Crime
Liquidators of South African Bitcoin Trading Club Request Greater Probe Powers
Placed under provisional liquidation last month, Mirror Trading had claimed to be able to offer returns of 10% a month using bots to trade clients' bitcoin.
EU Parliament Receives Petition Seeking to Establish Crypto Crime Victims' Fund
The petition asks the EU to take a tiny fee on crypto transactions to be pooled into a fund for victims of fraud and hacks.
Owner of Crypto Exchange RG Coins Gets 10 Years in Prison for Laundering $5M
The 53-year-old Bulgarian national was convicted for laundering funds via cryptocurrency for a fake online auctions gang.
Largest Dark Web Market Taken Offline as Alleged Operator Arrested in Germany
The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.
Tron-Owned Video Platform Criticized for Hosting Extremists, US Capitol Rioters
A legal non-profit accuses the platform of failing to moderate accounts and allowing extremists to collect donations.
Bitcoin Trader Robbed and Pushed Out of Car in Hong Kong
The trader exchanged 15 bitcoin for HK$3 million before being robbed of both.
US Man Admits Using Bitcoin to Help Launder $630K From Romance, Lottery Scams
Austin Nedved pleaded guilty to involvement in scams that reaped over $600,000 by targeting the elderly and vulnerable.
Bitcoin Scam Using Unauthorized Celebrity Images in Ads Traced to Moscow: Report
A Guardian Australia investigation traced the source of a major crypto scam using Google ads to addresses in Moscow.
Centra Tech Co-Founder Handed Prison Term for $25M Crypto Fraud
The cryptocurrency firm had falsely claimed to have an impressive executive team, as well as 38 state money transmitter licenses.
Cryptocurrency Founder Charged With Avoiding Tax to Buy Yachts and Homes
"Bruno Brock" is alleged to have avoided tax on sales of the pearl cryptocurrency as well as minting free tokens for himself.
