Hacker jailed for blackmailing therapy patients for bitcoin
The Finnish hacker responsible for blackmailing 30,000 psychotherapy patients for more than $500,000 in bitcoin was jailed for six years.
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‘JuicyFields’ Ponzi stole $700M from weed-focused investors, Europol
Nine JuicyFields suspects are accused of promoting websites that offered investment opportunities in the cultivation of medicinal cannabis.
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.
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Hacker doxxes nearly every adult in El Salvador
A hacker in El Salvador has released detailed information, including full names, birthdays, phone numbers, and social security numbers.
‘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.'
Garantex reportedly tied to violent Russian debt gang and KGB successor
The report linked Garantex to multiple terrorist operations, Russian debt gangs, and the organization that replaced Russia's KGB.
Darkweb drugs site Incognito Market threatens to out users who paid in crypto
Incognito Market says that sensitive information will be published at the end of May, including private messages and order details.
Blockchain forensics expert has doubts over $75B ‘pig butchering’ report
Academics claim to have traced over $75B of crypto linked to ‘pig butchering' scams but forensics expert Taylor Monahan thinks this is inflated.