Tagged: department of justice

August 17, 2020 @ 2:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brendan Ross, the former CEO and founder of Direct Lending Investments (DLI), is the target of a Civil Enforcement Action filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week. Direct Lending Investments was once a prominent participant in the online lending industry in the… Read More

March 29, 2020 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is alleging that several Venezuelan leaders and politicians, including President Nicolas Maduro, took advantage of their positions, financial systems, and virtual currencies to conceal and carry out criminal activity for more than two decades. An indictment released on March… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 1:53 am By Cali Haan  |  

A man who pleaded guilty in New York to distributing, “prolific quantities of powerful opioids,’ has also agreed to forfeit $4,156,198.18, “including the funds or currency in seven different Bitcoin wallet addresses.” The release regarding the plea and forfeiture from the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Attorney’s… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 11:12 am By Cali Haan  |  

Jacob Burrell Campos, 21, plead guilty in San Diego yesterday to operating an unlicensed money business and agreed to forfeit $823,357.00, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office-Southern District of California. Mr Campos admitted he traded hundreds of thousands of dollars of… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CI reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had charged LendingClub Asset Management LLC (part of Lending Club), and former President Renaud Laplanche with fraud for improperly using fund money to benefit LendingClub. A settlement was quickly agreed to by all parties… Read More

August 20, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By Cali Haan  |  

21-year-old Jacob Burrell Campos has been charged by the US Attorney in Southern California with 31 counts of money laundering, operating an illegal money transmitting business, and conspiracy to structure the importation of monetary instruments. The charges stem from evidence indicating Mr Burrell laundered millions of… Read More

August 18, 2017 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DreamHost, an online service provider for web hosting and cloud computing services to more than 400,000 customers worldwide, has recently launched crowdfunding efforts on CrowdJustice to fight a subpoena warrant from the Department of Justice that are requesting information for a customer’s website, disruptj30.org (aka ResistThis) which is notably… Read More