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A federal jury has convicted Rowland Marcus Andrade, the founder and CEO of AML Bitcoin, of wire fraud and money laundering related to the fraudulent marketing and sale of the cryptocurrency. The verdict was reached after a five-week trial in…

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The memecoin market saw a 5% boost in overall market cap not long after a prosecutor said he wants to freeze $110 million as part of an investigation into the LIBRA meme coin scandal. On March 6, the overall market…

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Crypto sleuth ZachXBT urges Coinbase to take action after its users reportedly got scammed for tens of millions from Dec. 2024 to Jan. 2025 alone. In a viral thread that has reached millions of views, ZachXBT and zeroShadow web3 security…

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Crypto sleuth ZachXBT receives a newly tokenized fundraising coin on Flaunch.gg that is said to give 96% of the swap fees to the investigator. At the time of writing, ZACH has gained a market cap of around $49,300 since its…

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Would you suspect a scam at a professional event? Lainchain’s phishing fraud thrived in Paris until AMLBot stepped in. How did they unravel the complex deception? A crypto trap in Paris On the evening of Dec. 3, a freelancer meetup…

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South Korean police uncovered a phony organization that lured investors into fraudulent crypto investments. The Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit arrested 215 individuals for operating, joining and participating in a fraudulent quasi-investment consulting firm,…

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino denied reports of lawmakers investigating the major cryptocurrency company over potential violations of anti-money-laundering and sanctions laws. The reported investigation, led by Manhattan prosecutors, focuses on whether Tether’s cryptocurrency (USDT) has been used to fund illegal…


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Andrew Tate’s response to Coffeezilla shows he’s thin-skinned and doesn’t care about the people who have invested in his tokens. On-chain sleuth Coffeezilla has become a thorn in the side of high-profile influencers shilling coins to their millions of fans.…

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Los Angeles law enforcement arrested at least two persons involved in a $243 million social engineering attack launched against a lone Genesis creditor. In August, three scammers, identified as Malone Iam, Veer Chetal, and Jeandiel Serrano, swindled a single Genesis…

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An investigation has begun against Telegram in South Korea on similar charges brought against the messenger in France. Yonhap News Agency, citing the police, reported that the platform is accused of aiding and abetting sexual crimes. The head of the…


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Kariya, who started as an intern at Jump, announced that he is stepping down, effective immediately. Kariya announced this resignation just four days after reports of a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigation. This inquiry is part of a series…

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As crypto use cases increase, crypto-related crimes are only getting harder and harder to track, per a new report. Crypto crimes and investigations, as revealed in a new Chainalysis report, are getting complex and resource-intensive compared to normal criminal investigations.…

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Netherlands officials announced the arrest of a suspect in fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering of the gaming platform ZKasino.

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The SEC secretly investigated Dapper Labs in September but closed the case in December 2023

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U.S. and U.K. authorities are checking cryptocurrency transactions for potential connections with Russia.

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A government agency is Allegedly investigating the Ethereum Foundation, a non-profit organization in the Ethereum ecosystem.