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The case should remind members of the cryptocurrency community of the dangers of storing crypto on hot wallets, especially those secured via two-factor authentication methods such as text confirmation. Weakly secured cellular accounts are often an inadequate defense against hackers bent on compromising known crypto holders’ wallets. Source
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The unprecedented plunge of the shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has pushed the exchange to lead losses in the Asian region.Renowned international banks including the Hong Kong-based arms of HSBC Holding Plc (HKG: 0005), Standard Chartered Plc (HKG: 2888), and others have been
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Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has been indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) after speaking at a cryptocurrency conference hosted by the North Korean government last April. Griffith was initially arrested on Thanksgiving at Los Angeles Internation Airport after FBI Special Agent
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Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has been indicted over allegations relating to a conference appearance in North Korea last April.In a court document filed in the Southern District of New York on Jan. 7 (see below), Griffith is charged by a grand jury with one count of conspiracy to violate the
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A U.S. citizen has been indicted for selling drugs on the dark web in exchange for bitcoin.Joanna De Alba of Tijuana, Mexico, has been arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for the illegal sale and disbursement of narcotics, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release Thursday.“As
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A United States citizen has been charged with heroin and methamphetamine distribution in exchange for Bitcoin (BTC).According to a Jan. 3 press release published by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Joanna De Alba allegedly promoted and sold illegal narcotics on a dark web
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The Office of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and prosecutors for the Southern District of New York have indicted a man for allegedly participating in a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed Igobit.According to an announcement on Nov. 6, Asa Saint Clair was charged with one count of
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Over the past week, news broke detailing that Oz Yosef, an executive of the mysterious firm Crypto Capital, has been indicted by the United States for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer service.The news came just days after Crypto Capital’s president, Ivan
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The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted Crypto Capital executive Oz Yosef on three criminal counts.An Oct. 23 court filing obtained by CryptoX confirmed that Oz Yosef has been indicted by U.S. authorities on conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy
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The crypto community was brought down to its knees in late 2017 when a massive crypto heist was performed on a then-presumed unhackable crypto exchange platform, EtherDelta.Thankfully, two suspects were captured in relation to the case. The suspects, Anthony Tyler Nashatka and Elliot Gunton, allegedly carried out the crypto heist
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