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Crime
Binance Gives $200K to Investigators Who Helped Identify Actors Behind 2018 Attack
The exchange has awarded a bounty of $200,000 to private investigators who helped now-indicted bad actors who attacked the exchange in 2018.
Ex-Microsoft Dev Gets 9 Years in Prison Over $10M Theft Involving Bitcoin Mixing
The former Microsoft software engineer was sentenced Monday for an elaborate criminal scheme involving bitcoin and digital gift cards.
UK Police Find no Crime in Alleged $3M Crypto 'Staking' Scam
Investors who say they lost money in an alleged cryptocurrency fraud have had no luck persuading the police there was a crime committed.
Tether Froze $300K of Stablecoin Hacked After Victims Left Wallet Keys in Evernote
The U.S. government is pursuing a civil forfeiture claim on the more than 300,000 units of the tether (USDT) cryptocurrency said to have been stolen earlier this year.
FBI Investigated Extortion Attempt Over Allegedly Negative Ripple Videos
Ripple was threatened three years ago when the prices of XRP and bitcoin shot to historic highs.
US Charges 6 With Laundering Mexican Drug Cartel Cash Using Crypto and Casinos
The U.S. Department of Justice charged the six individuals with alleged involvement in laundering funds from Mexican drug cartels after an investigation spanning years.
New Zealand Man Charged With Money Laundering via Crypto and Luxury Cars
As well as making cryptocurrency transactions, the man is alleged to have bought luxury cars and property to launder funds.
G7 Warns of Crypto Threat From Tidal Wave of Ransomware Attacks
Paying ransomware hackers to decrypt infected computers doesn't always work, and may even be a crime in some countries.
Spate of Bitcoin Extortion Bomb Threats Hits Government, Schools in Japan
The extortionists demand a payment in bitcoin to avoid the detonation of an explosive device, per a report.
Bungled Theft of Bitcoin ATM Puts Canadian Business Out of Action
The inept thieves reversed their pickup truck into the store window next door after failing to nab the crypto ATM they wanted.
