04-20-2025 
Department of Justice
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4 February, 2023
My Big Coin founder Randall Crater gets 8 years in prison over $7.5M fraud
The founder of My Big Coin, a scheme found to be a sham, becomes the first digital asset executive to...
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19 January, 2023
US authorities dismantle ransomware-friendly Bitzlato exchange, arrest co-founder
The DoJ’s complaint against Anatoly Legkodymov, a senior executive and major shareholder of Bitzlato, notes that it was founded in...
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16 January, 2023
Bitconnect promoter ordered to pay $17M to 800 fraud victims
The DOJ's filings indicate that the project's founders diverted the funds and began operating a "textbook Ponzi scheme by paying...
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11 January, 2023
Mutant Ape Planet founder faces charges over $2.9 million fraud scheme
In a classic rug pull, Aurelien Michel allegedly absconded with the funds and abandoned the Mutant Ape Planet project, leaving...
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9 January, 2023
US feds probe Digital Currency Group financial transfers to Genesis
The DoJ and the SEC are probing DCG’s transactions with Genesis, while prosecutors in New York are seeking documents as...
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4 January, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty, shots fired over FTX assets
SBF pleaded not guilty to charges that include wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit said frauds, and...
