UK hacker jailed over $900K Coinbase login scam
Elliott Gunton was jailed for his part in a plot that involved mimicking Coinbase's website to fraudulently obtain user login details.
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Banksy owner jailed for $7.1 million crypto scam
The $75,000 Banksy artwork was seized from two men arrested last Friday for stealing millions through a fake crypto exchange scam.
Kidnapped businessman kept in cage by bitcoin ransom gang
UK prosecutors claim the businessman was kidnapped at gunpoint while out playing golf and told to cough up $15 million in bitcoin.
‘Investor’ behind 200-bitcoin UK injunction tied to billion-dollar scam
An ‘investor’ who brought the UK’s first bitcoin freezing injunction is a Chinese takeaway worker linked to a $6B bitcoin laundering scheme.
Scottish land deal linked to bitcoin scam was ‘plain money laundering’
Prosecutors claim estate agent offered Scottish land for money laundering, 'plain and simple,' in $5 billion UK bitcoin laundering case.
Takeaway worker guilty of laundering billions with bitcoin
Takeaway worker Jian Wen bought property in Dubai and jewelry in Zurich to help convert the 3,000 bitcoin into 'more tangible assets.'
UK police officer caught lying about crypto bags banned from force
The ex-cop's crypto dealings were uncovered after Santander Bank closed his account and the police became suspicious when paying his salary.
Chinese takeaway worker laundered bitcoin from $6B scam, prosecutors
Jian Wen has been accused of laundering funds that were stolen from 128,000 Chinese investors and converted to bitcoin between 2014 and 2017.
UK police return £8M to victim of 445 bitcoin fraud
UK police reportedly returned the bitcoin to its owner last week as police recoup victims of a £22 million crypto fraud.
Hackers want $380K in bitcoin for Royal Family’s stolen medical records
The gang will release X-rays, letters, clinical notes, and pathology reports, belonging to the Royal Family unless it's paid 10 bitcoins.