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Tornado Cash Developer Fails to Mix Himself Out of 64-Month Prison Sentence
2024-05-15T08:05:25.995+02:00
A Dutch court has sentenced Alexey Pertsev to 5 years and 4 months in prison.
A year ago, another crypto mixer founder was detained in the United States.
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Court Permits “Unlimited” Access to Jailed Bankman-Fried for Trial Preparation
2023-08-24T16:50:16.300+02:00
The permission falls short of the FTX Founder's lawyers' request.
FTX's bankruptcy estate wants to onboard Galaxy for guidance on crypto holding.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Lands in Jail Ahead of Criminal Trial
2023-08-11T23:31:24.562+02:00
The FTX Founder was accused of witness tampering by federal prosecutors.
The embattled entrepreneur is also facing a $1 billion lawsuit from the FTX estate.
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Thodex Founder Sentenced to Turkish Prison over Failure to Tender Tax Documents
2023-07-18T16:45:43.669+02:00
Faruk Fatih Özer claims innocence on charges related to defrauding investors.
The ex-CEO was arrested in August last year in Albania.
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Arizona Bitcoin Fraudster Gets Year and a Half in Jail
2018-11-18T18:01:09.000+02:00
Kim stole money from his employer and his friends.
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Perpetrator of Binary Options Fraud for $2.1m Facing 20 Years in US Prison
2018-04-17T10:24:01.000+02:00
The binary options scheme Blue Bit Banc run by Blake Kantor allegedly defrauded 713 people
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Ex-Secret Service Agent Bridges Pleads Guilty to Second Silk Road Charge
2017-08-17T13:03:07.000+02:00
Bridges not only stole Bitcoin from accounts on the illegal website but infiltrated the US government's digital wallet.
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Coin.mx Operator to Serve 5.5 Years for $10 Million Bitcoin Scam
2017-06-28T11:13:05.000+02:00
Anthony Murgio of Coin.mx will serve time in prison following his role in the money laundering scheme.
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Ex-Barclays Trader Faces $1m Fine and Jail Sentence for Currency Rigging
2017-01-06T09:17:36.000+02:00
Jason Katz has pleaded guilty to price-fixing charges and has been banned from the banking industry.
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Former Singapore Banker Jailed Over 1MDB Probe
2016-12-23T11:18:56.000+02:00
Yeo Jiawei has been sentenced for hindering investigations into alleged money laundering.
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CWM's Mastermind Anthony Constantinou Jailed for Sexual Assault
2016-12-02T10:33:27.000+02:00
Constantinou has been given a 12 month prison sentence for sexually assaulting two women.
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Former UBS Trader Adoboli Warns Banking Culture Hasn’t Changed
2016-08-01T17:09:46.000+02:00
Released after 4 years of a 7 year sentence, the former UBS trader spoke to the BBC in a televised interview
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Four Barclays’ Traders Given Steep Jail Sentences for LIBOR Abuse
2016-07-07T17:46:27.000+02:00
Jay Merchant, Peter Johnson, Jonathan Mathew, and Alex Pabon are heading directly to prison after a UK judge's ruling.
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Founder of Digital Currency Service Liberty Reserve Gets 20 Years in Jail
2016-05-08T11:44:49.000+02:00
This is an example of what might happen if the real creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto ever comes forward.
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Next Rabobank Trader Due in Court over Libor Affair
2015-10-27T12:44:01.000+02:00
Paul Thompson is one of seven former Rabobank traders implicated in the wrongdoing.
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American FX Fund CEO Sent to Jail for Running a Ponzi Scheme
2015-09-03T10:05:11.000+02:00
Stafford Maxwell, founder of Millennium Capital, was sentenced to almost four years and ordered to pay about $1.5 million in restitution.
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US Man Facing Jail Time For Illegal Weapons Exports with Bitcoin
2015-08-13T00:36:11.000+02:00
A man is facing time in prison for several illegal weapons related crimes, some of which he allegedly facilitated via Bitcoin.
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Jakarta Futures Exchange Ex-Director Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
2015-08-10T13:23:55.000+02:00
Moch Bihar Sakti Wibowo was found by an Indonesian court to be guilty of bribing the former head of the country’s regulatory agency.
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Forex Thief Gets 15 Years, Gambled Clients' Funds at Casino, Tried Evading Capture
2014-01-16T11:58:27.000+02:00
The slick forex fraudster wasn't so smooth, after unlawful conduct, including evading feds and obtaining a high quality fake Russian passport, were not enough to keep Aleksander Efrosman from getting a +15 year prison term.
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Ex-Currency Trader Jailed in Australia After Nearly Five-Year Case Comes To An End
2013-12-23T11:30:45.000+02:00
Krishnan Rasaratnam was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months, after pleading guilty in 2011 to unlicensed currency trading
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InvestTech FX Senior Executives Charged By Canadian Police Over Alleged Fraud
2013-12-04T15:17:01.000+02:00
The Toronto division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has today charged two directors of InvestTech FX Technology with fraud, as a result of a high value scheme which misappropriated client funds.
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Orchestrator Of New Zealand's Largest Ever Ponzi Scheme Sent To Jail For 10 Years
2013-11-15T10:58:03.000+02:00
David Ross, CEO of Ross Asset Management, has today been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in jail for orchestrating the largest and highest value Ponzi scheme in the history of New Zealand, with $115 million lost.
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$72 Million Ponzi Scheme Lands Gregory McKnight With 15 Year Jail Sentence
2013-08-14T10:36:23.000+02:00
The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that Gregory McKnight has been sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in jail for operating a $72 million Ponzi scheme and operating without regulatory approval.
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Malaysian Court Charges Illegal Forex Trader
2012-06-06T03:38:15.000+02:00
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