Fraud
Former Bithumb Chairman Acquitted in $100M Fraud Case
Prosecutors in South Korea were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for Lee Jung-Hoon, who was acquitted in the first court hearing.
5 Crypto Things That Riled Me Up in 2022
In case you were living in a Wi-Fi-less cave, there was plenty of unsavory stuff to pick from!
Swan Bitcoin CEO on This Year's Biggest Bitcoin Developments, SBF Extradition
Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten highlights the 10 biggest developments for Bitcoin this year. Plus, his reaction to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried being extradited from the Bahamas to New York to face federal fraud charges, and his take on renewed crypto contagion concerns.
Co-Founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty; ‘CryptoQueen’ Still Wanted
Karl Greenwood has admitted to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges in the $4 billion OneCoin scam, the U.S. Department of Justice says.
The Faulty Moral Universe of Sam Bankman-Fried
The FTX CEO's legal-scholar mother believed personal responsibility was an outdated concept. Did those ideas create a monster?
CFTC Sues Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda Research for Fraud
In a filing, the regulator says Bankman-Fried misrepresented the health of his companies, impacting the price of bitcoin and ether.
10 Questions for FTX CEO John J. Ray III From a Securities Lawyer
In his recent media tour, disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims he did not commit fraud. Someone that still has access to FTX and Alameda Research’s accounts could prove otherwise.
Crypto Hedge Fund BKCoin Fired Co-Founder Kang Over Misappropriated Investor Funds
An ongoing case in a Florida district court alleges Kang misused $12 million in investor assets.
Blockchain Entrepreneur Arrested in California on Fraud Charges
The Justice Department has accused Rikesh Thapa of bilking his startup firm of over $1 million in U.S. currency, cryptocurrency and utility tokens.
