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UBS to Shell Out $1.4B over Fraud Claims Related to 2008 Financial Crisis
2023-08-14T22:59:28.002+02:00
The Swiss bank giant did not admit to any wrongdoing.
The DOJ previously settled with other top banks, such as Nomura, RBS and Barclays.
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DOJ Weighs Fraud Charges against Binance, Worried about Bank Run: Report
2023-08-02T20:02:55.927+02:00
US prosecutors are contemplating alternative options such as fine payment.
The SEC and CFTC filed charges against the exchange in recent months.
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2016 Bitfinex Hack: Couple Charged over $4.5B in Stolen BTC Strikes Plea Deal
2023-07-21T21:34:31.582+02:00
US DoJ charged the couple with money laundering in February 2022.
Bitfinex recently recovered $315K of the stolen BTC from the US government.
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US DoJ Accuses FTX Founder of Leaking Caroline Ellison’s Private Diary
2023-07-21T17:34:21.209+02:00
Bankman-Fried allegedly shared the details to 'cast Ellison in a poor light'.
FTX has sued Bankman-Fried, Ellision, Wang and Singh for 1 billion USD.
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US Opposes Crypto Exchange Bittrex’s Customer Repayment Plan
2023-06-08T19:56:40.139+02:00
Bittrex's US branch holds $250M and $50M in customer crypto and cash, respectively.
The exchange served over 600,000 customers in the US as of March 2023.
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US Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Banks and "Leading Crypto Exchange" of over $4M
2023-04-26T22:34:36.798+02:00
Esteban Da Corte committed the crime around March 2020, prosecutors say.
The Miami man and his crew used fake ID information for the scheme.
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PRL Token Founder "Bruno Block" Pleads Guilty to $5.5M Tax Evasion
2023-04-06T22:04:47.745+02:00
Elmaani has admitted to secretly minting PRL tokens for his personal gain.
US prosecutors say he spent at least $12.3M in 2018 but declared no income.
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SVB Financial Executives' Share Sales under Scrutiny in Ongoing SEC and DoJ Probes
2023-03-15T11:43:04.799+02:00
DoJ and SEC join Fed in examining the SVB's crisis.
Investigations include reviewing SVB Financial executives' shares sales before the collapse.
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Binance Talks about Compliance Gaps and Expects to Pay Penalties
2023-02-16T14:40:32.558+02:00
The company's CSO confirmed that in the past, Binance had small "gaps" in its regulatory compliance.
Crypto exchange expects to pay penalties to resolve the US investigations.
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US Charges Bitzlato Founder with Processing $700M in Crypto for Criminals
2023-01-18T23:03:39.645+02:00
Anatoly Legkodymov was arrested on Tuesday night in Miami.
The DOJ accused Legkodymov of involvement with Hydra Marketplace Criminals.
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DOJ Sentences US-Based Man to 42 Months in Prison for Crypto Scam
2022-09-16T09:32:50.354+02:00
Washington-based Asa Saint Clair was sentenced yesterday.
He tricked at least 60 investors through a fraudulent crypto scheme.
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US Authorities Arrest a Man for Running $1.8 Million Fraudulent Scheme
2022-04-21T07:25:25.184+02:00
Chet Stojanovich has been arrested on charges of defrauding more than a dozen victims.
Stojanovich was running multiple companies.
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Court Orders to Liquidate $56M Worth in Cryptos Tied to a BitConnect Fraud
2021-11-16T23:39:42.000+02:00
The liquidation will be the first step taken by the authorities to compensate victims of the fraud scheme.
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US DOJ Charges Ukrainian National with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya
2021-11-09T10:25:43.000+02:00
The authority charged two cybercriminals for their role in ransomware attacks.
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US Justice Department Announces National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
2021-10-07T07:47:23.000+02:00
The team will tackle complex investigations related to cryptocurrency crimes.
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US Charges Serbian Man for International Cryptocurrency Scam
2021-02-24T09:14:50.000+02:00
Kristijan Krstic scammed investors through Start Options and B2G cryptocurrency investment platforms.
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US Authorities Missed Millions of Dollars in Seized Crypto Wallets
2020-11-24T08:08:26.000+02:00
Coinfirm says that the law enforcement agencies have left substantial funds on crypto wallets seized from criminals.
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Former Deutsche Bank Employees Found Guilty of Commodity Spoofing
2020-09-28T05:04:20.000+02:00
James Vorley and Cedric Chanu were convicted of 3 counts and 7 counts, respectively, of wire fraud.
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US DOJ: Texas Man Arrested on COVID-19 Relief Fraud Charges
2020-07-15T03:47:41.000+02:00
Some of the relief funds given to Joshua Thomas Argires were allegedly invested in cryptocurrencies.
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DOJ Drops Investigation into Charles Schwab Acquisition of TD Ameritrade
2020-06-05T04:31:36.000+02:00
Both parties have complied with the DOJ’s request for extra information, closing the investigation.
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BBB Binary Options Scheme Operator Gets 86 Months' in Prison
2019-07-02T08:16:15.000+02:00
Blake Kantor pleaded guilty to operating a scheme to scam investors of Blue Bit Banc and Blue Bit Analytics.
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Owner of Y Trading LLC Pleads Guilty to Binary Options Ponzi Scheme
2019-06-26T08:11:42.000+02:00
Yehuda Belsky pleaded guilty to three separate charges, including one count of securities fraud.
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Justice Department Charges Payment Processor of Bitfinex
2019-05-01T17:11:14.000+02:00
Two individuals have been charged with shadow banking services to crypto exchanges, Bitfinex among them
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Scharfted: DOJ Calls for Victims' Testimony in Citrades Case
2019-03-05T11:53:41.000+02:00
US authorities have requested victim statements in the run up to Ex-CEO Jason Scharf's sentencing in September
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Man Accused of Running $900,000 Forex Ponzi Scheme Arrested
2018-12-13T09:43:09.000+02:00
Thomas Lanzana has been accused of defrauding a minimum of 20 people.
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