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FCA Refuses Zeux Limited’s Crypto Registration Due to Serious Compliance Failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has declined Zeux Limited’s application to register as a cryptoasset exchange provider under the...

OpusDatum
Mar 17, 20252 min read


Garantex Cryptocurrency Exchange Disrupted in International Operation
The US DoJ, in coordination with authorities in Germany and Finland, has taken decisive action against Garantex, a cryptocurrency...

OpusDatum
Mar 7, 20253 min read


Olumide Osunkoya sentenced to 4 years for illegally operating crypto ATM network
Olumide Osunkoya, 46, was sentenced on 28 February 2025 to 4 years in prison for illegal crypto activity worth over £2.5m and associated...

Financial Conduct Authority
Feb 28, 20253 min read


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 19, 20251 min read


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 13, 20252 min read


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Nearly 20,000 financial promotions were withdrawn or amended in 2024 following intervention from the FCA - nearly double the amount in...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 7, 20252 min read


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 3, 20253 min read


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 10, 20251 min read


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 10, 20254 min read


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


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


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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