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China jails Sifang operators over $428M USDT gambling network
Chinese courts have sentenced five Sifang payment platform operators to between three and six years in prison over…
FBI used Google cookies, 500 food orders and a Monero seed phrase to identify Steam malware funder
A 15-page federal criminal complaint details how investigators combined a Bitcoin trail with Google cookies, phone records, and…
Crypto home invasions jump 20x as wrench-attack exposure hits $124 million
CertiK tracked just one crypto-related home invasion in the first half of 2025. A year later, its publicly…
Crypto wrench attacks reach 52 as financial exposure hits $124M: CertiK
Crypto wrench attacks reached 52 in H1 2026, with recorded financial exposure rising 1,079% to $124.1 million, according…
Crypto investor charged with using 8 companies and new investor cash to keep an alleged $20M fraud alive
Federal prosecutors say Sioux Falls crypto investor Benjamin Paul Wiener used eight entities in an alleged fraud and…
UK turns delayed wallet identification into a 14-year criminal risk for crypto firms
The UK’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took effect on July 17, creating a new criminal…
Former LA deputy jailed for lying in Adam Iza crypto extortion case
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after…
DOJ moves to drop $722M BitClub case before trial as victims wait to learn what they will recover
The Justice Department plans to end its criminal case against Matthew Goettsche, who prosecutors accuse of helping run…
One crypto wallet tied to a 20-year-old fraudster processed over $122M before Interpol closed in
Interpol said a crypto wallet linked to a 20-year-old fraud suspect processed more than $122.5 million over 10…
Convicted scammer’s “seized” crypto moves to unknown wallets while in prison as DOJ failed to secure funds
The US Justice Department says a prisoner serving a nine-year sentence for money laundering conspired to move about…
