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Policy

South Korean Police Arrest 215 in Suspected $232M Crypto Investment Scam Investigation: Yonhap

The scheme promised 20x returns through investing in tokens that in reality had little value.

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

Policy

Australia's Police Confiscates Crypto Worth $6.4M in Crackdown on 'Ghost' Messaging App

Operation Kraken has nothing to do with the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, the company said.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Finance

Police Arrest Two People Related to $243M Crypto Heist Targeting Genesis Creditor

More than $9 million has been frozen and $500,000 has been returned as a result of the investigation.

Two arrested in relation to crypto heist. (Zoshua Colah/Unsplash)

Policy

Australians Lost $122M Worth of Crypto to Scams in 12 Months: Police

AFP Assistant Commissioner Richard Chin said the data revealed that it was a misnomer that only older people were victims of scams.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Policy

Another Crypto 'Fraudster' Arrested in Montenegro, Where Do Kwon Awaits Extradition: Reports

Polish national Roman Ziemian is the co-founder of digital currency trading platform FutureNet who allegedly defrauded users out of around $21 million.

Montenegro  (Сергей Петров/Pixabay)

Policy

Brazilian Civil Police Dismantles Crypto Laundering Scheme Employed by Drug Gang

The criminal group used a company that functioned as a crypto exchange.

(Ramon Buçard/Unsplash)

Markets

German Government Agency Moves $425M Bitcoin, Some to Crypto Exchanges

Arkham previously identified the address as belonging to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which had seized almost 50,000 BTC from a piracy site.

(Jason Leung/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Hong Kong's Markets Regulator Issues Warning Against Crypto Exchange BitForex

On Feb. 23., BitForex went offline after $57 million was reportedly withdrawn from the exchange's hot wallets.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Finance

German Police Seize $2.1B Worth of Bitcoin in Piracy Sting

One of the suspects voluntarily transferred the bitcoin to the Federal Criminal Police Office.

German police announce $2.1B bitcoin seizure (Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

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