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US DOJ freezes Alex Mashinsky’s assets in Celsius case
In August, US Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecutors filed a sealed order to freeze Mashinsky’s business accounts and…
Deep web drug vendor misusing crypto faces 96 years in prison
32-year-old New York man James Charles Rivera was sentenced to 96 years in a federal prison for selling…
US DoJ wants former FTX boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, to be detained
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has asked for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, a…
New York resident confesses to hacking Bitfinex in 2016
New Yorker Ilya Lichtenstein admitted to laundering stolen Bitcoin worth $4.5 billion from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
DOJ Action Against Binance: A Hidden Blessing For Bitcoin And Crypto Markets?
The looming prospect of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) action against Binance, the largest crypto exchange, may…
US DOJ to double its crypto team, target ransomware crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) promises to significantly increase the pool of available prosecutors to probe into…
CFTC charges New York Man for defrauding users, including crypto holders, of over $21 million
CFTC is charging a NY resident, for defrauding around 100 users, including crypto asset holders, of more than…
Expert says US may hit Binance with criminal indictment
John Reed Stark, president of John Reed Stark Consulting and former SEC Enforcement Division member speculates on the…
DOJ unseals Mt. Gox charges targeting two Russian nationals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against two Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner,…
HitBTC site cloned, $15m in crypto stolen by scammers
A crypto scammer stole around $15 million worth of cryptocurrencies after cloning the user interface of HitBTC, a…