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The outcome of SBF’s prosecution could determine how the IRS treats your FTX losses

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has received official criminal charges after the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, which is more than just a moral victory for the exchange’s roughly 1 million individual investors. While not locked in yet, things appear to be on track for these investors to take a more

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Two Indicted in Latest Federal Prosecution of SIM-Swapping Crypto Theft

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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Prosecution to Call Bank of Ireland Members in OneCoin Money Laundering Case

Several individuals are facing criminal proceedings launched against them for participating in the fraudulent digital currency scheme of OneCoin. Konstantin Ignatov, Ruja Ignatova and Mark Scott, continue to face these proceedings at the New York Southern District Court.The whole crypto Ponzi scheme is estimated to be worth billions of dollars

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