North Koreans are getting jobs in tech and digital assets, US warns
According to the three U.S. departments, the North Koreans allegedly use false identities and VPNs to conceal their identities and usually ask for payments in digital assets.
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Federal judge approves DOJ prosecution of US citizen who sent BTC to a sanctioned country
The Justice department’s complaint involves a U.S. citizen accused of transmitting more than $10 million worth of BTC to a digital currency exchange in a country under sanctions from the United States.
Eddy Alexandre of EminiFX charged in $60M ‘double your money’ digital asset scam
Eddy Alexandre allegedly told his investors he had a high-secret trading technology that allowed him to generate 5% weekly returns for investors, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
US SEC, DoJ halt $62M Mining Capital Coin pyramid scheme
Mining Capital Coin lured investors with promises of guaranteed returns but ended up defrauding them of over $62 million, according to U.S. federal authorities.
US charges 2 Europeans who allegedly assisted Virgil Griffith in North Korea’s digital currency program
If found guilty of the charges, Alejandro Cao de Benos and Christopher Emms faces up to 20 years in prison. Currently, both individuals remain at large.
New Yorker faces charges over $1.8M block reward mining scam
The man solicited funds from several victims, promising to deliver S9 and L3 miners and offer miner-hosting services but channeled the funds to personal use, authorities said.
3 plead guilty to operating fraudulent digital asset business, DOJ says
The U.S. attorney’s office announced that three New Hampshire citizens have pleaded guilty to wire fraud, operating using church accounts to help their “co-defendant” Ian Freeman.
World’s largest darknet market Hydra brought down, 543 BTC seized
Authorities from Germany and the United States have teamed up to bring down Hydra, with the DoJ bringing charges against a Russian national and sanctioning the linked Garantex exchange.
Frosties NFT: 2 charged in US over $1.3M rug pull
The two 20-year-old men, who were arrested in California, allegedly sold 8888 NFTs in early January before abandoning the project and vanishing with the ETH from investors.
Founder of fake UN affiliate convicted of digital currency scam
Asa Saint Clair founded the World Sports Alliance, which he claimed was a close affiliate of the United Nations, and sold the native IGObit token to some 60 unsuspecting investors.
Ransomware gang member extradited to US from Canada, $28M in BTC seized
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins is accused of conspiring to damage a protected computer to transmit a ransom demand intentionally, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
BitMEX exec Samuel Reed pleads guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations, faces 5 years in jail
Samuel Reed, along with Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Greg Dwyer, are accused of knowingly operating a BTC trading platform that had a lax anti-money laundering program and failed to conduct basic KYC checks.