Cryptocurrency Crimes Are Falling Sharply The total cryptocurrency value sent and received by illegal entities decreased by more than $5 billion in 2020.
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.
Circle Taps NICE Actimize for Crypto Market Surveillance Actimize’s compliance software can help both crypto firms and law enforcement agencies detect suspicious activity.
6 Crypto Miners Arrested in Germany for $250,000 Electricity Theft Electricity theft is a somewhat common occurrence in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
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
AT&T Sued for Facilitating $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft The lawsuit described the case as an example of classic identity theft.
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.
The ‘Bitcoin Maven’ of LA is Facing Jail Time Theresa Tetley has illegal facilitated up to $9.5 million in BTC trades on LocalBitcoins.
Iceland’s Most Infamous Bitcoin Suspect Apprehended in Amsterdam Sindri Thor Stefansson was arrested near downtown Amsterdam on Sunday night.
Iceland: Bitcoin Mining Thief Escapes Jail, Flies to Sweden with PM Sindri Thor Stefansson hopped out the window of a low-security Icelandic prison.
Indian Police Officers are Latest Accused in a String of Armed Crypto Robberies Armed crypto robberies have been on the rise throughout the world.
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.
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.
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.
$400,000 Worth of Stellar Lumens Stolen Through DNS Attack The funds were stolen from user accounts - the team is investigating the matter.
Criminals Turning Away from Bitcoin, Preferring Altcoins Privacy coins like Monero and Zcash ensure privacy in every transaction, making them popular.
UK Pushes for EU Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations to Cover Crypto The negotiations around the legislation are reported to conclude by early 2018.
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.
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.
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.