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EU Joins 8 Nations to Sign Warsaw Protocol on Crypto Crime
The new treaty modernizes the Warsaw Convention treaty, adding crypto assets to its scope and expanding the attributions of financial intelligence uni...
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Ledger Thieves Might Have a New Big Problem—Stealing From Criminals
The Ledger wallet crisis just took another twist that could, in theory, lead to movie-like battles between criminal groups, as “big boss task scam bro...
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Ledger Says Organized Crime Group Spent Millions Targeting Hardware Wallet Users
Bitcoin Magazine Ledger Says Organized Crime Group Spent Millions Targeting Hardware Wallet Users Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has released a ...
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UK Judge Says Chinese Law Applies to Claims Over £4B Bitcoin Fraud
Investors must establish their ownership rights under Chinese laws before they can claim the seized Bitcoin through the UK court process.
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London Man Gets 2.5 Years for SIM-Swap Crypto Theft
The defendant pleaded guilty on 28 September, ten days before sentencing, to conspiracy to commit fraud and transferring criminal property.
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Hackers Attack Another Bitcoin Project as Ark’s Second Exploited
In another cyber attack against a Bitcoin project, Second, the developer of an implementation of the Ark Protocol, confirmed it lost 0.75 BTC ($62,322...
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Engineer Who Sabotaged Employer for Bitcoin Ransom Gets Prison Time
A former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company has been sentenced to 32 months in federal prison after admitting that he sa...
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Conduit Sues Tether Over a $2.76M USDT Wallet Frozen for a Year
Conduit Technology has sued Tether after the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in the company’s USDT and allegedly kept it locked for more than a ...
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Chinese crime network laundered over $1B for Lazarus: ZachXBT
ZachXBT says he infiltrated the network by posing as a customer, gaining information that helped trace funds from the $1.5 billion Bybit hack.
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Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT Fronted $350K to Pose as a Client of Lazarus' Chinese Launderers
The on-chain sleuth says he posed as a customer of a Chinese crime syndicate, fronting $349,700 and eating 5% on every order, to track Lazarus Group's...
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5 Indicted in France Over Alleged $2M Crypto Aid to Hamas
French and U.S. law enforcement have dismantled an international network of non-profit associations accused of using humanitarian aid appeals to diver...
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Latam Cartels Tap Crypto to Expand Their Illicit Workflows
A recent report highlights that criminal groups are not only using crypto to launder money, but are actively leaning into crypto investments to genera...
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Ex-NCA Officer Must Pay Back $2.4M After Stealing Seized Bitcoin
A former U.K. National Crime Agency officer, Paul Chowles, has been ordered to repay approximately $2.38 million for stealing 50 bitcoin seized during...
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Does America.gov Know Bitcoin Policy as Well as ChatGPT and Claude? We Asked
The newly launched U.S. government AI chatbot America.gov can also help bitcoin and crypto users with answers to their questions. However, those respo...
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FCA Opens Five-Month Authorisation Window for UK Crypto Firms
The UK's financial regulator has given crypto companies five months to apply for FCA authorisation if they want their applications assessed before the...
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Extortionists release video of driver murder amid Lima election security concerns
The incident underscores rising crime concerns, potentially shifting voter focus to security in Lima's elections, affecting candidate support. The pos...
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Hackers hijack AI accounts and servers to fuel a booming cyber crime economy
The rise of AI account hijacking fuels a growing cybercrime economy, complicating detection and straining cybersecurity resources globally. The post H...
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‘Casino Secrets’ Hacker Beats Malta Regulator as Leak Site Goes Down
A Berlin court has ruled against the Malta Gaming Authority in its bid to stop German researcher Lilith Wittmann from linking it to organized crime, a...
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Cybercriminal Directed $2.6M Crypto Heist From Prison: Prosecutors
A cybercriminal and organized crime boss masterminded a plot to steal over $2.6 million in cryptocurrency while incarcerated at Edinburgh’s Saughton p...
Sep 26open_in_new
Feds Charge Vietnamese National in $16M Pig Butchering Crypto Scheme
A Vietnamese national has been charged with laundering money from a sprawling “pig butchering” cryptocurrency scam that U.S. federal prosecutors say b...
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100 Coinbase Users Trusted Fake Support and Lost Nearly $16M
A Brooklyn man who posed as a Coinbase representative and stole nearly $16 million from about 100 people has been sentenced to four to 12 years in pri...
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Elliptic launches Pulse, an AI tool that lets any cop screen crypto wallets in seconds
Pulse democratizes crypto investigations, enabling faster, more efficient law enforcement responses and potentially reducing crypto-related crime. The...
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iPhone Crypto App Hides Malicious Code as Attacker Wallet Nets $580K
An iPhone app promoted as a read-only crypto monitoring tool carried code capable of accessing other apps and sensitive wallet data, a new analysis fo...
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FBI hosts annual Virtual Asset Technical Exchange on crypto crime
The FBI's focus on crypto crime highlights the growing need for international collaboration to combat cross-border digital asset exploitation. The pos...
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Hong Kong: Ex-banker jailed 4 years over $470K crypto bribes
In a major development, a court in Hong Kong has handed a four-year prison term to a former China Construction Bank (Asia) employee who took cryptocur...
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UAE and Sweden arrest seven in $7M crypto laundering ring linked to contract killings
The arrests highlight the dual role of crypto as both a tool for crime and a means for law enforcement, impacting its public perception. The post UAE ...
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UAE, Sweden Arrest Seven Over $7.1M Crypto Laundering Ring Linked to Contract Killings
Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.
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Nasdaq Verafin partners with Stablecore to enhance financial crime detection across fiat and digital assets
The partnership could significantly enhance financial institutions' ability to detect and prevent crime across both traditional and digital assets. Th...
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Mexican authorities uncover illicit crypto mining operation linked to cartels
The rise in cartel-linked crypto mining highlights the evolving intersection of organized crime and digital finance, complicating law enforcement. The...
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Deep in Mexico’s Jungle, Police Found 300 Crypto Miners Humming
According to reports, Mexican law enforcement authorities discovered a cryptocurrency mining farm located deep in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of...
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