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Crime

US Treasury says lawful crypto users may use mixers for financial privacy

March 2026 Treasury report draws new line between crypto privacy and crypto crime.

4 weeks ago

Crime

SBF says he will testify before US congress on Dec. 13

SBF said there was a limit to what he could say, and he would not be as helpful as he would have liked.

3 years ago

Crime

US DOJ charges former CTO of blockchain company for fraud scheme

Rikesh Thapa conspired to sell about 174,285 of the blockchain company's utility tokens and claimed that the cash he received were counterfeit.

3 years ago

Crime

OneCoin crisis manager Frank Schneider to face trial in the US

OneCoin crisis manager Frank Schneider is set to be extradited to the U.S. to face trial on two-count charges of wire fraud and money laundering,

3 years ago

Crime

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says SBF should be jailed

Bitcoin investor and Galaxy Digital head Mike Novogratz called SBF delusional about the FTX incident and insisted on the need for propagators of the FTX crash to face criminal charges.

3 years ago

Crime

FTX attacker turns to ChipMixer to launder tokens

The attacker laundered around 360 Bitcoin on Nov. 25 via ChipMixer, which some in the community allege is U.S. government honeypot.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

US Senators want justice department to hold FTX execs accountable for collapse

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse want the DOJ to prosecute the individuals responsible for the collapse of FTX

3 years ago

Crime

CertiK investigates KYC actors hired to scam the web3 community

Blockchain and DeFi-focused security firm Certik discovered a global network of professional KYC actors who bypass KYC processes to spoof crypto communities before an insider hack or exit scam.

3 years ago