Future-dated reports allegedly cleared an authorized signer check, while Ostium has yet to publish final loss accounting or a postmortem.
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DOJ indicted Sioux Falls crypto investor Benjamin Paul Wiener on 29 counts over an alleged $20 million fraud, with a trial set for Sept. 15.
The pair allegedly shipped over 500 drug parcels over a seven-month period and laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars through crypto.
A former LASD deputy was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for lying about an Adam Iza extortion incident.
The $722 million alleged scheme total is separate from recovery, while final terms and a court filing remain unresolved.
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The Thailand case shows how cross-chain token swaps can complicate tracing across services, assets and borders.
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DOJ’s account separates a forfeiture order from the unresolved question of who could authorize a transfer.
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FBI and IC3 data show how online coercion can end at a kiosk before anyone can stop the transfer.
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The operation uncovered a crypto laundering network using cross-chain swaps to obscure funds, with one wallet processing $122.5M in 10 months.
The CFTC charged a NC man and his company after the agency said he swindled about 60 people out of $14 million in a commodity pool.
Blockaid estimated about $6 million drained as Summer.fi paused Lazy Summer vaults and investigated the cause.
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France’s response shows why visible crypto wealth now demands offline threat planning, data controls, and faster law-enforcement coordination.
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The 131-wallet freeze exposes how public-chain intelligence and issuer controls are becoming real-time enforcement infrastructure.
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A man pleaded guilty to fraud charges after prosecutors said he tricked people into the promise of making returns in crypto liquidity pools.
The businessman known as Miles Guo, who pushed the fraudulent H-Coin project and had close ties to Steve Bannon, was finally sentenced after his 2024 conviction.
"47 Ronin" director Carl Rinsch got 30 months in prison for stealing $11M meant for a Netflix show, spent on crypto and Rolls-Royces.
Guo was arrested in 2023 for orchestrating a more than $1 billion fraud conspiracy involving cryptocurrency.
The SEC resolved its case against NanoBit after alleging the crypto platform lied to investors and stole their money.
Officials from the White House are said to be sitting down with law enforcement representatives who have objected to illicit-finance portions of the bill.
Chinese businessman Wang Yicheng was accused of involvement in illegal crypto mining operations that used $28 million worth of electricity.
A New York man who posed as crypto influencers on Telegram and used false promises of staking rewards was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Last year, FinCEN designated Huione Group as a primary money laundering concern under the USA Patriot Act.
An attacker forged withdrawal proofs to drain about $1.7 million, the same type of flaw behind this year's biggest bridge hacks. Fast containment kept the damage small.
Microsoft’s latest crypto malware research points to crypto wallets, one of several places a transaction can fail, as a key practical weakness in self-custody, A compromised Windows machine can change the address a user copies, expose a seed phrase before a transfer is signed, or send screenshots and wallet context back to an attacker. In […]
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The linked criminal group allegedly distributed a scam token under the name "zksync.jp" to deceive crypto users worldwide, with losses of over $1 million.
The FCC’s proposed robocall rule, published May 26 under CG Docket Nos. 17-59 and 02-278, asks whether originating voice service providers should collect and retain customer names, physical addresses, government-issued identification numbers, alternate telephone numbers, and supporting verification records before granting service. The agency proposes a four-year retention window once the customer relationship ends, a […]
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The software intercepts shortcut files and directs them to install a worm that harvests private keys from the Windows clipboard and inserts its own destination wallet addresses when it detects a transfer.
The CFTC said it has settled its case against former Celsius CEO Alexander Mashinsky, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence.
Users face a September exit deadline while fresh Solana minting signals show liquidity moving faster than recovery systems.
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Rodney Burton pleaded guilty in federal court over his role in HyperFund, a $1.8 billion global cryptocurrency fraud scheme.