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Finance

Terra's LUNA Tokens Fall Steeply on Do Kwon's Alleged Arrest

Kwon was reportedly arrested in Montenegro earlier on Thursday.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (Terra)

Finance

Do Kwon Arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

The suspect was detained at the Podgorica airport with falsified documents, said Filip Adzic.

Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

South Korean Prosecutors Arrest Executive Linked to Crypto Exchange Bithumb: Report

Kang Jong-Hyun is charged with embezzlement, breach of trust and fraudulent illegal transactions.

Bithumb is one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges (Shutterstock)

Policy

Top US Lawmaker Says FTX Hearing Will Continue Without Sam Bankman-Fried

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters said she was 'surprised' and 'disappointed' to hear of SBF's arrest.

Sam Bankman-Fried at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Chinese Police Arrest 63 People Accused of Laundering $1.7B Using Cryptocurrency

The illicit funds were converted into tether and then laundered by people around the world.

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Policy

Terra's Do Kwon Is in Serbia, CoinDesk Korea Reports

The Terraform Labs co-founder is wanted in South Korea, backed by Interpol.

Do Kwon in April 2021 (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Leader of Suspected Russian Ponzi Scheme Is Arrested in UAE: Report

Edvard Sabirov's arrest leaves just one of the four known leaders of the Finiko fund at large.

(De izquierda a derecha) Marat Sabirov, Kirill Doronin y Edvard Sabirov, fundadores de Finiko. (YouTube)

Finance

Turkish Authorities Seize Crypto Worth $40M in Illegal Gambling Sting

Investigators are probing a $135 million transaction that links back to organized crime groups in the country's capital city Ankara.

Ankara, Turkey (Ekrem Osmanoglu/Unsplash)

Policy

Two US Men Sentenced for Stealing Crypto Using 'SIM Swapping'

The duo targeted "at least 10 identified victims" stealing "approximately $330,000 in cryptocurrency."

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