first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.