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Bitcoin Mixing, Stolen Identities and Fake Tax Returns Used to Defraud Microsoft of More Than $10 Million

Former Microsoft software engineer Volodymyr Kvashuk was convicted Tuesday in the United States District Court in Seattle for stealing more…

February 28, 2020

US Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Advice for Crypto-Curious Investors, Warns Against ICOs and Digital Asset Scams

The rise in the number of initial coin offerings (ICO) and initial exchange offerings (IEO) is giving unscrupulous individuals the…

February 25, 2020

155 Institutional Investors Seek $387 Million in Damages From Ousted Danske Bank CEO Over Money Laundering Scandal

Law firm Deminor, located in Brussels, says it has filed legal charges against Thomas Borgen, the ousted chief executive officer…

February 25, 2020

Tales From the Crypto: $56 Million Bitcoin (BTC) Loss Blamed on Fishing Rod

Irish authorities cannot access the confiscated Bitcoin of convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins because of a lost fishing rod. The…

February 23, 2020

Convicted Drug Dealer Forced to Give Up $56,000,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) in Ireland Seizure

Clifton Collins, a convicted drug dealer from a Southside suburb in Dublin, Ireland, has to hand over a Bitcoin fortune…

February 20, 2020

Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank Exposé Dives Deep Into Billions in Losses, Money Laundering and Manipulation

Dark Towers is the highly-anticipated exposé of Deutsche Bank by award-winning author and financial editor at The New York Times,…

February 16, 2020

US Authorities Accuse DropBit CEO of Running Crypto Laundering Operation, Mixing 354,468 Bitcoin (BTC) Worth $311,000,000

The founder and CEO of mobile Bitcoin wallet DropBit, Larry Harmon, is facing federal charges for allegedly running a crypto…

February 14, 2020

Cryptocurrency IOTA Attacked, $881-Million Network Paused As Investigation Into Stolen Funds Begins

The team behind the cryptocurrency IOTA is investigating a cyber attack and theft of an undisclosed amount of funds. IOTA,…

February 14, 2020

Two Mail Bombs Explode in Bitcoin Scheme Rocking The Netherlands

Dutch police are investigating two letter bombs that exploded on Wednesday. The first explosion occurred at a bank and the…

February 12, 2020

North Korea’s Crypto Mining Explodes Tenfold to Evade International Sanctions: Report

North Korea is reportedly expanding its cryptocurrency mining operation to generate revenue and avoid sanctions, producing a tenfold increase over…

February 12, 2020