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North Korean Hacker Group Lazarus Targets Japanese Crypto Firms

Lazarus Group has been targeting Japanese firms with phishing links via email and social media.

Flags fly in Pyongyang, North Korea (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

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Police Complaints in This Indian District Are Going on the Polygon Blockchain

"This is very close to my heart," tweeted Polygon's co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, citing corruption in local police departments that can lead to the manipulation of public complaints.

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India (Sylwia Bartyzel/Unsplash)

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Thai SEC Files Police Complaint Against Crypto Exchange Zipmex

The complaint comes after Zipmex failed to meet a deadline for sharing transactional information with the SEC, the agency said.

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Australian Federal Police Forms Cryptocurrency Unit to Tackle Money Laundering, Offshoring: Report

The unit was set up after the force's criminal asset confiscation command had seized more than $600 million from the proceeds of crime since its inception in February 2020.

Crime scene (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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Founder of Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex Arrested in Albania

Faruk Fatih Özer disappeared in 2021, taking funds from 400,000 users.

The founder of a Turkish crypto "exit scam" has been arrested in Albania. (Shutterstock)

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Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Faces Singapore Police ‘Actions’ and Job Cuts

The firm, which is the latest in the crypto world to freeze withdrawals, said it is engaged in “proceedings” with authorities.

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Kazakh Authorities Arrest 23 Suspected of Forcing IT Professional to Run an Illegal Crypto Mine: Report

The country is still grappling with the illegal crypto mining industry.

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German Authorities Shut Down Russian Darknet Market, Seize $25M in Bitcoin

The Hydra Market's bitcoin privacy mixer complicated the investigation, police said.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

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Chinese Police Arrest 8 People Related to $7.8M Rug Pull

Police in Anhui province froze RMB 6 million in assets related to a rug pull with hundreds of victims.

China's crypto crackdown put digital-asset traders on the defensive. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Over $200M Lost to Crypto Fraud in the UK This Year

The figure is 30% higher than for the whole of 2020.

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