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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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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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Terraform Labs founder Kwon was arrested in Montenegro on Thursday for document forgery. Source
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OneCoin's victims were allegedly defrauded of over $4 billion in the scheme, which began operations in 2014. Source
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“[Guo] is charged with lining his pockets with the money he stole, including buying himself, and his close relatives, a 50,000 square foot mansion, a $3.5 million Ferrari, and even two $36,000 mattresses, and financing a $37 million luxury yacht,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for touting EMAX tokens and making misleading comments about unregistered crypto securities. The former Boston Celtics small forward agreed to settle the charges and pay the SEC $1.409 million. SEC Chair Gary Gensler Wants to Remind
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Hyeong Kwon, with fraud, alleging that Kwon and his company orchestrated “a multibillion-dollar crypto-asset securities fraud.” The securities watchdog insists that Kwon raised billions from investors by creating an “interconnected suite of crypto-asset securities,” many
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A Russian national accused of processing cryptocurrency payments from ransomware attacks has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the United States. The man who was extradited from the Netherlands in mid-August, last year, will be sentenced in April. Russian Crypto Launderer Pleads Guilty in US Court, May Get Up to 20
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John J. Ray III has been leading FTX's bankruptcy case following the departure of Sam Bankman-Fried. Source
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In addition to paying fines, Nexo will reportedly cease its unregistered lending product to all US investors. Crypto-lending firm Nexo has agreed to pay fines of $45 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating federal securities law. According to the regulatory agency, Nexo failed to register its crypto asset lending
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