Chief Russian investigator accused of accepting record 1,032 bitcoin bribe
The alleged bitcoin bribe, worth $26.5 million, was accepted from Russian hackers in exchange for protecting their illegal assets.
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Crypto’s money mule Reggie Fowler asks court for no time behind bars
Reggie Fowler, who pleaded guilty to running a shadow bank for top crypto firms, described his hardships in a plea to minimize his sentence.
Coinbase insider trading case ends with guilty plea
Former product manager at Coinbase, Ishan Wahi, has pled guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in an insider trading case.
How Triad-linked gang used crypto and casinos to launder $10B
Australian Federal Police have disrupted the Xin Money Laundering Organization, responsible for moving billions in dirty money.
Why was crypto so quick to embrace Andrew Tate?
Andrew Tate and his controversial past could prove to be a potential problem for bitcoin or any other crypto with designs on total legitimacy.
Fate of crypto exchange Binance hangs on US money laundering investigation
The US Department of Justice is reportedly debating the outcome of a four-year investigation into Binance for money laundering and more.
Explained: Why Interpol is policing the metaverse
Interpol is now training law enforcement officers in the metaverse, in anticipation of exponentially growing cybercrime.
Secrets for crypto: Ex-NSA worker could be executed if found guilty
Jareh Sebastian Dalke tried to sell ‘top secret’ files to a mystery government, thought to be Russia after he accessed a Russian TOR site.
Malta lawyer investigated over bitcoin sent to alleged murderer of Daphne Galizia
A lawyer from Malta is thought to have transferred one bitcoin to Yorgen Fenech, suspected of murdering a journalist in 2017.
Weed & Bitcoin: Dad and son caught running $13M empire from Starbucks
Kenneth Warren Rule was discovered swapping money for Bitcoin via an unlicensed crypto exchange after meeting with an undercover agent in Starbucks.