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Two British Teenagers Accused of Stealing a Crypto Wallet with 16 Bitcoins
2021-08-31T23:50:28.000+02:00
Court documents noted that the victim spent around $10,000 to track the people who stole his Bitcoins.
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Singapore Police Say Crypto-Related Crimes Keep Rising across the Country
2021-05-27T17:56:34.000+02:00
Police report that around $29 million had been lost in crypto-related crime cases in Singapore since 2018.
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Cryptocurrency Crimes Are Falling Sharply
2021-02-17T15:50:28.000+02:00
The total cryptocurrency value sent and received by illegal entities decreased by more than $5 billion in 2020.
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Owner of My Big Coin Pay Charged with $6M Investment Scam
2019-02-27T22:32:36.000+02:00
The CFTC’s authority had been challenged as My Big Coin lawyers said it is not a commodity.
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Circle Taps NICE Actimize for Crypto Market Surveillance
2019-02-27T19:53:38.000+02:00
Actimize’s compliance software can help both crypto firms and law enforcement agencies detect suspicious activity.
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6 Crypto Miners Arrested in Germany for $250,000 Electricity Theft
2019-02-07T09:20:50.000+02:00
Electricity theft is a somewhat common occurrence in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
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US Attorney's Office Fines Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Operator $823k
2018-10-30T13:21:51.000+02:00
Jacob Burrell Campos sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin to clients across the United States
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AT&T Sued for Facilitating $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
2018-08-15T17:07:51.000+02:00
The lawsuit described the case as an example of classic identity theft.
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Founder Behind Plexcoin ICO Scam Ordered to Hand Over $3 Million in BTC
2018-07-24T10:31:55.000+02:00
The Autorité des marchés financiers demands that Dominic Lacroix surrender the fraudulent ICO's funds.
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The 'Bitcoin Maven' of LA is Facing Jail Time
2018-06-12T09:44:52.000+02:00
Theresa Tetley has illegal facilitated up to $9.5 million in BTC trades on LocalBitcoins.
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Iceland’s Most Infamous Bitcoin Suspect Apprehended in Amsterdam
2018-04-24T10:09:13.000+02:00
Sindri Thor Stefansson was arrested near downtown Amsterdam on Sunday night.
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Iceland: Bitcoin Mining Thief Escapes Jail, Flies to Sweden with PM
2018-04-19T09:58:54.000+02:00
Sindri Thor Stefansson hopped out the window of a low-security Icelandic prison.
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Indian Police Officers are Latest Accused in a String of Armed Crypto Robberies
2018-04-11T09:17:18.000+02:00
Armed crypto robberies have been on the rise throughout the world.
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Chicago Trader Hijacks $2 Million in BTC and LTC From Employer
2018-02-16T11:51:41.000+02:00
24-year-old Joseph Kim may have intended to return the funds after covering his own trading losses.
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Three Armed Men Attempt to Burglarize Bitcoin from a Canadian Exchange
2018-01-25T10:20:47.000+02:00
Only one of the men who attempted to rob 'Candian Bitcoins' has been arrested.
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Beijing Employee Arrested for Stealing 100 Bitcoins from His Own Company
2018-01-16T23:30:47.000+02:00
A system administrator identified as 'Zhongmou' was taken into custody by police on January 2nd.
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$400,000 Worth of Stellar Lumens Stolen Through DNS Attack
2018-01-16T15:48:52.000+02:00
The funds were stolen from user accounts - the team is investigating the matter.
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Criminals Turning Away from Bitcoin, Preferring Altcoins
2018-01-02T20:07:31.000+02:00
Privacy coins like Monero and Zcash ensure privacy in every transaction, making them popular.
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UK Pushes for EU Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations to Cover Crypto
2017-12-05T01:37:31.000+02:00
The negotiations around the legislation are reported to conclude by early 2018.
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UFC Accused of Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency on Viewers' Devices
2017-11-07T10:37:31.000+02:00
Users of UFC Fight Pass report that the video streaming service is running a mining script without their consent.
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Objection Overruled: Law Firms Open Bitcoin Wallets to Pay Hackers
2017-10-30T12:04:06.000+02:00
Ransom attacks on law firms could become “a normal course of business” within the next few years.
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Slovenia’s FSB Issues a Stern Warning Against Digital Currencies
2017-10-09T20:46:40.000+02:00
A different attitude has been developing with some central banks announcing trial runs of prototype cryptocurrencies.
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Australia Blames Bitcoin for Rise of Organized Crime
2017-08-24T16:23:48.000+02:00
Australian authorities express concern that Bitcoin exchanges assist in facilitating criminal activities.
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Blockchain AI Researchers Link Specific Bitcoin Wallets to Sex Workers
2017-08-16T16:32:55.000+02:00
The Bitcoin blockchain keeps a permanent record of all transactions. Now the police can track clients and pimps using it.
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HBO Working Hard to Secure $250,000 in Bitcoin to Pay Off Hackers
2017-08-11T12:32:50.000+02:00
Spoiler alert: hackers may release Game of Thrones scripts if HBO won't secure the needed Bitcoin.
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