France Orders Jail Time for 2 Men Charged With Funding Terrorism in Syria With Crypto: Report
The amount transferred by three Islamic extremists is estimated at around 280,000 euros, one news outlet reported. Source
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Web3 Domain Name Service ENS DAO Loses Its Web Address Because Virgil Griffith, the Programmer Who Could Renew It, Sits in Jail
According to Khori Whittaker, the Executive Director of ENS, “Virgil Griffith, who was working at the Ethereum Foundation when ENS launched, was an early contributor to the ENS protocol. Because ENS is a permissionless protocol, anyone can build dApps on top of it, which is the case for Virgil’s involvement
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Alleged Tornado Developer Pertsev Must Stay In Jail, Dutch Judge Rules
At a closed-door hearing in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, held Wednesday, Pertsev’s lawyers sought for him to be offered bail. That request was rejected by the judge, but the court nonetheless set an 90-day time limit within which an initial public hearing must take place, a spokesperson for the Dutch
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The ‘godfather of crypto’ risked lifetime in jail, laying foundation for Bitcoin – Cointelegraph Magazine
Widely credited as the inventor of digital cash, David Chaum is sometimes known as the “father of online anonymity” or the “godfather of cryptocurrency,” whose work inspired the near-mythical group called the Cypherpunks from which Bitcoin emerged. Beginning his studies in computer science in the late 1970s, when encryption was classified
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BitMEX co-founder Benjamin Delo avoids jail, receives 30 months probation
Benjamin Delo the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has been sentenced to 30 months probation for violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), which is an anti-money laundering law.The sentence, handed down at a federal court in New York on June 15th, follows his guilty plea to charges in February of
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Nigerian Court Sentences Crypto Fraudster to One Year in Jail, Accused Given Option to Pay Fine – Bitcoin News
A Nigerian court has convicted and sentenced a man to one year in prison who is accused of duping an unsuspecting cryptocurrency investor. On its charge sheet, the prosecution said that the man had contravened Nigeria’s anti-fraud laws and hence should be punished accordingly. Fake Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme A court in
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BitMEX Mastermind Arthur Hayes Pleads Guilty, Avoids Jail Time
The picture is getting clearer for BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. The judge called what he did “a willful violation of the Bank Secrecy Act,” but he still got two years probation. Hayes will serve the first six months of that sentence in home confinement, but that’s it. The banker and
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Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Faces 6 to 12 Months in Jail at Sentencing Hearing Friday
Hayes and his BitMEX co-founders, Samuel Reed and Ben Delo, as well as the company’s first employee, Gregory Dwyer, were initially charged in October 2020 with one count each of violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and another of conspiring to do so. Original Source
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Terra ecosystem collapses, Sam Bankman-Fried buys Robinhood stock, and crypto trader receives jail sentence for a ponzi scheme: Hodler’s Digest, May 8-14
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cryptox in one link.Top Stories This WeekBreaking: Terra blockchain officially halted following LUNA
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Ex-BitMEX CEO Hayes Asks for No Jail Time, Ability to Travel Freely: Report
Lawyers for Arthur Hayes argued he was unlikely to be a repeat offender and included a letter of support from his mother. Source
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