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IRS Seized $1.2 Billion in Crypto and Quietly Auctioned Some Off
In June, GSA Auctions tried to sell off some confiscated crypto with an estimated value of US$377,000, bringing total seizures so far in 202...
Former Chief Monero Maintainer “Fluffypony” Arrested
Riccardo Spagni, former lead maintainer for Monero (XMR), was arrested last month in the US and will soon be extradited to South Africa to f...
Biographer Claims McAfee Went from $100 Million to Broke
In an upcoming book, No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes, biographer Mark Eglinton details how controversial late tech pioneer John McAfee mana...
US Government Offers $10 Million Bounty for Cyberattacks, Enticing with Crypto Payments
Following the infamous Colonial Pipeline attack earlier this year and a slew of copycat ransomware attacks, the US government has gone on th...
Tinder Date Goes Bad in Attempted Crypto Grab
A US man was drugged by a woman he met on Tinder who then attempted to steal his crypto. The man, who was a client of Casa, a company that o...
Australian Crypto Executive Faces Money Laundering Charges Amid BitMEX Investigation
Australian crypto executive Gregory Dwyer is facing extradition to the US from the island territory of Bermuda for his alleged involvement i...
Australian Bitcoin Romance Scam Victim Melanie Kilgour Sentenced to Six Months in Jail plus Community Service
Australian schoolteacher Melanie Kilgour, who became the victim of an online Bitcoin romance scam after misappropriating funds from her form...
Stolen COVID-19 Vaccines and Fraudulent Certificates Sold on Darknet Markets for Crypto
An investigation undertaken by the Coinfirm blockchain analytics team has uncovered illicit trade in Covid-19 vaccines, certificates, and te...
Aussie Couple Charged for Operating DarkMarket Platform Accepting Bitcoin and Monero Payments
German prosecutors have charged the Australian couple allegedly behind DarkMarket, one of the world’s largest illegal marketplaces ope...
UK Police’s Biggest Ever Crypto Seizure: £114 Million
London’s Metropolitan Police have impounded the equivalent of US$160 million in cryptocurrency as part of a money-laundering investiga...
Founders of South African Crypto Investment Company Vanish with $3.6 Billion Worth of Bitcoin
Ameer and Raees Cajee, the brothers behind Cape Town-based crypto investment platform Africrypt, have disappeared under suspicious circumsta...
Binance Assists International Agencies in Taking Down $500M Ransomware Gang
Leading crypto exchange Binance has been commended for playing an active role in taking down a ransomware group known as “FANCYCATR...