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Protocols and services used to move funds stolen from Bitget have collected $761,725 in fees during the laundering process, while an independent researcher has traced $259,718 in THORChain affiliate fees to recipients with additional financial links to wallets involved in…
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Philippine authorities froze 25 crypto wallets and 91 other accounts and assets tied to an unnamed lawmaker in a flood-control plunder probe.
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NEAR Intents says it blocked over $50 million in Bitget-linked transfers as THORChain defended its policy against selective freezes.
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Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez says he faces another prison transfer after FCI McKean deactivated a treatment program.
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Police in the United Arab Emirates and Sweden have arrested seven people after investigators traced cryptocurrency transactions through an international money laundering network that allegedly handled 70 million Swedish krona ($7.1 million) and had financial links to organized crime and…
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U.S. prosecutors seek forfeiture of $61.2M in frozen USDT, alleging the funds trace to Iranian oil sales and a network linked to the IRGC.
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Mexican authorities seized 300 GPUs at a hidden Puebla crypto farm while investigating possible electricity theft and money laundering.
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Singapore has opened online bidding for the first 624 luxury items forfeited in its S$3 billion, or roughly $2.37 billion, money laundering case. Hotlotz said in its auction announcement that bidding for both sales began on Sep. 7. The Singapore…
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Guren “Bobby” Zhou, the businessman identified as the person behind Aqua 1’s $100 million purchase of World Liberty Financial tokens, has remained linked to an active British money laundering investigation after his 2021 arrest, despite not being charged. The New…
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A California pair has been indicted on allegations of running a darknet drug operation that prosecutors say generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency proceeds from fentanyl and methamphetamine sales. According to a Wednesday statement from the U.S. Department…
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Turkish prosecutors have accused 504 people of operating an alleged money laundering network that moved nearly 40 billion Turkish liras through shell companies, jewellery stores, payment providers and cryptocurrency transactions. According to a 1,548-page indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief…
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China has proposed a series of judicial and procedural reforms to strengthen investigations, evidence handling and asset recovery in virtual currency money laundering cases, as prosecutors seek to close gaps in the country’s criminal enforcement framework. According to an article…
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Peter Stokes, 19, was extradited to the U.S. over an alleged $8M crypto ransom plot tied to Scattered Spider, DOJ says after Finnish arrest.
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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.
