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27.04 / 15:35

Patrick Archegos founder Hwang charged with securities fraud

Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang and chief financial officer Patrick Halligan have been indicted on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud and racketeering, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on 27 April.

10.03 / 05:29

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cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the Justice Department said John Barksdale lied about the value and profitability of Ormeus Coin's mining assets, including that the coin was backed by a $250 million mining operation generating more than $5 million of monthly revenue. Barksdale and his sister JonAtina Barksdale were separately charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with conducting fraudulent unregistered offerings of Ormeus Coin.

09.03 / 11:25

Twitter SEC Tesla settlement elon Elon Musk asks judge to toss SEC fraud settlement

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk asked a federal judge on 8 March to scrap a settlement he reached with securities regulators in 2018 that required some of his tweets be preapproved, a condition that has fomented an ongoing conflict with the government over whether he and Tesla have followed the rule.

01.03 / 13:05

Hack Bitfinex Legal Bitcoin Alleged Bitfinex Crypto Exchange BTC Launderer Morgan Seeks ‘Plea Deal’

Half of the husband-and-wife duo that has been charged by American prosecutors with attempting to launder a monster bitcoin (BTC) allegedly raided from the crypto exchange Bitfinexin a 2016 hack is talking to the authorities about a possible “plea deal.”

23.02 / 17:51

Ethereum defi Scalability layer2 open StarkNet now open for DApp deployment on Ethereum mainnet

StarkNet, the Layer-2 scaling solution established by StarkWare, announced that the first few decentralized apps (DApps) built on the platform have been deployed since it launched on the Ethereum Mainnet in November.

15.02 / 20:41

Technology Sexual Abuse settlement Prince Andrew reaches settlement in Virginia Giuffre sexual abuse case, says court filing

A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit accusing Britain's Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17-years-old, according to a court filing.

10.02 / 08:27

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Before New York couple Heather Morgan and Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein were arrested for the biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft in the United States, they lived a flamboyant lifestyle, which they showed off on their social media profiles.

09.02 / 09:49

cryptocurrency FBI Bitcoin The Bitfinex Crypto Heist: All you need to know about the scamster couple

In 2016, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was robbed of about $70 million, with hackers making away with some 1,20,000 bitcoins. The treasure is worth a staggering $4.5 billion today!

08.02 / 20:07

Bitfinex Legal Bitcoin US Arrests Two Suspects in Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack, Seize USD 3.6B in BTC

Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder bitcoin (BTC) that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, presently valued at approximately USD 4.5bn, the US Department of Justice said.

12.01 / 18:41

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A US judge has rejected a bid by Britain's Prince Andrew to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was 17 and being trafficked by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

07.01 / 14:39

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Samsung is the latest megacorporation to announce a metaventure project, opting for Decentraland for its metaverse project.

16.11 / 10:37

JPMorgan Chase Tesla elon JPMorgan sues Tesla for $162m over Elon Musk’s tweets

JPMorgan Chase sued Tesla, seeking to recover $162.2m and accusing the electric-vehicle company of breach of contract over warrant transactions that JPMorgan claims Tesla never paid.

11.11 / 10:57

UPS Ex-McKinsey partner hit with securities fraud charges over Goldman Sachs’ acquisition

Federal prosecutors in New York charged a former McKinsey partner with securities fraud for allegedly trading insider information related to Goldman Sachs Group’s acquisition of speciality lender GreenSky Inc.

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