Barring what she described as a “unicorn” piece of evidence that would force the discussion of the now-illegal sanctions, District Judge Katherine Polk Failla said no to sanctions talk at trial.
Shan Hanes, the former CEO of Heartland Tri-State Bank, wired millions in embezzled funds to scammers who promised crypto riches and was arrested in 2024. Now, a DOJ complaint shows he was the single largest victim in a global "pig butchering" USDT laundering network.
Prosecutors are recommending that Andriunin, 26, spends no more than 24 months in a U.S. prison.
The 26-year-old Russian national had been living in Portugal.
The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years.
Russian nationals have been charged with crimes for allegedly running the crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io used by North Korean hackers.
Since September, the market has absorbed over 1 million bitcoins, while the price has gone from around $60,000 to over $100,000.
The Smithsonian Institution has obtained the laptop owned by former IRS agent Chris Janczewski that was used to track down the 2016 Bitfinex hacker who stole 120,000 Bitcoin.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it secured a guilty plea from the operator of crypto "market maker" MyTrade, which was one target in a wide-ranging sting that brought manipulation charges to multiple firms and individuals earlier this month.
Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov have been charged for their involvement in operating money laundering services that catered to cybercriminals using cryptocurrencies, U.S. authorities announced on Thursday.
Bitcoin has proven to be a significant part of the upcoming United States Presidential election, garnering interest among major political figures. As the election approaches, Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called on the nation to acquire millions of BTC as a strategic reserve asset, which he believes could strengthen the US dollar. […]
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators is questioning Attorney General Merrick Garland about the "unprecedented interpretation" of law the Department of Justice (DOJ) is using to pursue cryptocurrency software services as unlicensed money-transmitting businesses.
U.S. authorities indicted former Digitex CEO Adam Todd in February for failure to implement and maintain an effective Anti-Money Laundering program at the exchange.
The arrest of the founders of Samourai Wallet led to widespread concerns in the crypto community that the U.S. government was attempting to crack down on the industry
Binance's founder and former chief executive, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has apologised for his "poor decisions" and accepted "full responsibility" for his actions, in a letter to the judge overseeing his case.
The crypto seized was connected to James Zhong, who was convicted in 2022 of wire fraud related to the Silk Road marketplace.
One of the men behind BTC-e, a now-defunct crypto exchange once popular with cybercriminals and money launderers, has been arrested and charged in the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday.
The four allegedly obtained the money through so-called pig-butchering and other fraudulent schemes.
U.S. argues that Binance's former CEO should remain free until sentencing – but only in the U.S.
Community members compared the Binance settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to the deal with BitMEX crypto exchange, as its CEO was also forced to step down.
The house that CZ built will now be helmed by its head of regional markets, as the U.S. Department of Justice has barred the former CEO from his position.