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China has sentenced a convicted drug trafficker to death after authorities found he laundered more than 48 million yuan, about $7.04 million, through cryptocurrency as part of a major cross-border narcotics operation. China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate said at a June…
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China has outlined plans to strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement, expand scrutiny of virtual currency-related crime, and deepen international cooperation as authorities prepare the country’s financial security framework for the next five-year policy cycle. The People’s Bank of China said in…
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Nikkei says a fentanyl-linked Chinese network used a Japan base and fake Zksync.jp token to run crypto fraud tied to sanctioned wallets.
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Federal prosecutors have charged two alleged operators of a cryptocurrency laundering service that processed more than $389 million in transactions and received over 10,000 Bitcoin since launching in 2021. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of…
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Chainalysis and South Korean police expand crypto crime training, certification and blockchain tracing as North Korean theft risks increase.
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ZachXBT warned traders to avoid Rain Protocol, citing alleged wallet links, low traction, price concerns, and Kraken listing issues.
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White House adviser Patrick Witt defends the CLARITY Act as lawmakers race to pass crypto rules despite police concerns before midterms now.
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Kelp DAO hacker laundered about $220M in unfrozen funds through privacy channels, leaving roughly $1.7M in original wallets.
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DOJ charged alleged Dream Market admin Owe Martin Andresen with laundering over $2M in crypto proceeds into gold bars shipped to Germany.
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Poland’s PM Donald Tusk is reviving crypto reform after Zondacrypto allegations raised fraud, money laundering, and Russia-linked concerns.
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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 U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on a network accused of helping North Korea generate illicit revenue through overseas information technology workers and cryptocurrency transactions. U.S. blacklists facilitators of DPRK scheme that used crypto to move illicit…
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United States authorities have indicted Chicago-based crypto ATM operator Virtual Assets LLC and its founder, Firas Isa, with money laundering charges involving fraud and narcotics proceeds. Isa and his firm operated Crypto Dispensers, a company whose core business involved offering…
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Unregistered crypto-cash services across Canada enabled high-value transactions with no identity checks, creating easy pathways for money laundering. Unregistered crypto-cash services across Canada are allowing people to convert large amounts of money with almost no identity checks. A report by…
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Ireland’s central bank has fined Coinbase Europe €21.5 million for failing to properly monitor millions of transactions, including some linked to criminal offences. 30 million transactions slipped through Coinbase monitoring Ireland’s central bank has imposed a €21.5 million ($25 million)…
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Samourai Wallet founders could be looking at a five-year prison term as U.S. prosecutors have pushed for maximum sentencing for their alleged roles in operating a crypto mixing service used to launder hundreds of millions in illicit funds. A sentencing…
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