Tether’s Message to Extortionist Demanding 500 BTC: “We Are Not Paying” Tether called the ransom note "a pretty sad attempt at a shakedown," but will take the threat "seriously.”
NICE Actimize to Acquire Guardian Analytics NICE Actimize has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the AI cloud-based financial crime risk management solution provider
Australian Police Nab Woman for Illegally Exchanging $3M in Bitcoin The country’s police are cracking down on the illegal crypto exchanges, accepting more arrests.
Crypto’s Crime-Related Losses Surge to $4.4B in 2019: Report Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has found that crime-related crypto losses have surged roughly 150% since last year.
$14 Million Crypto Scam Leads to 4 Arrests in India Four promoters of "KBC Coin" have been arrested by law enforcement agents in the city of Surat.
DA Busts Drug Dealers That Sold Steroids to NFL Star for Bitcoin Callaway Crain and Mark Sanchez sold their homemade drugs over the dark web
Japanese Pyramid Scheme Takes $68 Million in Bitcoin Eight men have been arrested, of whom six have admitted to the crime.
FCA Warns UK Can’t Handle Financial Crime Risks if No-Deal Brexit Occurs Data sharing agreements between the UK and EU play a critical role in fighting financial crime.
J5 Assemble: Tax Authorities Join Forces to Combat Crime The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement come from Australia, Canada, the UK, the US and the Netherlands.
The ‘Bitcoin Maven’ of LA is Facing Jail Time Theresa Tetley has illegal facilitated up to $9.5 million in BTC trades on LocalBitcoins.
Police Officers Arrested in India for Extorting Bitcoin Bitcoin millionaires are advised to take precautions.
Indian Police Officers are Latest Accused in a String of Armed Crypto Robberies Armed crypto robberies have been on the rise throughout the world.
Axis of Corruption: Are Countries Using Crypto to Evade International Sanctions? An examination of rumours that national cryptocurrencies are being created to evade international laws.
Bitcoin-Motivated Violent Crime Reaches Taiwan A Taiwanese man went to sell some Bitcoin, and was violently robbed.
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.
SFC and Hong Kong Police Sign MoU for Increased Coordination Increased coordination in handling financial crime will help control fraud in one of Asia's biggest financial centers.
Lloyds Banking Group Suffers Cyber Assault, Hindering Digital Operations A flood of traffic propagated from hackers managed to disable Lloyds' digital service suite for nearly 48 hours.