Crime


Policy

Russian Financial Crime Agency Plans AI Tool to Link Crypto Transfers to Users

Russia's anti-money laundering agency Rosfinmonitoring has already built a prototype blockchain analytics tool, according to a report.

Moscow.

Policy

Australian Woman Jailed for Theft of More Than 100,000 XRP

The 25-year-old received a sentence of more than two years for the 2018 theft of XRP worth around $300,000 at the time.

Sydney, Australia

Markets

Man Accused of Arranging Murder to Avoid Crypto Debt Can’t Escape Jail, Brazilian Court Rules

Crypto businessman Danilo Afonso Pechin remains jailed after Brazil's High Court refused to hear his request for freedom.

Brazil's supreme court (Ricardo/Flickr)

Policy

Dark-Web Vendor and Pharmacist Charged With Trafficking Drugs Worth $270M in Bitcoin

The two men allegedly shipped opioids into the U.S. and sold them on the dark web for millions in bitcoin.

(Alexander Khoruzhenko/Shutterstock)

Policy

French Judge Orders Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

Vinnik will reportedly face charges including defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities from 2016 to 2018.

Alexander Vinnik being escorted to the Supreme Court in Greece in 2017 (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)

Policy

French Officials Move to Start Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

The alleged BTC-e operator stands accused of extortion, aggravated money laundering and conspiracy.

Alexander Vinnik

Policy

Latvian Police Seize Crypto Worth $126K in Bust of Suspected Cybercrime Ring

The “large-scale" money laundering operation ran from 2015 through 2020, police officials allege.

Latvian police (meunierd/Shutterstock)

Tech

CipherTrace Says It Can Instantly Flag Shady Transactions With Predictive Risk Scores

The blockchain analytics firm claims its new system respects crypto users’ privacy while also flagging suspect transactions.

(styleuneed.de/Shutterstock)

Markets

$1.4B in 'High-Risk' Crypto Flowed Onto Exchanges in H1 2020, Analysis Firm Says

China-based blockchain analysis firm PeckShield tracked 100 million crypto addresses for its research.

(AppleZoomZoom/Shutterstock)

Markets

Promoters of Crypto Ponzi Scheme OneCoin Murdered in Mexico

Two promoters of the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin were found dead in Mexico last month.

Mazatlan, Mexico (Vivid Pixels/Shutterstock)