Former U.S. Army interpreter sentenced to 30 years in jail for selling opiates using crypto
Category: Crime
Fusion Network’s Token Swap Wallet Compromised, FSN Price Plummets
Fusion Network’s swap wallet was compromised, resulting in roughly a third of FSN tokens stolen
Australian Police Uncover Syndicate Involved in Crypto Laundering
Australian law enforcement has uncovered a gang allegedly involved in laundering millions of dollars through crypto
US Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin, Litecoin Addresses Under Kingpin Act
The U.S. Treasury has blacklisted three Chinese citizens and their cryptocurrency addresses
Ukraine: Crypto Miners Arrested for Compromising Nuclear Plant Security
Crypto miners created a security threat in a power plant by leaking info on its protection system
Big Banks Enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Crimes
Unlike the unfounded narrative that cryptocurrency enables crime, big banks are more than happy to serve unsavory clients if it is lucrative enough for them. The latest example of this is a report that Jeffrey Epstein was apparently using his bank accounts to fund sex trafficking and possibly other crimes. Also Read: Deutsche Bank Collapse […]
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Le Roux Biographer: Cartel Boss Is the Most Credible Satoshi Yet
Paul Le Roux is a criminal kingpin turned criminal informant whose misdeeds have filled a book. The author of that tome is investigative journalist Evan Ratliff, whose rip-roaring tale has recently received a postscript: Le Roux may also be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. This week on the Humans of Bitcoin podcast, Ratliff expounded on that […]
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Judge Denies AT&T Request for Dismissal in $224M SIM Swap Crypto Case
A federal judge has dismissed AT&T’s request for dismissal in a crypto-related SIM-swapping case as the plaintiff seeks millions in damages
US Blockchain Investor Terpin Awarded Over $75 Million in SIM Swapping Case
Crypto industry figure Michael Terpin wins almost $76 million in a civil case involving SIM swapping
Deepdotweb Duo Indicted for Linking to Darknet Markets
Federal indictments unsealed on May 8 have revealed further details of the case against Deepdotweb’s operators. Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil, and Michael Phan, 34, an Israeli in Tel Aviv, have technically been charged with money laundering. The feds have made it very clear, however, what they believe the real crime […]
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