Court trial of former Bithumb chief ends with potential 8-year sentence
The fraud trial of former Bithumb exec Lee Jung-hoon has come to an end, with prosecutors requesting an eight year sentence on Tuesday.
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Explained: Why Interpol is policing the metaverse
Interpol is now training law enforcement officers in the metaverse, in anticipation of exponentially growing cybercrime.
Explained: Why the Feds couldn’t secure a crypto hardware wallet
A hardware wallet that was in physical custody of law enforcement officials was remotely drained of its bitcoin.
FOI reveals 20% of UK crypto fraud last year relied on Binance
UK police say Binance was linked to $40 million worth of crypto fraud in the country in 2021, almost double the previous year's figure.
Canadian hacker found with over 700 bitcoin sentenced to 20 years
Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker, a Russia-based bitcoin ransomware group.
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.
What is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?
Terraform labs' Do Kwon says he's not on the run from authorities but a reported Interpol red notice suggests they may be looking for him.
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.
Cop tried to invest in bitcoin but ended up funding $100k scam
A Singaporean man conned a police officer into investing $17,000 in bitcoin but instead used the money to fund a currency exchange scam.
Dutch man suspected of laundering ‘tens of millions’ worth of bitcoin
An unidentified Dutch man was arrested on suspicion of laundering 'tens of millions' of euros worth of bitcoin stolen from Electrum.