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FCA and PSR report on digital wallets
A joint feedback statement from the FCA and PSR assesses the usage and impact of digital wallets. The use of digital wallets has rapidly...

Financial Conduct Authority
Feb 191 min read
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Two Estonian Nationals Plead Guilty in $577M Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
Scheme Victimized Hundreds of Thousands of People in United States and Abroad Two Estonian nationals pleaded guilty yesterday for their...

US Department of Justice
Feb 132 min read
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FCA steps up action against misleading financial adverts
Nearly 20,000 financial promotions were withdrawn or amended in 2024 following intervention from the FCA - nearly double the amount in...

Financial Conduct Authority
Feb 72 min read
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Canadian Man Charged in $65M Cryptocurrency Hacking Schemes
Note : View the indictment here . A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in New York charging a Canadian...

US Department of Justice
Feb 33 min read
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Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Thousands of Investors of Over $9M in Ponzi Scheme
An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a cryptocurrency investment fraud conspiracy. According to court documents,...

US Department of Justice
Jan 101 min read
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Operators of Cryptocurrency Mixers Charged with Money Laundering
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia returned an indictment on Jan. 7 charging three Russian nationals for their...

US Department of Justice
Jan 104 min read
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Virginia Man Convicted for Crypto Financing Scheme to ISIS
A jury convicted Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, of Springfield, Virginia, on Dec. 13 for charges relating to his efforts to provide...

US Department of Justice
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Early Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Filing Tax Returns that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency Gains
An Austin, Texas, man was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing a tax return that falsely underreported the capital gains he...

US Department of Justice
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit...

US Department of Justice
Nov 20, 20244 min read
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Operator of Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency “Mixer” Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy and Ordered to Forfeit Over $400M in Assets
An Ohio man was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency “mixer” Helix, which processed...

US Department of Justice
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Billions in Stolen Cryptocurrency
Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising from the hack...

US Department of Justice
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions in Proceeds from Cryptocurrency Investment Scams
Daren Li, 41, pleaded guilty to commit money laundering for his role in a scheme to launder millions of dollars

US Department of Justice
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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