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US DOJ, Europol seize world’s largest dark web drug market operating via Monero
An international law enforcement effort has dismantled one of the world’s largest and longest-running criminal marketplaces on the…
Gotbit founder sentenced to 8 months for crypto wash trading scam
Aleksei Andriunin, founder and CEO of crypto market maker Gotbit, has been sentenced to eight months in prison…
Czech government under pressure over bitcoin donation from ‘Silk Road’ entrepreneur
Czech opposition called for a no-confidence vote on the government, over a donation by former owner of a…
Hong Kong teams up with university to tackle crypto laundering with tech
Hong Kong is stepping up its fight against crypto-related money laundering by working with the University of Hong…
The ‘Bitcoin Family’ has split and hidden seed phrase across 4 continents amid rising kidnappings
The ‘Bitcoin Family’ has completely overhauled its security measures amid rising cases of crypto-related kidnappings, according to a…
Moroccan police arrests suspect behind recent crypto-related kidnappings in France
Moroccan police have arrested a dual-national French-Moroccan man wanted for an alleged connection with a series of kidnappings…
Crypto ATM scams in Australia cause over AUD 3.1 million in losses
Over 150 unique scam reports filed with ReportCyber during the period. Average loss per victim exceeded AUD 20,000.…
Ozark star Julia Garner to play Caroline Ellison in Obama Netflix miniseries on FTX collapse
Netflix has green-lit an eight-episode limited series titled The Altruists, a dramatization of the eight-billion-dollar collapse of crypto…
Kidnappers arrested for 2 week torture of tourist in NY luxury mansion to get Bitcoin keys
An Italian tourist’s barefoot dash onto a SoHo sidewalk has cracked open one of the most violent crypto-ransom…
Two crypto investors charged with kidnapping and torturing a man for his Bitcoin password
Police have apprehended two crypto investors who were allegedly involved in the kidnapping and torturing of an Italian…
