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A Salvadoran news outlet has reported that a computer and cryptocurrency expert critical of the country accepting Bitcoin as legal tender was arrested by local police and held for hours before being released.According to multiple interviews conducted by La Prensa Gráfica, police in San Salvador arrested computer specialist Mario Gómez
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday arrested Rhode Island cryptocurrency trader Jeremy Spence on allegations that his “Coin Signals” crypto funds bilked investors of $5 million between November 2017 and April 2019.The 24-year-old proprietor of at least three crypto funds allegedly ran their value into the ground, losing
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The collapsed financial firm had previously supplied cards to several cryptocurrency companies. Source
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A 34-year-old Australian man accused of running the world’s largest dark web marketplace has been arrested by German authorities close to the Danish border.According to a report from Europol on Wednesday, the DarkMarket site was taken offline on Monday following a probe by German investigators with the assistance of Europol
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Matthew Piercey, the accused operator of two fraudulent firms that solicited tens of million to ostensibly invest in cryptocurrency mining, life insurance, and other assets, has been apprehended by authorities after a failed attempt to escape FBI agents using a sea scooter.According to Californian media outlet The Sacramento Bee, the
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Huobi said Monday the rumors alleging one of its senior executives had been arrested were false.“We have become aware of rumors within our community about the arrest of a Huobi senior executive by local officials,” the company told CryptoX. “We can share with confidence that these rumors are false. All
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Ken Kurson, a board member of payments firm Ripple and the co-founder of cryptocurrency website Modern Consensus, was arrested Friday and charged with cyberstalking in connection with his divorce, the New York Times reported. Kurson, who is a close friend of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is accused of sending
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Two Italian 17-year-olds were arrested for paying Bitcoin (BTC) to see children being sexually abused, tortured and murdered in live streaming.Local media Il Messaggero reported on July 15 that the deep web website viewed by the two also allowed users to pay extra to decide what torture the children would
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