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Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen $225 million worth of its stablecoin following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) into an international human trafficking syndicate in Southeast Asia. Original Source
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In a recent development, US lawmakers have urged the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to initiate a criminal investigation into cryptocurrency exchange
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Cynthia Lummis, a crypto proponent representing Wyoming in the United States Senate, has called on the U.S. Justice Department to consider charges against crypto exchange Binance following the terrorist group Hamas’ attack on Israel.In an Oct. 26 letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Lummis and Arkansas Representative French Hill
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Two U.S. elected officials wrote to the Department of Justice, calling for a concluded investigation on Binance and Tether that could lead to litigation against the pair of crypto heavyweights. Senator Cynthia Lummis, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, cited an Oct. 10 Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report claiming that
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U.S. lawmakers Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.) and Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) have urged the Department of Justice to "expeditiously conclude" investigations and reach a decision on charging Binance and Tether for aiding terrorism financing for Hamas. Source
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The court had previously agreed to let the defense start after lunch on Thursday, when the DOJ expected to call two or three witnesses, including an FTX customer and investor. The defense has proposed six witnesses to start its case, the filing said. The DOJ filing did not name any
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are planning to put forward an expert witness to counter testimony from former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and other witnesses about the extent of financial ties between FTX and the trading firm.In an Oct. 23 letter to New York District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Bankman-Fried’s attorneys said
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Sam Bankman-Fried Proposes Financial Expert as Witness to Rebut DOJ Testimony Original Source
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The U.S. Department of Justice and Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team filed their proposed jury instructions after the witness testimony wraps up in the coming weeks. Source
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The former CEO of a Miami-based investment firm has pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit commodities fraud involving crypto futures contracts and now faces up to five years in prison. In an Oct. 12 statement, the United States Department of Justice said that Peter Kambolin, the former CEO of Systematic
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