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HK SFC: Two Former Brokers Sentenced to Jail Over False Trading
Two former brokers face jail for false trading in Hong Kong.
Xiao Yi: Mastermind Behind 2021's Biggest Bitcoin Crash Receives Life Sentence
Former Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference member Xiao Yi sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery and abuse of power, linked to Fuzhou Chuangshi Company's Bitcoin mining.
Blockchain - The Most Important Technology of This Century
Why we all need to talk about Blockchain.
US Justice Department Charges Six People for Laundering Drug Cartel Money Using Crypto
The US Eastern District Court of Virginia has charged six people for allegedly involved in laundering millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels using cryptocurrency.
$1 Billion in Bitcoin Moves From Silk Road Wallet, a Format Update or a Hack?
69,370 Bitcoins has moved from an address connected to the defunct Silk Road darknet market for the first time in five years, was it a hack or a move to update the address?
Romanian Programmer Confesses to Orchestrating BitClub Crypto Scam Worth $722 Million
Silviu Catalin Balaci, a 35-year old Romanian citizen living in Germany, has owned up to helping create BitClub Network, a crypto mining Ponzi scheme that siphoned off investors’ funds worth $722 million.
PlusToken Crypto Scam Masterminds to Serve 11 Years in Prison
The ringleaders of the PlusToken Ponzi Scheme have been charged with 11 years of prison after they stole cryptocurrencies worth 14.8 billion yuan.
Is YouTube Sensation PewDiePie a Tron and BitTorrent Shill?
PewDiePie has often had to turn to sponsors for income since the adpocalyspe on YouTube. Notable sponsors include GFuel energy drink and Origin computer products. This year, PewDiePie announced a new sponsorship with Tron and BitTorrent that has attracted the attention and suspicion of the crypto world.
French Police Arrest 29 People for Financing Syrian Islamist Terrorists Using Bitcoin Coupons
French police have apprehended 29 individuals suspected of funding Islamist extremists in Syria using cryptocurrencies.
Whale Alert Analysis: Scammers Have Bagged Bitcoin Worth $24 Million in the First Half of 2020
Leading blockchain tracking and analytics provider Whale Alert has revealed that scammers have been on a stealing spree as they have made away with $24 million in Bitcoin so far in 2020. Cumulatively, they have siphoned Bitcoin valued at $38 million over the last four years, and this excludes Ponzi schemes as they are a billion-dollar sector on their own.
New York Man Charged with Defrauding Investors $4.5 Million in Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme
A New York man has been charged in US federal court with defrauding investors out of millions of dollars in crypto assets that he used on offshore gambling sites. A criminal complaint was filed on July 9, and the US Attorney’s Office charged Douglas Jae Woo Kim, 27 years old, with wire fraud in which he allegedly conned three investors out of over $4.5 million of Ethereum and Bitcoin.
John McAfee is Having a Fascinating Time in Spanish Prison Says it's "Not That Bad"
John McAfee is having and interesting time in Spanish prison while awaiting his extradition to the United States.
Member of Dark Overlord Crypto Hacking Group Pleads Guilty to Ransom Attacks
UK national Nathan Wyatt was found guilty of multiple charges this week after extracting personal information from victims while demanding a Bitcoin ransom.
Australian Federal Agency Ex-Employee Evades Prison Despite Illegally Mining Ether and Monero on Supercomputers
A former employee of an Australian federal agency avoided prison despite mining cryptocurrency on government supercomputers.