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In 2022, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren authored a bill that would require cryptocurrency wallet providers to comply with bank Anti-Money Laundering rules. No crypto exchanges, mind you, but the wallets themselves. Kansas Senator Roger Marshall joined her on the proposal as a co-sponsor.Sadly, Marshall betrayed the populist principles he ran
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to both Surrey Police and Sussex Police, following the rollout of an app that recorded phone conversations and unlawfully captured personal data. In June 2020, the ICO became aware that
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The police service of the Canadian city of Calgary is launching a Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre in partnership with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help combat crypto crime. The center “will enable law enforcement to tackle crime that takes place using blockchain technology,” Chainalysis described. Canada’s Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre The police service of
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Kosovo police have seized dozens of crypto mining devices from residents of a majority Serb region in the north of the country. Authorities in Pristina and Belgrade exchanged accusations over the move, which has the potential to raise tensions in the ethnically divided, partially recognized Balkan state. Kosovo Government Cracks Down
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A joint task force featuring investigators from the Calgary police department and analysis from blockchain data firm Chainalysis, dubbed the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, was officially launched on April 12. In a blog post announcing the partnership, Chainalysis cofounder and chief strategy officer Jonathan Levin remarked that “this demonstration of
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Forbidding the use of cryptocurrency entirely does little to curb darknet activity, and police-led closures such as that of Hydra in 2022 tend to have only short-lived impacts, as other alternatives spring up to replace it, the report said – but investigators can also improve their ability to respond. Original Source
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) following several issues identified around their uploading, amending and deleting of various criminal intelligence files relating to Organised Crime Groups (OCG). The breach is
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With the whole event surrounding the Platypus protocol, the core team has said the hack did not prevent the daily activities of the platform. The two suspected Platypus Protocol exploiters have been arrested by the French National Police. The police department gave the confirmation of the arrest as announced via
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Two suspects have been arrested by the French police in connection with Platypus' $9.1 million exploit, and 210,000 euros worth of cryptocurrency has been seized, according to the local authorities. Investigations leading to the arrests were supported by on-chain sleuth ZachXBT and crypto exchange Binance, said Platypus. The decentralized protocol was
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According to a press release published on Feb. 16 by Norway's National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim), authorities have seized 60 million Norwegian Kroner ($5.85 million) in stolen cryptocurrencies linked to the Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack last March. According to senior public prosecutor
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