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The masterminds behind the HashFlare crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 400,000 victims have avoided more jail time after a Seattle court sentenced them to time served. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, who U.S. prosecutors accused of running one of…
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Roman Storm’s trial ended with a partial victory for prosecutors, but not the sweeping condemnation they sought. Convicted of running an unlicensed money transmitter, he avoided a more damning outcome as jurors couldn’t agree on whether Tornado Cash was a…
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The years-long federal case against the founders of privacy-focused Samourai Wallet is taking a major turn. According to court filings dated July 29, Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill will formally plead guilty in their money laundering…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a forfeiture action to recover nearly $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin tied to a new ransomware group dubbed Chaos. Chaos is a recently identified ransomware-as-a-service operation. First spotted in early 2025 by researchers…
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A federal prosecutor let slip that the Department of Justice is still mulling charges against Dragonfly’s Tom Schmidt, before promptly asking the court to seal the comment.
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Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen millions in USDT connected to wallets used by a Gaza-based money transfer network accused of financing terrorism. The move came as part of a broader U.S. Department of Justice enforcement action targeting digital assets tied…
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Eight months after FBI agents stormed his Soho penthouse, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan has the last laugh. The DOJ and CFTC quietly dropped their probes with nothing to show, exposing the cracks in Washington’s crypto crackdown. On July 15, Bloomberg…
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U.S. authorities have charged two men for running a crypto investment scam that defrauded thousands of investors. According to an indictment unsealed on Monday, co-founders Michael Shannon Sims and Juan Carlos Reynoso launched the fake investment platform in 2019, ran…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has credited stablecoin issuer Tether for helping recover $40,300 in stolen crypto tied to a scam that impersonated the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. According to the July 2 release, the scam occurred in December 2024, when…
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Four North Korean nationals have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from American and international blockchain companies. According to the indictment released on Monday, June 30, the suspects allegedly posed as…
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The United States Department of Justice has filed an enforcement action as it moves to seize more than $225 million in cryptocurrency tied to massive pig butchering scams. On June 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said it had filed a…
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A 38-year-old Russian founder of a cryptocurrency payment firm has been charged by the United States Department of Justice for the operation of a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme. According to a DOJ statement released on June 9, Iurii Gugnin,…
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Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm faces a trial in the United States in July, and a federal judge has declined to order the U.S. Department of Justice to review its records related to the case. Judge Katherine Polk Failla, in…
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A Danvers resident was convicted and sentenced for running an unregistered Bitcoin transmitting business that ignored federal anti-money laundering laws. A Danvers man was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for running an unlicensed Bitcoin (BTC) money transmitting…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped a portion of the criminal case against Roman Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, weeks ahead of his trial set for July 14. In a letter dated May 15, Acting U.S.…
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