2021-10-8 23:00 |
The Deputy Attorney General of the United States revealed that the Justice Department created a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), to combat the illicit use of cryptocurrency for criminal activities. origin »
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The Department of Justice will soon have two new tools on its belt to combat cybercrime. A cryptocurrency enforcement team will go after cybercrime while a separate department will go after those who fail to report such crimes.
2021-10-7 08:52 | |
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A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency enforcement team
2021-10-7 18:50 | |
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The Ransom Disclosure Act aims to help the Department of Homeland Security gather critical data on ransom payments in cryptocurrency and fiat.
2021-10-7 12:05 | |
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Suex. io cryptocurrency exchange has been sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for allegedly facilitating ransomware payments for hackers. The President Joe Biden administration has intensified efforts to curb ransomware attacks in the country, according to reports on September 21, 2021.
2021-9-22 17:00 | |
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against the Suex cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged role in a ransomware attack. The post US Sanctions Crypto Exchange for Ransomware Laundering Affiliation appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-9-22 08:38 | |
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Javier Siman’s department store has started accepting Bitcoin despite the owner’s aversion to the cryptocurrency
2021-9-7 21:36 | |
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The Treasury Department is looking to add more crypto reporting requirements in the reconciliation bill. On the one hand, the Treasury wants to introduce more rules for cryptocurrency transaction reporting; on the other hand, the officials of the department have been telling media that the crypto community’s fear about tax provision in the $1 trillion […] The post Treasury Seeking More Crypto Reporting Requirements, Global Data-Sharing, in Reconciliation Package first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-8-31 17:05 | |
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A recent hike in exploits and illicit activities has encouraged authorities around the world to become more proactive via regulatory steps to curb the same. The U. S State Department's latest initiativThe post Can U.
2021-8-17 13:30 | |
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Crypto lender BlockFi has received another warning, and this time it’s from Kentucky. The cryptocurrency trading and financial services provider received an order from the Division of Securities of the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (KDFI) on Friday regarding the state's BlockFi Interest Account (BIA) operations.
2021-8-1 16:45 | |
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The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program announced this week that the reward payments now also include cryptocurrency for the first time. The program, administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on cybercriminals “acting at the direction or under the control of […] The post US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) Program Now Pays in Crypto for the First Time first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-7-17 18:49 | |
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The U. S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $10 million “for information on foreign malicious cyber activity against U. S. critical infrastructure.
2021-7-16 17:30 | |
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the U. K. advertising watchdog, declared it would crack down on misleading ads promoting cryptocurrency investments. The organization will include cryptocurrency campaigns as a “red alert” priority in the financial marketing department.
2021-7-13 10:30 | |
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Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has ordered the seizure of cryptocurrency funds raised by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. His department has reportedly started taking control over digital wallets used by the terrorist group to collect crypto donations from abroad.
2021-7-10 11:00 | |
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The Texas Department of Banking has announced that state-chartered banks can provide cryptocurrency custody services. “The Texas Department of Banking believes that the authority to provide these services with respect to virtual currencies already exists,” the banking authority said.
2021-6-12 16:30 | |
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The White House has been working with officials from the Treasury Department to highlight and study the bigger issues surrounding crypto. The post White House Studying Gaps in Oversight of Cryptocurrency appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-5-26 22:40 | |
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced measures to crack down on tax evasion involving cryptocurrencies as part of President Joe Biden’s proposed tax compliance measures. Among the measures is a requirement for businesses that receive crypto assets with a fair market value of more than $10,000 to report transactions to the IRS. Treasury […]
2021-5-20 20:32 | |
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Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, is now being probed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the assumption that it could be immersed in money laundering transactions.
2021-5-14 22:40 | |
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El Corte Inglés, the biggest department store group in Spain, seems to be entering into the cryptocurrency sphere. After filing for a related trademark with the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union, they have registered “Bitcor”.
2021-5-11 10:30 | |
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United States Department of Justice (DOJ) charged six individuals with participating in a “conspiracy to operate an unlicensed” cryptocurrency exchange business” among other offenses. Five The post Six people charged for running an unlicensed crypto exchange in New Hampshire appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-3-19 05:30 | |
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The U. S. has sentenced a cryptocurrency exchange owner to 10 years in prison. He “knowingly and intentionally engaged in business practices designed to both assist fraudsters in laundering the proceeds of their fraud and to shield himself from criminal liability,” the Department of Justice alleges.
2021-1-16 22:05 | |
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Extension, extension, extension The announcement comes after many in the cryptocurrency community derided the Treasury Department for setting an unusually short 15-day period. The new comment period is extended by 15 days for reporting requirements on transactions greater than $10,000.
2021-1-15 23:44 | |
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The Germany-based real estate company announced that it was expanding the digitization of the finance department through the use of well-known cryptocurrency and blockchain project Stellar (XLM) FinTech company Firstwire assisted Vonovia in the digital bond registration process.
2021-1-15 18:52 | |
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In yet another blow to the cryptocurrency industry, the US Treasury has revealed plans to mandate the reporting of crypto holdings over $10K held with foreign digital currency service providers. FinCEN, an arm of the Treasury Department that oversees domestic financial laws’ enforcement, will implement the new rule when adopted.
2021-1-9 13:00 | |
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The U.S Treasury Department on Financial Crimes, FinCEN, has extended the public comment period to January 7th after wrongly indicating the period ended on January 4th. Following the change, the public now has a few more hours to submit their opinions, comments, and amendments to the Proposed Rule, which will force cryptocurrency firms to surveil […] The post FinCEN’s Extended Public Comment Period Ends Today, Over 65,500 Submitted first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-1-7 20:10 | |
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The US Treasury Department reveals that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed new rules for cryptocurrency wallets. According to the US Department of Treasury’s announcement, the proposed rules require banks and other financial firms to keep records of verified customer’s identities and submit them.
2020-12-20 17:30 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U. S. Treasury Department, has unveiled its proposed rules on transactions involving cryptocurrency wallets. Experts in the crypto community have weighed in on what the new proposed regulation means, what crypto owners should do, and which wallets are affected.
2020-12-20 20:15 | |
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Four U. S. lawmakers have sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, warning of the risks of restricting the use of self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets. Their concerns follow reports that the Treasury Department may be on the verge of imposing such strict cryptocurrency regulations aimed at self-hosted crypto wallets.
2020-12-13 22:30 | |
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Founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency scheme Oyster Protocol, Amir Burno Elmaani, has been arrested and charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for a “multimillion-dollar tax evasion schemThe post Oyster Protocol founder arrested; accused of operating multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-12-11 22:00 | |
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Central bankers and finance ministers around the world have agreed on strong regulation of the cryptocurrency market in the recently concluded G7 meeting. According to the U. S. Treasury Department, the virtual meeting saw world G7 officials support the control and regulation of cryptocurrencies, and some countries will start implementing theirs soon.
2020-12-9 11:34 | |
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According to The Economic Times, India’s income tax authority is monitoring crypto investors and traders to demand income tax from them. This was reported by sources close to the government. The country’s tax department monitored cryptocurrency transactions that were conducted using bank accounts.
2020-12-6 20:11 | |
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US Department of Justice announced that it has seized $24 million in cryptocurrencies through a collaboration with the Brazilian federal police investigation pertaining to a cryptocurrency scam operatThe post US and Brazil authorities seize $24 million in crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-5 22:00 | |
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The New York Department of Financial Services license allows PayPal to offer cryptocurrency buying and selling through a partnership with Paxos.
2020-10-21 15:00 | |
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Six individuals have been indicted by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) for allegedly participating in a money-laundering ring using cryptocurrency. The alleged bad actors are all Chinese nationals who include Jiayu Chen, 46, Jianxing Chen, 40, Tao Liu, 45, Xizhi Li, 45, Jingyuan Li, 47, and Eric Yong Woo, 43. According to court […]
2020-10-16 16:23 | |
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The New York Department of Financial Services intends to digitize financial reporting in a tech initiative that will initially focus on cryptocurrency companies.
2020-10-16 16:53 | |
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US Department of Justice's Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the release of “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” a publication that outlines the “emerging threats” and eThe post US Department of Justice publishes ‘Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework’ appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-8 20:38 | |
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The Department of Justice has released a ‘first of its kind’ framework for policing the cryptocurrency space.
2020-10-8 19:37 | |
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The Department of Justice has released a ‘first of its kind’ framework for policing the cryptocurrency space.
2020-10-9 19:37 | |
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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’ personal details, cryptocurrency asset values as well as the type of asset held.
2020-9-29 20:00 | |
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The now-renamed California department responsible for the regulation of financial services will soon have more powers to supervise the cryptocurrency industry.
2020-9-29 12:19 | |
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The U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two Russian nationals over the theft of millions of dollars in digital currency. The perpetrators allegedly carried out cyber attacks on three or more cryptocurrency platforms in 2017 and 2018.
2020-9-18 21:20 | |
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U. S. Department of Justice charged five Chinese citizens for launching malware that led to the crypto-jacking of computers to mine cryptocurrency. However, the indictment did not mention which cryptocThe post U.
2020-9-16 20:44 | |
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The Treasury Department of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC in short, announced sanctions for three Russian hackers involved in meddling in the 2016 Presidential elections. The statement further added cryptocurrency addresses attached to the Russian Troll group, Internet Research Agency, were also sanctioned.
2020-9-10 20:55 | |
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The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control has added three Russian nationals and a host of cryptocurrency addresses to its sanctions list.
2020-9-11 20:02 | |
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Linda Lacewell, the superintendent of New York?s Department of Financial Services, says cryptocurrency Is ?very important?
2020-9-10 22:40 | |
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The U.S. tax department has provided guidance around crypto revenue earned from microtasks via crowdsourcing platforms and, yes, such income is taxable.
2020-8-31 10:31 | |
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The US government is looking to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts that were used by North Korean hackers who reportedly stole millions of dollars of digital assets from two crypto exchanges. A civil forfeiture complaint is filed by the US Department of Justice.
2020-8-28 19:00 | |
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The Department of Justice wants to hire an attorney adviser to specialize in cryptocurrency, dark web and hacking criminal cases.
2020-7-17 19:40 | |
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The U. S. Department of Defense and the U. S. Army have requested information on web-based cryptocurrency tracking tools. The tools must enable U. S. government agencies worldwide to conduct in-depth investigations into the source of crypto transactions and provide multi-currency analysis from bitcoin to other top cryptocurrencies.
2020-7-15 21:30 | |
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Co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm Centra Tech admitted to conspiring to dupe investors into investing $25 million into the company by lying about an initial coin offering (ICO), the Justice Department said.
2020-6-18 20:48 | |
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When Donald Trump entered the White House in January, crypto markets expected alignment between policy and price. The new administration delivered on some of its promises by providing regulatory clarity, friendlier oversight, and the strongest institutional welcome Bitcoin had ever received.
The US has never owed more money that it does today, and some believe the solution isn’t political reform or higher taxes but Bitcoin itself. America’s national debt has crossed $38 trillion, surpassing the country’s annual GDP by nearly 31%.
The 12 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETFs) in the United States reversed sharply last week, recording $1. 2 billion in net outflows. According to SoSoValue data, this was their second-largest weekly setback since launching in January 2024.
Arkham Intelligence flagged a transfer of 667.624 BTC from a U.S. government address to a new wallet; the coins remain unmoved as markets watch closely.
US Treasury waives 15% corporate minimum tax on Bitcoin, that saves companies billions. Strategy surges because unrealized gains will not be taxed anymore.
Lawmakers in Washington are weighing how the federal government should approach custody of Bitcoin and other digital assets. A new bill, HR 1566, directs the Treasury Department to prepare a comprehensive report on the feasibility of creating both a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a wider Digital Asset Stockpile.
Victims of the “wrong number” scam across the United States, including Ohio, are getting some form of justice thanks to the latest initiatives of the US authorities. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 33 crypto fraud victims nationwide, including a city of Mentor resident, have been identified.