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U. S. Secret Service recovered $400 million in crypto, intensifying global crackdown on crypto crime. Crypto crimes escalate worldwide, prompting enhanced blockchain surveillance. As crypto aThe post U.
2025-7-6 19:00 | |
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The DOJ's shift away from crypto crime enforcement may foster a more innovation-friendly environment but raises investor protection concerns. The post US DOJ scraps crypto crime team under Trump’s new policy era appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2025-4-9 16:40 | |
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Scams again emerged as the dominant form of cryptocurrency-based crime by transaction volume, a preview of Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Report revealed. The post Rug pulls pushed this year’s crypto scam revenue over $7.
2021-12-17 07:30 | |
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NIGMA Conseil and state-backed Austrian Institute of Technology join forces to fight against crypto and financial crime
2020-2-25 15:43 | |
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The crypto asset community seems to have lost its proverbial mind over a recent MTV show. During the episode of “True Life Crime”, producers of the show labelled a relatively new “influencer” to the industry a “crypto expert”.
2020-2-21 01:00 | |
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To step up action against financial crime, the White House wants to bring the U.S. Secret Service—the agency tasked with protecting the nation’s leaders and safeguarding its financial system—back to its original home in the Treasury Department.
2020-2-20 14:05 | |
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Crypto darknet proves resilience accounting for around 1% of transactions, as governments may look to tighten the leash
2020-2-12 02:00 | |
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President Trumps’ new budget for 2021 claims a consolidated Treasury and Secret Service will be more efficient in tackling cryptocurrency-enabled crime
2020-2-12 13:00 | |
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Как выводились преступные миллиарды в 2019 году? Выдержка из доклада 2020 Crypto Crime Report от Chainalysis. После того как в кошельке преступников оказывается куча незаконным образом полученной криптовалюты, следующий вопрос, на который они должны ответить, это «Как её обналичить и не попасться?» Потребность в отмывании средств объединяет все проанализированные нами формы связанного с криптовалютами криминала. […]
2020-2-5 07:00 | |
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Chainalysis’ 2019 crime report found illicit activities accounted for roughly 1 percent of overall crypto transactions last year, and better enforcement of anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations could stamp out a large portion of that.
2020-1-30 00:15 | |
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Hackers are getting more sophisticated, breaching a greater number of crypto exchanges in 2019 compared to the previous year. Chainalysis has published an initial overview of its 2020 Crypto Crime report.
2020-1-23 04:50 | |
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In an excerpt from its upcoming ‘2020 Crypto Crime Report,’ Chainalysis addressed cases of cryptocurrency exchange hacks over the years, while tracking where the funds went after they’re stolen.The post Chainalysis report claims exchange security, hackers have improved simultaneously appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-23 03:30 | |
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Thanks to the EU’s most recent money laundering directive, a small business called Post-a-coin, which sold cute postcards pre-loaded with tiny amounts of bitcoin, is being forced to shut down.
2020-1-16 17:20 | |
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Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis will provide crypto exchange Bitfinex with tools to monitor and combat suspected financial crime
2019-12-13 14:57 | |
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By now, most crypto investors know that the United States government has begun to crack down on the crypto industry, and has begun targeting those who have used Bitcoin and other crypto-assets for illicit crime.
2019-8-9 04:00 | |
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A new database called the Blockchain Litigation Database is making easier for law firms to provide legal services to crypto-sector clients concerned about compliance issues with the SEC and CFTC.
2019-8-7 23:12 | |
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Following the announcement of Facebook Libra – a crypto project aimed to replace the US dollar and other fiat currencies, the United States has been up in arms regarding Libra, Bitcoin, and the rest of the cryptocurrency landscape.
2019-7-31 23:00 | |
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On July 23, U. S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software.
2019-7-29 02:15 | |
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When we think of the unbanked, we envisage citizens of developing nations who lack the means and documentation to obtain access. But you don’t have to be a Mongolian goat herder to find yourself financially excluded.
2019-7-29 18:20 | |
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Prosecutors have filed a complaint against the infamous crypto exchange BTC-e calling a haven for crime.
2019-7-27 01:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency gets a bad rap, and the media loves to associate virtual currencies with criminal activity. But an immutable ledger is actually more useful as a tool to fight crime than it is for would-be criminals, as researchers, law enforcement and criminals are learning very quickly all over the world.
2019-7-23 00:24 | |
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Crypto compliance and investigation provider Chainalysis has become the only blockchain company to make Forbes’ next billion-dollar startups list of 2019, joining the ranks of tech giants—Patreon and Duolingo.
2019-7-20 13:16 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has taken the opportunity to plug XRP as a solution to the concerns raised by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Speaking on Twitter, Garlinghouse said that he hopes regulators recognize that not all cryptocurrencies are cut from the same cloth in terms of their potential to facilitate crime and money laundering.
2019-7-17 23:15 | |
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Because it’s mostly untraceable and irreversible, cryptocurrency is still the number one choice for criminals to carry out or hide criminal activity or ill-gotten gains. The last few weeks have seen a slowly increasing number of cities in the U.
2019-7-15 20:29 | |
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The UK government is seeking to crack down on the use of crypto assets for money laundering or other illicit activities. To do so, the government has published the Economic Crime Plan, agreed between the Chancellor Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Sajid Javid, and heads of law enforcement, major financial institutions and legal, accountancy and property organisations.
2019-7-15 14:54 | |
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U. S. President Donald Trump’s public bashing of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is no longer news. In a recent tweet on Friday 11th of July, Trump publicly declared that he isn’t a fan of cryptocurrencies, alleging that the unregulated nature of digital assets makes it easy for crypto to facilitate crime and other illicit activity.
2019-7-14 23:40 | |
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In a bid to enlighten high-ranking police personnel on the workings of blockchain technology and equip them with the critical skills required to carry out investigations concerning Bitcoin-linked crimes, India’s national police academy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), has introduced a new educational course, reports Hard Fork on July 7, 2019.
2019-7-9 23:00 | |
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According to a July 5, 2019, report by The Times of India, State Crime Investigation Department (CID) has unearthed yet another cryptocurrency scam in Surat, India, which is estimated to have defrauded investors of more than $180,000.
2019-7-6 21:00 | |
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Governments and central banking regulatory bodies continue to express concern about crypto being used for criminal purposes and terror. The terror campaigns of these very same governments continue unabated, however.
2019-7-2 10:30 | |
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While there are many advantages and benefits that cryptocurrency has brought the world there are a number of downsides and one of these is the use of cryptocurrency for the purposes of committing crime.
2019-6-28 23:53 | |
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The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) executed six arrests in connection with an investigation into an international $27 million heist that scammed victims into depositing funds at a fake crypto exchange.
2019-6-27 19:44 | |
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According to a June 21, 2019, article by local crime news outlet Posta, Israeli police has arrested two brothers named Eli Gigi and Assaf Gigi on the suspicion of partaking in cryptocurrency phishing attacks and getting involved in the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack.
2019-6-24 23:00 | |
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The European crime fighting agency is developing a game to teach law enforcement officers how to trace cryptocurrencies in criminal investigations.
2019-6-14 11:17 | |
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Major insurance broker Aon will reportedly provide crypto custody solutions provider Metaco with crime insurance coverage via a group of predominantly European insurers
2019-6-12 12:53 | |
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By CCN: The FBI officially expanded the QuadrigaCX case, in which the founder suspiciously died, and more than $100 million in cryptocurrency was lost, to the United States today. The agency took to Twitter to ask for US-based victims of the crime to come forward.
2019-6-5 09:33 | |
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The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U. S. Attorney General’s office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, and the FBI have all begun investigating the events of now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.
2019-6-4 18:45 | |
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By CCN: Another cryptocurrency scam, same fraudster. Police in India’s city of Surat have implicated infamous BitConnect promoter Divyesh Darji in yet another cryptocurrency scam. According to The Times of India, Darji was involved in promoting a cryptocurrency known as Regal Coin to investors by promising them astronomical returns.
2019-6-4 13:23 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry is now confronted with a restrictive change. Just recently in a compliance briefing with Elliptic London, a discussion was done on how industry stakeholders can create a thriving compliance operation despite the regulatory flux in and surrounding the UK.
2019-6-4 00:17 | |
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Law forces in Brazil have clamped down on a cryptocurrency crime cartel accused of duping more than 55 thousand investors of more than approximately $248 million, The Next Web reports, May 22, 2019. Crypto Criminals Nabbed The ease of committing crimes in the crypto industry has worried regulators with several taking extreme measures in theRead MoreRead More.
2019-5-23 14:00 | |
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Avoid Hacking Your Funds With Binance Less than a month ago the largest cryptocurrency exchange was the object of a hacking of seven thousand bitcoins, which at the time of the computer crime, amounted to almost $ 40 million dollars.
2019-5-22 21:21 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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By CCN: A crypto money-laundering ring that was offering its services to other criminal enterprises has been dismantled in Spain. The Crime as a Service operation is believed to have laundered approximately $10.
2019-5-10 19:45 | |
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Did Backpage launder cash through crypto? What happened to three Germans on the DarkWeb? This week's Crypto Crime Blotter.
2019-5-6 15:30 | |
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By CCN: A man from the English channel island of Jersey just wanted to buy bitcoin. In actuality, the unfortunate victim gave away an eye-popping $1. 6 million in life savings to crypto scammers.
2019-5-4 02:10 | |
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Losses arising from cryptocurrency hacks and fraud may have reached as high as $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2019, CipherTrace estimates.
2019-5-1 16:30 | |
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A second U.S. bill on crypto taxonomy offers to allocate $25 million to the FTC from 2020 to 2024 to prevent crypto crimes
2019-4-10 19:28 | |
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The world of crypto and blockchain technologies evolves every day, and along with it, criminals also find new forms of delinquency. However, crime does not pay, and the field of cybersecurity also evolves at a.
2019-4-10 10:50 | |
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The Finland-based, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform LocalBitcoins released a statement on March 25, 2019, responding to a new act approved by the Finnish Parliament that will require users to verify their identities.
2019-3-28 18:00 | |
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Everyone wants to get into crypto. And while most of us get into crypto through legal means, police in Pakistan turned to crime. Three police officers were part of a kidnapping case and demanded 20 million rupees ($142,000).
2019-3-27 14:38 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.