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Coinbase product manager pleads not guilty in insider trading scandal

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Steve Kaaru

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8 August, 2022

Coinbase product manager pleads not guilty in insider trading scandal

Ishan Wahi is alleged to have shared with his brother and a friend tokens that were to be listed on...

Woman behind BTC murder-for-hire plot faces 10 years in prison

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Wahid Pessarlay

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4 August, 2022

Woman behind BTC murder-for-hire plot faces 10 years in prison

Jessica Leeann Sledge made three payments totaling $10k in BTC to a purported "hitman" she found through a dark web...

DROPs token founders Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar sentenced in $1.9M ICO scam

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Wahid Pessarlay

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3 August, 2022

DROPs token founders Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar sentenced in $1.9M ICO scam

Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar pleaded guilty to one count each of securities fraud in August 2021; McAlpine will serve...

Titanium blockchain CEO pleads guilty in $21M digital assets securities fraud case

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Wahid Pessarlay

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27 July, 2022

Titanium blockchain CEO pleads guilty in $21M digital assets securities fraud case

Michael Alan Stollery admitted to falsifying aspects of Titanium's white paper, lying about his business relationship with the fed, planting...

My Big Coin founder convicted over digital assets fraud

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Wahid Pessarlay

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26 July, 2022

My Big Coin founder convicted over digital assets fraud

Randall Crater was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud, three counts of unlawful monetary transactions, and one count...

DOJ recovers $500K digital asset and fiat from hackers linked to North Korea

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Wahid Pessarlay

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22 July, 2022

DOJ recovers $500K digital asset and fiat from hackers linked to North Korea

The FBI traced the funds after a report filed by the Kansas medical center. The bureau identified the malware used...

The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 94: Voyager files bankruptcy, DoJ goes after ‘crypto’ frauds, Meta shuts down Novi

Business

Ace Chavez

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8 July, 2022

The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 94: Voyager files bankruptcy, DoJ goes after ‘crypto’ frauds, Meta shuts down Novi

Meta is shutting down its Novi wallet. The social media company is asking its users to withdraw their funds—either by...

DoJ files charges vs Baller Ape Club creator and 5 others following NFT rug pull

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Wahid Pessarlay

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5 July, 2022

DoJ files charges vs Baller Ape Club creator and 5 others following NFT rug pull

The cases include an NFT rug pull, a fraudulent investment fund, an unregistered digital currency security Ponzi scheme, and a...

FBI arrests 2 over alleged plans to invade New York home and steal BTC

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Steve Kaaru

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1 July, 2022

FBI arrests 2 over alleged plans to invade New York home and steal BTC

The two 21-year-olds planned for four days on how to invade a Westchester County home and force the residents to...

Twitter agrees to $150M settlement with DOJ and FTC over privacy breach

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Wahid Pessarlay

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30 May, 2022

Twitter agrees to $150M settlement with DOJ and FTC over privacy breach

The U.S. federal agencies alleged that the popular social media platform violated the FTC Act by deceiving users about the...

North Koreans are getting jobs in tech and digital assets, US warns

Business

Steve Kaaru

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20 May, 2022

North Koreans are getting jobs in tech and digital assets, US warns

According to the three U.S. departments, the North Koreans allegedly use false identities and VPNs to conceal their identities and...

Federal judge approves DOJ prosecution of US citizen who sent BTC to a sanctioned country

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Wahid Pessarlay

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18 May, 2022

Federal judge approves DOJ prosecution of US citizen who sent BTC to a sanctioned country

The Justice department’s complaint involves a U.S. citizen accused of transmitting more than $10 million worth of BTC to a...

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