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Two British Teenagers Accused of Stealing a Crypto Wallet with 16 Bitcoins
Court documents noted that the victim spent around $10,000 to track the people who stole his Bitcoins.
Tuesday, 31/08/2021 | 21:50 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Singapore Police Say Crypto-Related Crimes Keep Rising across the Country
Police report that around $29 million had been lost in crypto-related crime cases in Singapore since 2018.
Thursday, 27/05/2021 | 15:56 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Cryptocurrency Crimes Are Falling Sharply
The total cryptocurrency value sent and received by illegal entities decreased by more than $5 billion in 2020.
Wednesday, 17/02/2021 | 13:50 GMT
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Bilal Jafar
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Owner of My Big Coin Pay Charged with $6M Investment Scam
The CFTC’s authority had been challenged as My Big Coin lawyers said it is not a commodity.
Wednesday, 27/02/2019 | 20:32 GMT
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Aziz Abdel-Qader
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Circle Taps NICE Actimize for Crypto Market Surveillance
Actimize’s compliance software can help both crypto firms and law enforcement agencies detect suspicious activity.
Wednesday, 27/02/2019 | 17:53 GMT
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Aziz Abdel-Qader
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6 Crypto Miners Arrested in Germany for $250,000 Electricity Theft
Electricity theft is a somewhat common occurrence in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
Thursday, 07/02/2019 | 07:20 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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US Attorney's Office Fines Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Operator $823k
Jacob Burrell Campos sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin to clients across the United States
Tuesday, 30/10/2018 | 11:21 GMT
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David Kimberley
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AT&T Sued for Facilitating $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
The lawsuit described the case as an example of classic identity theft.
Wednesday, 15/08/2018 | 15:07 GMT
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Aziz Abdel-Qader
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Founder Behind Plexcoin ICO Scam Ordered to Hand Over $3 Million in BTC
The Autorité des marchés financiers demands that Dominic Lacroix surrender the fraudulent ICO's funds.
Tuesday, 24/07/2018 | 08:31 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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The 'Bitcoin Maven' of LA is Facing Jail Time
Theresa Tetley has illegal facilitated up to $9.5 million in BTC trades on LocalBitcoins.
Tuesday, 12/06/2018 | 07:44 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Iceland’s Most Infamous Bitcoin Suspect Apprehended in Amsterdam
Sindri Thor Stefansson was arrested near downtown Amsterdam on Sunday night.
Tuesday, 24/04/2018 | 08:09 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Iceland: Bitcoin Mining Thief Escapes Jail, Flies to Sweden with PM
Sindri Thor Stefansson hopped out the window of a low-security Icelandic prison.
Thursday, 19/04/2018 | 07:58 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Indian Police Officers are Latest Accused in a String of Armed Crypto Robberies
Armed crypto robberies have been on the rise throughout the world.
Wednesday, 11/04/2018 | 07:17 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Chicago Trader Hijacks $2 Million in BTC and LTC From Employer
24-year-old Joseph Kim may have intended to return the funds after covering his own trading losses.
Friday, 16/02/2018 | 09:51 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Three Armed Men Attempt to Burglarize Bitcoin from a Canadian Exchange
Only one of the men who attempted to rob 'Candian Bitcoins' has been arrested.
Thursday, 25/01/2018 | 08:20 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Beijing Employee Arrested for Stealing 100 Bitcoins from His Own Company
A system administrator identified as 'Zhongmou' was taken into custody by police on January 2nd.
Tuesday, 16/01/2018 | 21:30 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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$400,000 Worth of Stellar Lumens Stolen Through DNS Attack
The funds were stolen from user accounts - the team is investigating the matter.
Tuesday, 16/01/2018 | 13:48 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Criminals Turning Away from Bitcoin, Preferring Altcoins
Privacy coins like Monero and Zcash ensure privacy in every transaction, making them popular.
Tuesday, 02/01/2018 | 18:07 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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UK Pushes for EU Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations to Cover Crypto
The negotiations around the legislation are reported to conclude by early 2018.
Monday, 04/12/2017 | 23:37 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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UFC Accused of Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency on Viewers' Devices
Users of UFC Fight Pass report that the video streaming service is running a mining script without their consent.
Tuesday, 07/11/2017 | 08:37 GMT
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Avi Mizrahi
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Objection Overruled: Law Firms Open Bitcoin Wallets to Pay Hackers
Ransom attacks on law firms could become “a normal course of business” within the next few years.
Monday, 30/10/2017 | 10:04 GMT
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Rachel McIntosh
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Slovenia’s FSB Issues a Stern Warning Against Digital Currencies
A different attitude has been developing with some central banks announcing trial runs of prototype cryptocurrencies.
Monday, 09/10/2017 | 18:46 GMT
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Aziz Abdel-Qader
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Australia Blames Bitcoin for Rise of Organized Crime
Australian authorities express concern that Bitcoin exchanges assist in facilitating criminal activities.
Thursday, 24/08/2017 | 14:23 GMT
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Blockchain AI Researchers Link Specific Bitcoin Wallets to Sex Workers
The Bitcoin blockchain keeps a permanent record of all transactions. Now the police can track clients and pimps using it.
Wednesday, 16/08/2017 | 14:32 GMT
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HBO Working Hard to Secure $250,000 in Bitcoin to Pay Off Hackers
Spoiler alert: hackers may release Game of Thrones scripts if HBO won't secure the needed Bitcoin.
Friday, 11/08/2017 | 10:32 GMT
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