Crime

Crime

FBI Used Bitcoin Trail to Catch Russian Rapper Accused of Money Laundering

Rapper Maksim Boiko had claimed bundles of money he posed with in photos came from rental revenue and investments in bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 April 2020
Crime

AT&T Files for Dismissal in $24M Phone Hack Case, Claims Crypto Exec Didn’t Read Terms

Terpin claims he lost $24 million in crypto due to AT&T's negligence. The firm says he didn't read the company's policy documents.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 April 2020
Hacking

Thousands of Microsoft Servers Infected by Crypto-Mining Botnet Since 2018, Says Report

The attackers have apparently been targeting Microsoft SQL database servers to mine cryptocurrency for two years.

News  ·  1 April 2020
Crime

US Says Venezuelan President Maduro Hid Massive Drug Ring Proceeds in Crypto

Nicolas Maduro and his crypto supervisor were two of the Venezuelan officials indicted Thursday on claims they used crypto to conceal the profits from drug running.

News  ·  26 March 2020
Crime

Alleged Mastermind of Sex Abuse Chatrooms Hid Payments With Privacy Coin Monero

The 25-year-old used the cryptocurrency monero to obfuscate payments for abusive sexual material, according to a CoinDesk Korea investigation.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 March 2020
Bitcoin

Canadians Get US Jail Time for Stealing 23 Bitcoin in Twitter Scam

The two scammers used a Twitter account to pose as crypto exchange staff to persuade an Oregon resident to hand over bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 March 2020
Crime

Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers

The search engine developer downloaded monero mining scripts onto 200 of Baidu's servers.

News  ·  16 March 2020
Crime

US Woman Gets 13 Years in Jail After Funding ISIS With Cryptocurrency

The woman fraudulently obtained credit card numbers in order to buy $62,000 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Policy & regulation  ·  16 March 2020
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Scams Pose More Risk Than Payments Fraud, Report Suggests

Cryptocurrency scams in 2019 were more risky for U.S. residents than fraud involving romance or payments, says the Better Business Bureau.

News  ·  11 March 2020
Japan

2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530M Hack

The men are alleged to have been offloading NEM taken from Coincheck since February.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 March 2020
Crime

Sweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’

Ukraine has been asked to act following a report of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive investors from Sweden's capital.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 March 2020
Cryptocurrency

ICE’s New Intel Program Used in Every Homeland Security Crypto Investigation

ICE’s recently revealed “Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program” is deployed in all crypto-facing Homeland Security investigations, says the agent whose unit built the tool.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 February 2020
Crime

Ukraine Justice System Employee Caught Mining Crypto at Work

The IT staffer is alleged to have illegally mined cryptocurrency and run websites from court administration servers.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 February 2020
IRS

Ex-Microsoft Engineer Used Bitcoin to Help Embezzle Millions From Tech Giant

The software engineer used bitcoin mixers to help obfuscate the source of the stolen funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 February 2020
Crime

Crypto Investor’s Case Against AT&T Over $24M SIM Hack Can Proceed, Judge Rules

AT&T's motion to dismiss Michael Terpin's case was largely dismissed by a California court on Monday.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 February 2020