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Two Russians Charged with Hacking Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange, Allegations Claim 647,000 Bitcoins Involved in Money Laundering

The US Department of Justice has charged two Russians, Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, with the hacking of Mt. Gox. The crypto exchange was plundered in 2011 and ultimately collapsed. At the same time, the Russians have been charged with operating the BTC-e… Read More

Crypto Scam: Feds Seize $112 Million Related to Digital Asset Con Job, Targets Were Enticed to Make Investments on Fake Crypto Exchanges

  Crypto Con: “Sha Zhu Pan” or pig butchering in Chinese Fraudsters and crooks tend to rehash their scams over time; the only thing that changes is the technology and tools utilized to separate money from the unsuspecting. Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ)… Read More

DeFi Ponzi: DOJ Indicts Forsage Founders in $340 Million Fraud Case

The US Department of Justice has issued a statement that a federal grand jury in the District of Oregon has returned an indictment charging the four founders of Forsage, a DeFi decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto investment platform, alleging a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that… Read More

Over $115M in Refunds Sent to Consumers After FTC, DOJ Charges That MoneyGram Failed to Crack Down on Scams

More than $115 million in refunds are being “sent to consumers nationwide” as a result of a 2018 action the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice brought against MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) for “failing to crack down on scammers using their payment system.”… Read More

Department of Justice Arrest Operator of Bitzlato in Miami, Claim Crypto Exchange Partnered with Dark Web Marketplace Hydra

“Fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime.” The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest of Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in Shenzhen, China, as the founder and operator of Bitzlato, a crypto exchange the feds have alleged to have processed… Read More

National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team: Department of Justice Creates Group to Pursue Crypto Criminals

The US Department of Justice has announced a new National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET).  According to the DOJ, the NCET builds upon MLARS’s Digital Currency Initiative and will be informed by the Department’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework, released in October 2020. The NCET will not only… Read More

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