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US prosecutors ask judge to approve Binance plea deal
US prosecutors filed a sentencing memo on Feb. 16 asking a federal judge to sign off on the…
Haru Invest CEO, two others arrested in South Korea for $828m crypto fraud
South Korean authorities are making headway in the Haru case from 2023, where the yield-bearing service froze withdrawals…
Silk Road drug lord forfeits $150m in DEA’s largest ever crypto seizure
Silk Road drug lord, who was extradited from the U.K., admits to operating an illicit drug network and…
U.S. plans to sell $130 million of Bitcoin seized in connection with Silk Road
The U.S. government has filed notice to sell $130 million of Bitcoin (BTC) previously seized connection with the…
Tornado Cash developers to receive funding from new legal defense DAO
An activist group launched a legal defense fund for accused Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm…
Pastor dupes investors out of $1.3m in crypto-selling scam
The Denver-based pastor, who runs an online-only church called Victorious Grace Church, allegedly sold worthless INDXcoin crypto, and…
Offbeat letter suggests SBF should teach high school math as punishment for crimes
An unusual letter sent to federal court on Jan. 10 suggested an alternative sentence for FTX’s founder and…
Father and son sentenced for laundering millions in Bitcoin
A Maryland father and son receive federal prison sentences for their involvement in a dark web drug trafficking…
North Korean crypto hackers raided $600m in 2023
Bad actors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) masterminded a third of all crypto hacks deployed…
14 arrested in $6.4m Taiwan crypto exchange conspiracy
Taiwanese crypto exchange ACE plans to delist the token and is cooperating with law enforcement after its founder…