2019-11-1 16:31 |
New York court orders Veritaseum to pay $8.4 million in disgorgement, while its CEO Reginald Middleton is also liable for a $1 million civil penalty
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The U. S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently in a legal battle with Canadian crypto firm, Kik. Both have been to court on grounds that Kik launched a $100 million ICO which ought to have been under the SEC’s regulation as a security.
2019-10-30 16:09 | |
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Seth Shapiro, VideoCoin’s head of strategy, filed a lawsuit on October 17 in U. S. District Court for the Central District of California accusing the telephone company for neglecting to protect his cell phone during a May 2018 hack.
2019-10-30 00:43 | |
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Seth Shapiro, a California resident who claims to have lost a massive $1. 8 million worth of Bitcoin and altcoins through a SIM swapping attack in May 2018, has filed a lawsuit against AT&T. Shapiro claims the telecoms operator made it possible for hackers to gain control of his AT&T wireless phone number, using it toRead MoreRead More.
2019-10-26 01:00 | |
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At the California Central District Court, The United States Securities Exchange (SEC) has applied a plea for a record of non-remittance against ICOBox and Nikolay Evdokimov-defendants. The two are accused of running unregistered $14 million securities offering of ICOBox’s digital tokens.
2019-10-24 20:20 | |
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Bitfinex’s exchange parent company, iFinex Inc, recently filed a discovery application in South Carolina’s District Court in a dispute over its $880 million funds held by Crypto Capital. The past year’s regulatory pressures have been a big challenge to crypto players and now trickle-down effects are being experienced within the digital asset economy. Crypto Capital […]
2019-10-21 18:31 | |
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According to new court filings, Bitfinex’s parent company, iFinex Inc, has filed a discovery with relation to the $880 million seized from the exchange and its partner companies. These funds were held by Crypto Capital on behalf of Bitfinex and was seized by the FBI amid shadow banking allegations, as revealed by court filings, OctoberRead MoreRead More.
2019-10-21 15:00 | |
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iFinex, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, wants to subpoena an ex-banking executive of a trust company it hopes can assist in the recovery of more than $850 million in frozen funds.
2019-10-21 13:53 | |
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Bitfinex’s parent company filed an application in an attempt to recover $880 million
2019-10-22 13:43 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitfinex Requests Subpoena to Access Seized Funds Worth $880 MillionBitfinex's parent company iFinex Inc. filed an application to the court to recover $880 million of allegedly inaccessible funds.
2019-10-21 12:20 | |
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iFinex Inc, the parent organization of Bitfinex, filed an application with a US district court of Southern California on 18th October, to recover the $880 million of Bitfinex’s fund, that was delegated to Global Trade Solutions AG, also known as Crypto Capital.
2019-10-21 11:30 | |
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The money laundering case involving OneCoin and Bank of Ireland (BOI) worth €273 million took another turn as the 4 employees of BOI crucial to the case decided not to testify unless the US authorities make it “compulsory,” reported The Irish Times.
2019-10-12 14:30 | |
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Alleged hacker Anthony Tyler Nashatka, also known as “psycho,” faced US federal court yesterday over a plot to steal $1. 4 million worth of cryptocurrency from users of token exchange EtherDelta.
2019-10-12 22:09 | |
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In mid-January this year, popular New Zealand crypto exchange, Cryptopia announced its hack which saw users lose crypto assets valued at $16 million USD (which could currently be much higher). After several investigations, court proceedings and pleas for bankruptcy in the U.
2019-10-7 15:47 | |
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The Japanese court has largely dismissed a claim by Peter Vessenes‘ company Coinlab for $16 billion, awarding instead just about $4 million. The MT Gox trustee said in an update... The post Court Dismisses Coinlab’s MT Gox Claim appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-10-6 15:38 | |
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US department of justice in a filing with the New York court alleged that Bank of Ireland (BOI) was deceived by a lawyer to launder €273 million proceeds from multi-billion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scam.
2019-10-5 13:30 | |
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Authorities in India have found themselves in a crypto-conundrum: they can’t access cryptocurrency seized from a Ponzi scheme because such transfers have been prohibited, reports Times of India.
2019-10-4 15:12 | |
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Longfin Corp. , one of the firms that suddenly joined the crypto bandwagon in a bid to take advantage of the bitcoin bull run of 2017, has been ordered by a New York federal court to pay nearly seven million dollars in penalties and disgorgement for fraudulent practices, according to a press release on September 30,Read MoreRead More.
2019-10-1 23:00 | |
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A New York court has backed charges brought by the SEC that the fintech firm committed fraud relating to its public offering and Nasdaq listing.
2019-10-1 13:51 | |
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A U.S. federal court has ordered purported cryptocurrency firm Longfin to pay almost $7 million in penalties
2019-10-1 04:25 | |
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A South Korean court has ordered CoinOne exchange to cover the losses for an investor whose funds were stolen from the exchange, reported a local daily. A hacker got hands on the investor's login details for the platform and withdrew all his holdings in BTC.
2019-9-28 23:12 | |
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Seoul’s Southern District Court has ruled that the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, CoinOne, is required to compensate users who have suffered losses due to hacked accounts that violate the withdrawal limit imposed by government policies.
2019-9-28 22:00 | |
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Having recently won a motion in the Appellate division of the New York Supreme Court, the Hong Kong-based Bitfinex exchange will no longer have to submit documents regarding its use of Tether until a future date.
2019-9-25 13:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex can now stop sharing documents about its use of Tether with the New York Attorney General (NYSAG) after winning a motion in the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court over an alleged $850 million cover-up.
2019-9-25 12:57 | |
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Ted Livingston, Founder of Kik Messenger, is in the news after in a blog post today he announced that that the company would be shutting down operations after repeated court disputes with the SEC over centralization concerns with regards to their cryptocurrency, Kin.
2019-9-24 13:00 | |
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ICOBox, an initial coin offering project (ICO) that raised a whopping $14. 6 million from the sale of its native altcoin in 2017, has been dragged to court by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for selling unregistered securities and functioning as a broker without obtaining the relevant licenses, according to a press releaseRead MoreRead More.
2019-9-20 17:00 | |
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A man who created his own Bitcoin ATM has pleaded guilty of money laundering and related crimes. Kunal Kalra, a resident of Westwood, California, used his machine and other means to clean as much as $25 million between 2015 and 2017.
2019-8-27 01:00 | |
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A man from the small town of Westwood in California has pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange and ATM, and laundering money. Kunal Kalra, 25 has been found guilty of owning and operating unlicensed money transmitting business which he used to exchange up to $25 million in cash and virtual currencies.
2019-8-26 12:33 | |
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Stablecoin issuer Tether has responded to the New York Supreme Court's ruling regarding the New York attorney general's investigation into Bitfinex and Tether's alleged cover-up of an $850 million loss.
2019-8-22 23:43 | |
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Tether [USDT], the seventh largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has been in the news lately following its response to New York Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen’s ruling on the Bitfinex/NYAG case.
2019-8-21 12:30 | |
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The New York Supreme Court has ruled that the New York attorney general does have jurisdiction over Bitfinex, Tether, and their parent company, iFinex, meaning the investigation into an alleged $850 million cover-up will continue.
2019-8-20 19:07 | |
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A court in New York has denied Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company iFinex’s latest motion to avoid the legal clap back from its $850 million cover-up. iFinex claimed that the New York State Attorney General (NYAG) lacked the relevant jurisdiction to investigate the cryptocurrency exchange and stablecoin issuer as it claims it doesn’t serve customers in the state.
2019-8-20 12:42 | |
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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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QuadrigaCX shut down in January 2019, following the death of CEO Gerald Cotten. Court documents indicate that the creditors are potentially owed $190 million ($250 million CAD). QuadrigaCX entered liquidation not long ago, aiming to return funds that were owed to their customers.
2019-8-16 19:49 | |
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Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator, Craig S. Wright (CSW) is once again being accused of forging documents as part of the Kleiman v. Wright case. Another Forgery Claim Hits Wright Redacted court documents from a hearing held back in late July show Bitmessage developer Jonathan Warren providing testimony which shows Wright forging documents.
2019-8-15 18:00 | |
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U.S. district court has approved of the temporary freeze on $8 million of a New York citizen and two of his entities’ related assets following the U.S. SEC
2019-8-14 22:16 | |
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Coinspeaker Kik Claims ‘SEC Has Been Twisting Facts’ in Their Ongoing Legal BattleKik kicked back at the SEC lawsuit that claims a $100 million ICO was illegal. The company behind Kik Messenger filed a response in U.
2019-8-7 10:13 | |
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A judge in Canada has approved over $1. 6 million in fees for businesses seeking to recover funds lost as a result of QuadrigaCX’s demise. In a legal notice published yesterday, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Darlene Jamieson said: “There being no expressed opposition to the activities and accounts as presented by the monitor nor to the fees of its legal counsel, I approve the fees and activities of the monitor during the CCAA proceedings and the fees presented towards legal counsel.
2019-8-1 14:12 | |
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In the long case of QuadrigaCX, there are many creditors and firms that have been seeking retribution from the now-defunct exchange. In an effort to reconcile these funds, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Darlene Jamieson approved over $1.
2019-8-1 00:29 | |
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A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge approved more than $1.6 million in fees for the companies appointed to recover funds on behalf of QuadrigaCX's former users.
2019-7-31 20:30 | |
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Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin was recently summoned to court in New York when a former employee initiated a lawsuit for more than $13 million. According to the summons stemming from former Token Foundry CEO, Harrison Hines, relief was being sought for alleged unpaid profits, fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract.
2019-7-25 17:00 | |
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A US federal judge has rejected AT&T‘s request to dismiss a $224 million lawsuit over a devastating SIM-swapping incident that led to $24 million in stolen cryptocurrency. A press release confirms the communications giant will face court over allegations it violated the Federal Communications Act, a consumer contract, as well as several other laws, when hackers assumed the identity (and telephone account) of cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin in 2017.
2019-7-23 13:05 | |
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ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin was summoned to court in a $13 million lawsuit connected to failed ConsenSys spinout Token Foundry. Charges levied against Lubin by the startup’s former CEO, Harrison Hines, include fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract.
2019-7-23 23:28 | |
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Joseph Lubin is well known as the co-founder of Ethereum, but his name is in the headlines for a different reason lately, linked with Harrison Hines. Hine used to be the head of Token Foundry with ConsenSys, which is Lubin’s venture studio.
2019-7-20 20:04 | |
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Eliyahu Gigi, a notorious Israeli hacker who allegedly stole NIS 6. 1 million ($1. 7 million) in bitcoin (BTC) ether (ETH) and other altcoins from foreign citizens through illegal means, has been indicted by Israeli authorities, reports local news source Globes on July 18, 2019.
2019-7-19 01:00 | |
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A group of Venezuelan citizens has dragged the owners of Eagle Financial Diamond Group Inc. and Argyle Coin have been dragged to court for defrauding them through their diamond-backed crypto Ponzi scheme.
2019-7-17 17:00 | |
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After the arrest of Konstantin Ignatova, brother to the highly sought-after CEO of OneCoin, those who fell for the scam are already in court. One of them, believed to have lost more than $700,000 in the scam, has filed a lawsuit, suing the Ponzi scheme.
2019-7-11 17:43 | |
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The CEO of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, Konstantin Ignatov, will have to undergo trial while still in custody. The New York Southern District Court’s Judge Edgardo Ramos denied a bond application filed by Ignatov despite the top leader of the cryptocurrency scam having proposed attractive release conditions, as first ported by Finance Feeds.
2019-6-30 17:45 | |
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Self-proclaimed Bitcoin ‘inventor’, Craig Wright, was giving a testimony yesterday to explain why he can’t produce the public addresses of the bitcoin he has mined. Fortunately, law reporter, Carolina Bolado, was there to tweet progress as it happened.
2019-6-29 15:00 | |
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Disgraced football coach Mark “Bomber” Thompson has admitted to abusing crystal meth and obsessively trading cryptocurrency for 12 hours a day in the lead-up to his arrest, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
2019-6-26 15:04 | |
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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…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams reiterated his support for Bitcoin, reflecting on the skepticism he faced when he first decided to convert his paychecks into cryptocurrency back in 2022. At a recent media event, Adams said, “We should not…
NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris said any federal legislation should still keep a role for state regulators.
Michelle Bond, the partner of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, has been accused of violating U.S. campaign finance laws, according to an unsealed indictment. Ex-Congressional aspirant Michelle Bond was accused of financing her failed 2022 New York House campaign with…
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit against two purported crypto companies and their top promoters, a married couple, for allegedly operating two consecutive pyramid schemes that predominantly targeted Haitian immigrants to the U.S.
Ripple Labs filed its opposition on Monday against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposal to ask a New York judge to impose a nearly $2 billion fine against the company behind the XRP Ledger blockchain.
Crypto exchange Binance.US named Martin Grant, a former New York Federal Chief Compliance and Ethics officer, to its Board of Directors.