United States authorities have hit a major malware operator, with help from leading blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.On Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced the seizure of $454,530.19 in cryptocurrency from...
Read MoreFor Jeremy Spence, also known as “Coin Signals,” the news just gets worse.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has unveiled civil fraud charges against Spence for his investment scheme, which allegedly suckered...
Read MoreU.S. criminal authorities have brought criminal charges against a crypto trader who they say defrauded investors out of over $5 million. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it had arrested Jeremy...
Read MoreA recently released U.S. Department of Justice audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) practices in regards to darknet criminal investigations concluded that the law enforcement agency is in disarray — and an...
Read MoreA Manhattan court has sentenced the operator of the fraudulent crypto investment firm Centra Tech to a year and a day in prison.Per a December 15 announcement from the Department of Justice, Robert Farkas successfully solicited...
Read MoreA young Russian citizen and his co-conspirators came within an inch of carrying out a major ransomware attack against Tesla — unaware that their target had already turned them in.Last week, the United States Federal Bureau...
Read MoreEvery Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s noteDeFi has stolen the show lately. Spectacular rises and falls of unaudited tokens named...
Read MoreAfter a lengthy joint investigation with the American FBI, German police have seized over 25 millions euros worth of cryptocurrency associated with the illegal movie streaming site movie2k.to.Shuttered in spring 2013 due to...
Read MoreThe two Nigerians jetsetters who filled their Instagram accounts with pictures of their ostentatious wealth were extradited from Dubai to the United States. According to the FBI, they were able to convert millions of dollars...
Read MoreIn a May 7 post, Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, calls the U.S. a “police state” and discourages entrepreneurs from moving their businesses to Silicon Valley.Perhaps exhausted by the legal battles around Telegram’s beleaguered...
Read MoreThe United States Department of Justice is seeking the owners of crypto funds that were held by CoinGather — a small crypto exchange that was seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, or FBI, in March 2018.The seizure came...
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