Former NJ Officer Charged With Crypto Fraud
In a major development, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former New Jersey State Correctional Police Officer, John A.
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Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations
The United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Roman Semenov, one of the co-founders of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency “mixer,” to its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) on Aug. 23. Another co-founder, Roman Storm, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
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Individual charged with money laundering admits to hacking Bitfinex in 2016: Report
One half of the couple alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency has reportedly admitted he was behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack.According to an Aug. 3 CNBC report, Ilya Lichtenstein told a U.S. court he was the individual behind an exploit of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016
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New York hacker charged for stealing $9 million from a decentralized exchange
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied United States law enforcement agents slammed wire fraud and money laundering charges against a former security engineer from New York. He is accused of hacking a decentralized exchange (DEX) and stealing $9 million in July 2022. The
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5 charged by DOJ over alleged crypto price manipulation scheme
A freshly unsealed indictment has charged five individuals with “conspiring to manipulate the market” in relation to an alleged scheme involving the ERC-20 Hydro (HYDRO) token.An April 24 statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said the indictment charged three people for conspiring to manipulate the market for
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Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Charged by Montenegro Prosecutors – Regulation Bitcoin News
Nearly a month after Do Kwon’s arrest by Montenegro law enforcement, local prosecutors have now indicted the co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs. The decision to indict Kwon is likely to delay attempts to extradite him to South Korea and the United States where he faces several charges. Local prosecutors
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Former Deutsche Bank Investment Banker Charged With Crypto Fraud in US – Bitcoin News
An investment banker formerly employed by Deutsche Bank has been charged with perpetrating a crypto-related fraud. The man from Brooklyn has been accused of misappropriating funds from victims whom he promised large returns on cryptocurrency investments in a Ponzi-like scheme. Ex-Deutsche Bank Investment Banker Arrested and Charged for Defrauding Crypto Investors Rashawn
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Former investment banker charged for allegedly defrauding crypto investors
The federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charged a former investment banker and registered broker for allegedly defrauding numerous investors by promising profits on fake cryptocurrency investments and misappropriating the funds received to finance his lifestyle. Documents with the court claim the defendant, Rashawn Russell, misused the growing interest in crypto
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SBF Charged with Paying $40M Bribe to Chinese Officials
The Chinese authorities froze the Alameda Research trading account in 2021 as part of an ongoing investigation of a particular counterparty. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has unveiled a new indictment against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). According to court filings published on March 28, SBF is charged
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Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials: Court docs
FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or “SBF,” is facing a new 13-count indictment from authorities in the United States.According to a court filing by United States attorney Damian Williams, one of the new SBF’s charges includes an alleged $40million bribe to a Chinese government official in
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