SPRINGFIELD, Va. — A 35-year-old man from Springfield was sentenced Wednesday to more than 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of funneling money …
Princeton, NJ – The Princeton Police Department has issued a warning regarding an email scam that targets residents by demanding cryptocurrency payments. Recipients of these …
QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has announced the indictment of seven individuals involved in a sophisticated cryptocurrency theft and laundering scheme. The …
BROOKLYN, NY—Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced significant progress in combating cryptocurrency scams that predominantly targeted the Russian-speaking community in Brooklyn and other U.S. states. …
NEW YORK, NY – Shakeeb Ahmed, a former senior security engineer, has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges …
NEWARK, NJ – A former corrections officer from New Jersey has admitted to orchestrating fraud schemes targeting first responders, resulting in over $600,000 in losses. …
This morning, German national Horst Jicha, 64, will be arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, facing charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money …
LOS ANGELES – Three Southland residents and a fourth defendant have been named in a seven-count indictment charging them with participating in a scheme to …
A superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday charging an Australian national and a California man with operating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more …
AUSTIN, Texas – A Round Rock man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 24 months inprison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. …
The founder and majority owner of Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), a cryptocurrency exchange that served as a primary conduit for dark market purchasers and sellers, as …
Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national also known as “Anatolii Legkodymov,” “Gandalf” and “Tolik,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to operating a money …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ESTEBAN CABRERA DA CORTE, a/k/a “Esteban Cabrera,” a/k/a “Esteban Da …
HOUSTON – A 37-year-old Sugarland resident has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder more than …
A former chief executive officer of an investment firm pleaded guilty yesterday to a “cherry-picking” scheme, in which he fraudulently misappropriated profitable trades to himself, …
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank governor Roberto Campos Neto on Wednesday said policymakers are aiming to tighten cryptocurrency regulation and subject brokerages to their …
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German regulators have told Binance they will not grant it a cryptocurrency custody licence, a person with direct knowledge of the matter …
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Amir Bruno Elmaani, the founder of the cryptocurrency “Oyster Pearl,” pled guilty to tax offenses on Wednesday. Elmaani admitted that he …
Newark, NJ – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday that Edith Pardo, 70, of Bloomfield, pleaded guilty to her involvement in fraudulently inducing …
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York’s attorney general on Thursday sued KuCoin for failing to register with the state before letting investors buy …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of EDDY ALEXANDRE, the leader of a …
By Nikunj Ohri (Reuters) – The Group of 20 (G20) big economies is exploring whether the group could collectively regulate cryptocurrencies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman …
By Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – Crypto companies offering their customers eye-popping yields through so-called “staking” products are earning the ire of the …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ISHAN WAHI, a former product manager at Coinbase Global, …
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, John DeMarr was sentenced by United States District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall to 60 months …
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch central bank (DNB) has fined U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase 3.3 million euros ($3.6 million) for failing to obtain the correct …
Defendant Wrote on Bitzlato’s Internal Chat Room That its Users Were “Known to be Crooks” BROOKLYN, NY – A complaint was unsealed this morning in …
The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIKHIL WAHI was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest in Spain of NESTOR NUÑEZ, a/k/a “Salvador Molina,” on …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KARL SEBASTIAN GREENWOOD, who co-founded OneCoin with RUJA IGNATOVA, …
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mohammad David Hashimi, Abdullah At Taqi, Khalilullah Yousuf, and Seema Rahman with conspiring …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Charges brought by U.S. prosecutors against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Tuesday were among the highest-profile brought …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent in Charge of the New …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New …
A journalist covering cryptocurrency told Fox News host Tucker Carlson Thursday that the collapse of FTX was the “end of the mirage” on a “financialized” …
A journalist covering cryptocurrency told Fox News host Tucker Carlson Thursday that the collapse of FTX was the “end of the mirage” on a “financialized” …
Seattle – Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia November 20, 2022, on an 18-count indictment charging conspiracy, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit …
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of seven domain names used in a recent …
TYLER, Texas – A Nevada man and a South Carolina man have been indicted in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of …
DOJ Announces Largest Seizure Of Cryptocurrency Assets Ever John Hugh DeMastri on November 7, 2022 The Department of Justice (DOJ) seized over $3.36 billion in …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Tyler Hatcher, the Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Tyler Hatcher, the Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – One of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to …
TYLER, Texas – A 37-year-old Florida woman has been indicted in a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney …
TYLER, Texas – A San Francisco, CA man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston …
Seattle – A 37-year-old former Seattle tech worker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to time served and 5 years of probation …
MIAMI – Ethan Thomas Trainor, has pled guilty to attempted tax evasion. Trainor used sophisticated on-line techniques to conceal from the IRS over $1 million …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David A. Hubbert, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax …
Colorado Residents Can Now Pay Taxes With Cryptocurrency Arjun Singh on September 20, 2022 Colorado will allow residents to pay their taxes in cryptocurrency, Democratic …