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The founder of Bithumb crypto exchange is facing a potential eight-year prison sentence over allegations of a $70 million fraud. The post Bithumb Founder Could Face 8 Years in Prison Over $70M Fraud appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-10-26 21:00 | |
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Lee Jung-hoon, the owner of the South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb, is facing up to eight years in prison on charges of fraud to the value of 100 billion won ($70 million), according to YNA. The post Bithumb owner to receive 8-year jail term for $70M fraud – local media appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-10-25 13:40 | |
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Bithumb is still struggling to find investors due to legal risks associated with its former de facto owner, Lee Jung-hoon
2022-10-25 11:02 | |
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“Through the rise and fall of Silk Road, through the relentless years of my incarceration … Bitcoin keeps going.”
2022-10-3 16:00 | |
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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has said users of Circle Yield can withdraw their money early without facing penalties as cryptocurrency markets see their worst performance in years. The post Circle Allows ‘Free’ Early USDC Withdrawal From Fixed Yield Treasury Product appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-7-8 01:00 | |
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The president of a sham UN affiliate that defrauded investors with the help of a fake cryptocurrency is now facing up to 20 years behind bars
2022-3-18 19:30 | |
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The DOJ has zeroed in on the founder of the infamous BitConnect Ponzi scheme. He’s now facing up to 70 years behind bars
2022-2-28 19:43 | |
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The Cardano blockchain has evolved significantly over the years. It is one of the most popular green cryptocurrencies on the market. (It uses the proof of stake blockchain verification system, which rThe post Cardano may be facing a lull in terms of price action, but here's why it still has hope appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-1-9 20:30 | |
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Like many other countries worldwide, the South Korean cryptocurrency industry has been facing major regulatory headwinds over the past few years. The country's regulators have recently tightened theirThe post South Korea crypto investors to report holdings in foreign exchanges appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-1-4 17:00 | |
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Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is facing up to 6. 5 years jail term, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy. The developer had allegedly taken a trip to North Korea back in 2019, to aid them in using Eth to bypass United States sanctions.
2021-9-29 18:13 | |
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For many years, tokenization has been considered one of the most promising options for the blockchain, as it can unlock tens of trillions of illiquid dollars. Thus, providing businesses and retail investors with never-before-seen opportunities.
2021-8-5 18:00 | |
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John DeMarr and his accomplices allegedly managed to net millions of dollars while deceiving investors
2021-7-31 22:49 | |
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Back in 2018, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood infamously predicted that Tesla shares would reach $4,000 in a matter of a few years. Investors and critics ostracized her high-conviction bet, as at the time, Tesla was facing a major liquidity crunch and on the brink of bankruptcy.
2021-3-29 10:10 | |
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According to financial analysts, the money supply has seen a 26% increase since February 2020. The last time that level of increase transpired was over 70 years ago. Facing Unique Financial Times Bitcoin, which several analysts term as a ‘speculative asset’, has recently had price surges, reaching new all-time highs in just a couple ofRead More
2021-2-23 20:00 | |
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The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds has been charged in U. S. federal court for securities fraud. He has pleaded guilty and is facing up to 20 years in prison. His two funds cumulatively had over $100 million in investments.
2021-2-8 23:35 | |
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A cryptocurrency fund manager has been charged in a U. S. federal court. He allegedly took over $5 million from investors interested in investing in his crypto funds, promising them high returns. In reality, he was running a Ponzi scheme and is now facing up to 30 years in prison.
2021-1-30 19:30 | |
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Chainlink was among the first cryptocurrency to set a new all-time high in 2020, but given its absence during the 2017 peak was facing different circumstances and no overhead resistance. The altcoin was nearly unaffected entirely by the bear market over the last couple of years, breaking record after record. However, a massive bearish divergence […]
2021-1-26 04:00 | |
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The Australian is facing six charges that carry penalties of between 2-10 years in prison.
2020-11-18 02:52 | |
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Just like every four years, the time for Americans to head to the polls to vote in a new president will come this fall. Will it really be like the other years though? Following 3 years of the Trump Administration (including its tweets) that’s equally been facing the coronavirus pandemic, a recent public opinion survey […]
2020-6-11 12:56 | |
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Vitalii Antonenko is facing up to 20 years in jail for selling sensitive data after the prosecution traced his Bitcoin wallet.
2020-5-28 13:38 | |
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The crypto landscape in Russia may soon be facing harsh laws as authorities have proposed new draft bills that seek to fine and imprison the illegal use of cryptocurrencies in the country. Crypto Violations Attract $28,000 Fine and 7 Years Imprisonment According to a report by the local news outlet RBC on Thursday (May 21,Read MoreRead More.
2020-5-23 16:00 | |
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Bitwise — a U. S. cryptocurrency index fund provider — recently released a study in which it claimed that Facebook’s upcoming stablecoin offering Libra has accelerated BTCs progress by a little over three years.
2019-8-3 18:40 | |
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After two years, a much-hyped consortium of bankers and legislators has proposed that the Indian government completely ban public cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin). Newsflash: Indian Regulators Officially Propose Total Cryptocurrency Ban https://t.
2019-7-24 12:22 | |
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Bitcoin has been alive for more than 10 years now, and it gets stronger with each passing day. On the other hand, Facebook’s Libra, which is yet to be launched, is facing a lot of setbacks from the government.
2019-7-19 22:30 | |
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An alleged moderator of AlphaBay, a dark web marketplace, has been indicted for facilitating sales on the site before law enforcement shut it down as a result of Operation Bayonet. According to court documents, the moderator received numerous payments in Bitcoin.
2019-6-25 11:24 | |
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By CCN Markets: Facebook has just hired a senior UK bank lobbyist ahead of GlobalCoin launch to help the company cope with European regulations. According to the Financial Times, Facebook will employ Standard Chartered European Head of Corporate and Public Affairs Ed Bowles from September as its London-based director of public policy.
2019-6-14 15:14 | |
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An Australian government employee is appearing in court today after using work equipment to mine cryptocurrency for his own gain. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege that the 33 year-old from Killara in New South Wales took advantage of his position as an IT contractor to modify government computer systems to mine cryptocurrency.
2019-5-21 13:27 | |
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An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks.
2019-5-13 13:04 | |
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When I first joined the blockchain space as a PR guy a few years ago, my focus was almost entirely centered on press coverage on high profile business publications. Sure thing, most of my clients simply would not buy anything but Forbes, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur features.
2019-5-9 10:00 | |
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By CCN: Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke has stupidly chosen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as his “policy model” and unleashed a climate change plan he definitely didn’t write by pasting the Green New Deal into Google Docs and performing a search-and-replace.
2019-4-30 01:05 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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Kraken has repeatedly said that it has no operations in New York but a lawsuit by an ex-employee has disputed this putting the bitcoin exchange at risk of facing the wrath of financial regulators in the Big Apple.
2019-4-8 16:56 | |
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While Huawei is selling tons of phones worldwide, it’s facing a grim time in the US with plenty of lawsuits and governmental bans against it over surveillance concerns. Most notably, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, has been arrested and is facing a potential sentence of up to 30 years in a US prison.
2019-2-19 11:55 | |
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Venezuela is facing some harsh times for a while now. In the last couple of years, the Maduro government is slowly but surely losing popular support and the economic crisis is quickly getting more and more severe.
2019-1-25 22:33 | |
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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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Online security is one of the largest problems that internet users are facing today, and this has been an issue for years now. While an average user has the potential to get exposed to online threats such as malware or hackers, the situation may be even worse for cryptocurrency traders. Ever since cryptocurrencies exploded in […]
2019-1-19 20:22 | |
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Harley-Davidson today announced that it has started taking pre-orders for its first all-electric motorcycle, the LiveWire. For automakers, it’s a mad dash to the finish line in an attempt to compete with the likes of Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen and others.
2019-1-8 01:49 | |
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CoinSpeaker Mt Gox Ex-CEO Likely to Spend Next 10 Years Behind Bars The former CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is now facing a decade jail term, as prosecutors claim he transferred millions of clients’ funds to his personal account.
2018-12-13 04:15 | |
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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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Since the market opened, the crypto space has been awash with incidents of fraud and lawsuits. However, the recent one involving a bank is what really comes as a shocker. Apparently, the CEO of AriseBank hasn’t been a good boy in these streets, and now the law has caught up with him.
2018-11-30 23:42 | |
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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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The CEO of blockchain startup AriseBank, Jared Rice, is facing up to 120 years in prison for duping numerous investors out of $4 million in a cryptocurrency scheme. Rice promised his cryptocurrency would offer Visa-like functionality, but instead he spent investors’ Bitcoin on hotels and clothes.
2018-11-29 14:43 | |
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A Pakistani-American woman is facing up to 20 years in prison after she admitted to sending Bitcoin to a terrorist organization to fund their deadly criminal operation and activities. 27-Year-Old New York Woman Funds ISIS with Bitcoin Zoobia Shahnaz, a 27-year old New York hospital technician, has admitted to a Federal Court Judge that she.
2018-11-27 20:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency sector is currently facing a brutal bearish attack –possibly the fiercest it’s seen in years. As a result, the big dogs like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Monero (XMR), Stellar Lumens(XLM), and Tron (TRX) have lost over 10 percent of their value in the last week. In fact, Bitcoin (BTC) has had a seen […]
2018-11-21 18:29 | |
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A Swedish man suspected in a case involving a bomb being mailed to a Bitcoin firm has been convicted of attempted murder and is facing up to seven years in prison. Swedish Bitcoin Bomber Convicted of Attempted Murder According to the Associated Press, Michael Salonen, age 43, has been sentences to up to seven years.
2018-11-10 20:00 | |
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As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.
2018-11-7 19:56 | |
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This coming Wednesday marks ten years since the Satoshi whitepaper on Bitcoin made headlines to the cryptocurrency world. However, the two-week lows facing Bitcoin seem to overshadow the event with BTC risking to record an annual loss on its birthday.
2018-10-31 07:23 | |
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Tether (USDT) has been a mainstay in crypto for years. It is still the largest stablecoin on the market, but Tether dominance in the stablecoin sphere, the market cap percentage attributable to USDT, is eroding fast.
2018-10-22 17:06 | |
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In today’s rapidly advancing world of blockchain innovation, it’s no secret that cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges and enterprise platforms are targets for nefarious activity.
2018-10-16 18:58 | |
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Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever.
2018-10-2 15:47 | |
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