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12.12 / 20:37
11.12 / 19:37
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Luxury real estate brokers charged in federal indictment with sex trafficking in NYC
Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother have been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking
04.12 / 06:45
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CEO
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security
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Founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network pleads guilty to fraud charges
The founder and former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that he misled customers about the business
19.11 / 21:41
16.10 / 21:49
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Senior Forcount Ponzi Scheme Promoter Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
Julia is an experienced editor with a passion for covering a wide variety of beats. She loves all things politics and regularly covers regulatory updates on emerging technology here for Crypto News.
17.07 / 09:53
Chinese Businessman Guo Wengui Convicted in Billion-Dollar Scam Involving GTV Media Group
Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Guo, has been found guilty of defrauding his supporters in a billion-dollar scam associated with his company, GTV Media Group.
12.07 / 17:27
Former FTX Executives Nishad Singh and Gary Wang Await Sentence this Fall
Two former senior executives of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are set to face sentencing later this year for their roles in one of the biggest financial scandals in recent history. This was revealed in a July 9 court docket entry in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
12.07 / 12:52
18.06 / 04:11
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Gurpatwant Pannun Murder Plot: Nikhil Gupta enters not guilty plea in murder-for-hire case
Nikhil Gupta, accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, pleaded not guilty as he was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan. Gupta was extradited to the US from the Czech Republic on June 14, which court records show as the day of his arrest in the US. He made his first appearance in Manhattan federal court before Magistrate Judge James Cott on Monday afternoon for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty. Gupta's attorney Jeffrey Chabrowe entered the «not guilty» plea on his behalf. Gupta is being held in a Brooklyn detention facility. Gupta is charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each charge.
07.06 / 11:57
NFT
Fraud
New York Court Charges Three UK-Nationals Linked to ‘Evolved Apes’ NFT Rugpull
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has charges three UK-nationals, for their involvement wire fraud and money laundering, linked to the “Evolved Apes” non-fungible token (NFT) scam.
04.06 / 10:27
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Epoch Times CFO Charged For $67 Million Crypto Money Laundering Scheme
The Epoch Times chief financial officer Weidong Guan has been arrested and charged for crypto money laundering.
28.05 / 19:59
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Former FTX exec gets 7.5 years in prison
In September, Salame pled guilty to conspiracy to make unlawful political contributions and defraud the Federal Election Commission and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. Salame was a close ally to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who in March was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers. Between 2019 and 2021, Salame was a high-ranking official at Bankman-Fried's quantitative crypto trading firm Alameda Research.
28.05 / 16:41
FTX
SBF
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Gets 7.5 Years In Prison, Ordered To Pay $11 Million
Former FTX executive and Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) associate Ryan Salame has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and a combined total of $11 million in forfeiture and restitution for criminal charges stemming from his time at SBF’s crypto exchange following a Tuesday morning hearing.
21.05 / 09:05
Darknet Drug Dealer ‘Pharaoh’ Accused of Facilitating $100M in Crypto Sales Arrested in New York
Taiwanese national and dark web drug dealer Rui-Siang Lin, ‘Pharaoh’, who allegedly made more than $100 million in cryptocurrency sales of illegal narcotics, has been arrested by U.S. authorities.
16.05 / 11:13
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$25 million stolen in 12 seconds: MIT graduates pull off crypto heist in Ethereum blockchain scheme
New York Post. According to the report, the federal prosecutor identified the accused as Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, and James Peraire-Bueno, 28. They cited that this was the first time that a fraud like this had ever been the subject of US criminal charges. ALSO READ: SEBI recommends regulators to oversee crypto trade, RBI still sees ‘macro risk’ Stating that the Peraire-Bueno brothers executed their elaborate heist in April 2023, the federal officers say they stole $25 million from traders in just 12 seconds after fraudulently gaining access to pending transactions and then altering the movement of cryptocurrency.
02.05 / 12:33
FBI
FBI Busts $43M Crypto and Las Vegas Hospitality Ponzi Scheme
The FBI arrested New York resident Idin Dalpour for defrauding investors of $43 million in a multi-year Ponzi scheme that included a Las Vegas hospitality business and crypto trading operation.
04.04 / 17:15
OneCoin
OneCoin Legal Exec Sentenced to 4 Years Over Multibillion Dollar Crypto Scheme
Irina Dilkinska, former atty of the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, was sentenced to 4 years in jail on Wednesday. Dilkinska pled guilty last year for her role in helping launder $4 billion crypto fraud scheme in 2019.
29.03 / 01:55
Digital
FTX
Research
SBF
prevention
Courts
Ruling In SBF Case Is A Warning To Others, U.S. Attorney Says
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams wrote in an official statement following Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s Thursday morning ruling that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence will send “an important message” to potential fraudsters everywhere.
27.03 / 18:27
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Kucoin
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security
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US prosecutors try to send warning to cryptocurrency world with KuCoin prosecution
A top U.S. prosecutor has announced criminal charges against a once ascending company in the cryptocurrency world and two of its founders in a bid to send a message to other players in the industry to follow U.S. laws
26.03 / 18:57
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International
KuCoin, Execs Charged With Bank Secrecy Act and Unlicensed Money Transmission Offenses
Global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and two of its founders have been indicted on criminal charges of operating without a license for transmitting money and failing to establish an anti-money laundering (AML) program in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
18.03 / 22:13
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Ponzi
IcomTech Ponzi Scheme Promoters Convicted in New York, Facing Two Decades in Prison
David Brend and Gustavo Rogriguez, promoters of the fraudulent crypto mining and trading facility IcomTech, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by a New York jury on Friday, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
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