Crypto Crime Financial News
03.11 / 21:09
Ethereum
Monero
Crypto money laundering
Crypto Crime
Darknet Drug Operations Hit as Feds Move to Seize $54 Million in Crypto Crime Bust
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday the seizure of 30,000 Ether (ETH), valued at over $54 million, that had allegedly been used for illegal narcotics distribution in New Jersey. The assets were traced back to Christopher Castelluzzo, who was involved in narcotics operations on darknet markets from 2013 to 2015.
20.10 / 19:33
Crypto money laundering
Crypto Crime
FBI Charges Six in Connection with $30M Crypto Crime Ring
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) filed charges on Wednesday against six individuals for allegedly running an unlicensed money-transmitting business involving $30 million in cryptocurrencies.
18.10 / 08:09
crypto regulation
Crypto Crime
Singapore Establishes Task Forces to Assist Police in Crypto-Related Crimes
Singapore's Attorney-General's Office has officially established two specialized task forces, comprising approximately 20 prosecutors, tasked with addressing the crypto related crimes.
28.08 / 15:05
COST
UPS
Platform
Enterprise
show
Crypto Crime
Crypto criminals steal over $10bn to date, despite crypto crime slowing down
Crypto criminals have stolen more than $10 billion to date, despite crypto crime slowing down, a new report said on Monday. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, crypto scammers and hackers stole more than $3.5 billion of cryptos in 2022. Cryptocurrency heists took off in the last six years, going from only 15 hacks reported in 2017 to 136 in 2021, according to Comparitech data. During this time, the total value of stolen cryptos increased eight times, from approximately $324 million to a staggering $2.7 billion.
07.08 / 14:37
UK
National
Crypto Crime
surges
UK Set To Expand Its National Crypto Crime Unit As Organized Blockchain Fraud Surges
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is set to increase its cryptocurrency fraud investigation unit as part of wider plans to halt the increase in financial crimes.
07.08 / 09:15
Blockchain
crimes
Cybercrime
Crypto Crime
Agency
UK to expand crypto crime agency, hiring spree underway
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) wants to expand its digital assets investigation team by hiring four senior investigators for its Complex Financial Crime Team to work on crypto-related crimes.
26.07 / 10:07
FIVE
Fighting
Fallout
Southern
Luna
track
country
Crypto Crime
South Korea Forms Joint Crypto Crime Investigation Unit to Fight Surging Crypto Illegal Activities
South Korean prosecutors and financial authorities have launched an interagency crypto crime division to crack down on crypto-related illegal activities.
24.07 / 12:34
Digital
CEO
Platform
Southern
Bitcoin
star
Prison
Crypto Crime
compliance
He Went to Prison for Crypto Crime. Now He’s an Advocate for Compliance.
As crypto entrepreneurs such as FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky face criminal allegations of misconduct and possibly prison time, one of the Justice Department’s earliest collars has a message for today’s players: Get compliant. Charlie Shrem was an early apostle of cryptocurrency, earning millions of dollars trading bitcoin and treated like a rock star worldwide, with fans at conferences snapping photos of him and pushing business cards at him.
22.06 / 15:23
Provident
Target
FIVE
Digital
Bitfinex
Enterprise
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
US Federal Agencies Unite to Form 'Mini-FBI' for Dark Web Crypto Crime
The U.S. government has established a new task force for targeting crypto crime consisting of five investigators from different federal agencies.
03.04 / 09:35
Citi
Crime
Man
CEO
Mobile
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
South Korea Stunned by ‘Crypto-motivated’ Murder – Is Crypto Crime on the Rise?
South Korea has been rocked by the apparent kidnap and murder of a 48-year-old woman in Gangnam, Seoul – a crime that seems to have been motivated by crypto. Four suspects have been arrested.
04.01 / 16:49
regulation
Job
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
UK looks for a crypto crime fighter with a $50K salary
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking measures to increase its focus on cryptocurrency crimes and combat criminals.
14.10 / 12:23
FIVE
Cooper
Crypto Exchange
Deal
Crypto Crime
South Korea’s Biggest Exchanges Pen Crypto Crime-fighting Deal with Police
The five biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea have signed a “crypto crime-fighting” MOU deal with the nation’s police force – and will work with officers fighting crypto-powered money launderers and crypto scam artists.
05.10 / 18:45
Blockchain
Platform
Action
PayDay
Crypto Crime
New age of crypto crime; how criminals have evolved- a detailed report
A new study published by crypto analytics and compliance platform Elliptic, took a close look at the exploitation of web3 platforms to facilitate money laundering.
18.08 / 13:45
Blockchain
Ethereum
Target
Binance
Crypto Crime
safe
Crypto crime report- Know this to keep your wallets safe
The crypto market has seen its fair share of attacks and scams since its inception with Bitcoin.
18.08 / 13:13
Flushing
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
Statistics in this crypto crime report might give you goosebumps
The total crypto scam revenue year-to-date currently stands at $1.6 billion as recorded by a recent Chainalysis report.
30.04 / 05:33
Blockchain
Adoption
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
Investigations
Making crypto conventional by improving crypto crime investigations worldwide
When times are tough — as in the pandemic — enterprising human nature goes into overdrive. People seek out alternative ways to make money. That could be one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies skyrocketed in popularity in the last few years, driven in part by large numbers of people sitting at home wondering how to beat low-interest rates and rising inflation.
26.02 / 20:21
Government
Blockchain
Technology
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
Blockchain forensics is the trusted informant in crypto crime scene investigation
The seizure by the U.S. Department of Justice of $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) lost during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex’s cryptocurrency exchange has all the ingredients of a Hollywood film — eye-popping sums, colorful protagonists and crypto cloak-and-dagger — so much so that Netflix has already commissioned a docuseries.
06.01 / 16:07
Crypto Crime
Time
Crypto crime hits all-time high as $14bn goes to fraudsters in 2021
Cryptocurrency crime reached a record high in 2021, with $14bn flowing into illicit addresses.
06.01 / 14:13
Blockchain
Ethereum
cryptocurrency
Bitcoin
Crypto Crime
Crypto crime hit record $14 billion in 2021, research shows
Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion (€12.4 billion) last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector.
26.12 / 19:21
Blockchain
Citi
Digital
Crypto Crime
India police officer discusses crypto crime, warns against using unauthorized private wallets
Crypto crime and cyber crime is on the rise. There’s no denying this. Various methods, such as lucrative investment opportunities, illegitimate bank transfers and cryptocurrencies, are being used by fraudsters to dupe unassuming investors.
25.11 / 03:11
Crime
regulation
scam
Crypto Crime
Crypto Crime Still Rising in China Despite Crackdown, Warn Authorities
Reports from Chinese provincial law enforcement agencies appear to show that crypto crime is still on the up – despite a nationwide crackdown on crypto and mining exacted in September this year.
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