crime

Brazil’s Federal Police seized 591 bitcoins (currently worth about $27.7 million) related to a company accused of operating a system of pyramid schemes. Police said that the company, based in the Lakes Region of Rio de Janeiro, carried out activities allegedly linked to speculation in the cryptocurrency market. Federal Police issued 15 search and seizure […]

A Swedish court has mandated that the country's government owes an alleged drug dealer more than $1.3 million in bitcoin due to the way in which law enforcement sold some of their seized crypto.

According to the DOJ, the operator of bitcoin mixing service Helix has pled guilty to laundering over $300 million.

Antinalysis, a service designed to help dark web users identify compromised bitcoin addresses, has been suspended after drawing scrutiny from state agencies.

Following the court order, Binance will take steps to track crypto hacked from a user's account in June.

The hacker who stole $611 million across three different blockchains has returned all of the stolen funds except the frozen USDT.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that a former fintech CEO has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to COVID-19 pandemic loan fraud and crypto investment fraud.

Accenture said it recovered after a LockBit ransomware attack, but Twitter users note the firm's data has already been leaked on the darknet.

An attacker used flash loans to exploit a bug in decentralized market maker Popsicle Finance for $20 million.

A California-based man pleaded guilty on Friday for his participation in a "coordinated cryptocurrency and securities fraud scheme."