Bitsonic chief sentenced to 7 years for crypto theft in South Korea
The CEO of crypto exchange Bitsonic was found guilty of stealing $7.5M from customers and apparently shows no remorse.
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— California, Crime
Guilty duo stole $2M from California schools, built crypto mine
The two Patterson school district officials embezzled up to $1.8 million using a fake CEO and funneled electricity to a secret crypto mine.
Spanish police say crypto’s complicated following ‘crypto-jihadist’ arrest
According to authorities, the 'crypto jihadist' was operating crypto addresses linked to three financing networks that fund ISIS.
— Chainalysis, Crime
Influencers confused by Chainalysis 1% crypto crime stat
When Chainalysis released its first crypto crime report, the crypto community rejoiced. However, not everybody read beyond its 1% headline.
Binance says GitHub data leak could cause ‘severe financial harm’
Data leaked to GitHub included code relating to Binance’s use of passwords, and login details for systems that may relate to the live site.
German police seize 50,000 bitcoin in piracy website bust
German authorities focused on two men who allegedly ran “pirated copy portals” under the name Movie2K and used the profits to buy bitcoin.
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.
Bitcoin utopia El Salvador isn’t homicide-free, despite claims
Homicide rates in El Salvador appear to be falling but there have been seven murders reported 2024, contradicting claims on social media.
Silk Road seller linked to 8,100 bitcoin seizure pleads guilty
The DEA seized 8,100 bitcoin from Silk Road vendor Banmeet Singh as part of the largest crypto and cash seizure in DEA history.
Hackers target MacOs users through pirated apps that steal crypto
Bootleg copies of popular software are circulating that contain files which download infected crypto wallets onto your MacOs device.