Failed crypto trader has less than two days to prove he didn’t kill his mother
Trader Andre Rebelo was found guilty of murdering his mother after he took out a $1.2M life insurance policy before her death.
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Bitcoin whale sends Julian Assange 8 BTC to pay for private jet
The bitcoin sum covers almost $500,000 of a $520,000 jet debt Julian Assange will have to pay for his flight to Australia.
Australian BitConnect promoter pleads guilty years after wife disappears
John Bigatton, the national promoter of BitConnect in Australia, has pleaded guilty to offering financial advice without a license.
Aussie court drops billionaire’s Meta crypto scam case
The crypto scam advert case brought by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest against Meta was reportedly dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Australian regulators appeal loss in Finder Earn case
ASIC has filed to appeal its loss against Finder Wallet, which alleges the Finder Earn product was offered without the appropriate license.
Buying darkweb drugs with crypto still a risk — even if you leave a review
The Australia RMIT study found over a third of drugs it bought with crypto were replaced or mixed with a substance unadvertised by sellers.
Australian police failed to act on HyperVerse scam for two years
The HyperVerse scheme was referred by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to police in 2020 for “possible fraud offences.”
Cop allegedly stole 81 bitcoin from drug dealer’s Trezor wallet
William Wheatley allegedly stole 81 bitcoin now worth $4 million from the Trezor wallet of a suspected steroid dealer he was investigating.
Australian court slaps down lender who lent to Tether founder
The Australian Federal Court found that Block Earner's 'Earner' product was offered without the appropriate licensure.
This alleged $1.3B crypto scam likely faked its own CEO
Steven Reece Lewis was introduced as HyperVerse CEO in 2021 but nobody listed on his resume seems to have heard of him.