South African Mirror Trading's CEO Fined $3.4B by U.S. in Bitcoin Forex Fraud Case
The founder of bitcoin pool operator MTI was charged with fraud last year for running an unlicensed commodity pool scheme. Source
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Online recruitment firm fined £130,000 for sending 107 million spam emails targeting jobseekers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Join The Triboo Limited £130,000 for bombarding people with spam emails. Join The Triboo Limited sent 107 million spam emails to 437,324 people between August 2019 and August 2020, meaning that each
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Bitmain Fined About $3.7 Million for Tax Violations in China
The Chinese tax authority claim Bitmain was issued with a tax violations notice in August last year but has withheld paying individual tax income of about $2.4 million. Bitmain Technologies Ltd., a Beijing-based company that is well known for designing application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips used in Bitcoin mining, has reportedly
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Bitcoin mining firm Bitmain reportedly fined for tax violations in China
Beijing-based cryptocurrency mining firm Bitmain has reportedly violated tax regulations in China, with local authorities imposing major fines.Bitmain Technologies has been slapped with a tax penalty from the Beijing Municipal Office of the State Administration of Taxation, the local news agency Sina Finance reported on April 11.The authority fined Bitmain
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Former 111 call centre advisor fined for illegally accessing medical records
A former 111 call centre advisor has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of a child and his family. Martin Swan, 56, from Pinner, London, worked as a service advisor at the NHS 111
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Business fined £200,000 for making over 1.7million unlawful calls
Company fined £200,000 for nuisance call campaign It’s OK Ltd made 1,752,149 nuisance calls over 11-month period, representing average of over three calls per minute Elderly and vulnerable potentially targeted The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today fined It’s OK Ltd
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Former RAC employee fined for stealing data of victims of road traffic incidents
A former employee of breakdown services company RAC has plead guilty and been fined for the stealing of data of victims of road traffic accidents. Asif Iqbal Khan, 42, was working for RAC as a Customer Solutions Specialist. Over
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Coinbase Fined €3.3 Million in Netherlands, Exchange Considers Appeal – Exchanges Bitcoin News
The Dutch central bank has imposed a fine on crypto exchange Coinbase for providing services in the past without the necessary registration. The trading platform, which has until March to object to the measure, is currently considering an appeal against the move. Dutch Monetary Authority Fines Coinbase for Operating Without
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Coinbase Fined $3.6M by Dutch Regulator for Failure to Register
"The base amount [of the fine] has been increased due to the severity and degree of culpability of the non-compliance," the Dutch central bank said, adding that it had also taken account of the scale of Coinbase's Dutch customer base and the competitive advantage it had gained by not paying
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Coinbase fined $3.6M in the Netherlands
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch central Bank, fined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase 3.3 million euros ($3.6 million), due to non-compliance with local regulations for financial service providers, according to a Reuters report on Jan 26. The exchange reportedly failed to obtain the necessary registration to offer services in the Netherlands prior
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