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As cryptocurrency adoption grows, crime news follows the latest investigations into fraud, hacks, and illicit transactions. From ransomware attacks to insider trading, digital assets are frequently exploited for financial crimes. Regulators and blockchain analysts continue working on solutions to track and prevent illegal activities while maintaining privacy in decentralized finance.
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South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has granted Bithumb a temporary reprieve from a six-month suspension, allowing the exchange to continue operating while the case proceeds. According to Yonhap News Agency, the court’s 2nd Administrative Division under Judge Gong Hyeon-jin approved…
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Prosecutors in South Korea have requested a 20-year prison sentence for Jeong Sang-ho, CEO of Delio, over alleged large-scale crypto embezzlement. According to Yonhap News Agency, the request was made during closing arguments at the Seoul Southern District Court on…
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An FBI-led global enforcement effort targeting crypto pig butchering schemes has led to the arrest of 276 suspects and the disruption of nine crypto scam centers tied to investment fraud operations. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the operation…
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EasyDNS has confirmed that a security failure within its own systems allowed a social engineering attacker to briefly seize control of eth.limo, a primary gateway for the Ethereum Name Service. The incident occurred on Friday when an attacker successfully impersonated…
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This article has been updated with comments from a Ledger spokesperson. A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online as…
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Police in Zanzibar are continuing to question crypto fund founder Joe McCann after the death of his fiancée during a vacation on the island. NBC News reported that Ashly Robinson, 31, died in the hospital on April 9, a day…
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Jean-Didier Berger, France’s minister delegate to the interior, has announced that the government is rolling out emergency protocols to defend digital asset holders against a violent surge in targeted kidnappings and physical extortions. RTL, a local news outlet, reports that…
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Two suspects were arrested in San Francisco after allegedly firing at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home early Sunday morning, the second attack on the property in three days, as federal and local prosecutors escalate charges against a separate suspect from…
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North Korean-linked operators have spent years quietly integrating into crypto firms and DeFi teams, raising fresh concerns about insider risk after a string of high-value exploits tied to the country’s cyber apparatus. Security researcher and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan said…
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Former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh has agreed to pay a $3.7 million fine to resolve his case with the US commodities regulator. Singh will pay a disgorgement of $3.7 million as part of a supplemental consent order for…
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A key figure allegedly behind the Huione network has been extradited to China, where he will face fraud and money laundering charges. A report from Hong Kong-based news outlet Ta Kung Wen Wei noted that Li Xiong, who was part…
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The United States Department of Justice has brought charges against 10 individuals for allegedly manipulating digital asset prices through so-called “pump-and-dump” schemes. In a Tuesday press release, federal prosecutors alleged that the defendants conspired to artificially inflate trading volumes and…
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U.S. prosecutors have moved forward with charges against a Maryland resident accused of carrying out two exploits that drained more than $54 million from the decentralized finance platform Uranium Finance. Court filings unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
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An ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was sentenced to prison for his role in extorting victims alongside a jailed crypto figure. Michael Coberg, who served as a deputy with the department, was handed a 63-month prison sentence for helping…
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A Singapore court has sentenced a man to two years in jail for his involvement in a crypto theft that resulted in the loss of assets valued at more than $6.9 million. Man sentenced to 2 years in jail over…
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A couple in western Paris was held hostage and forced to transfer roughly €900,000 ($980,000) in Bitcoin after three criminals posing as police officers broke into their home in what appears to be the latest crypto “wrench attack.” The attack…
