
Money Laundering
US secures extradition of BTC-e exchange founder Alexander Vinnik from Greece: report
Alexander Vinnik operated BTC-e exchange from 2011 to 2017, transacting over $4 billion worth of BTC, which U.S. prosecutors allege...
Kenya digital currency-friendly fintech Flutterwave and Chipper Cash operating illegally: central bank
The bank says that the two firms never acquired the licenses to serve Kenyans, even as Flutterwave gets caught in...
South Korea: FSS probe into banks finds $3.1B digital assets linked to forex transactions
The Financial Supervisory Service has discovered KRW1.6 trillion ($1.2 billion) of forex transactions at five Woori Bank branches. Another KRW2.5...
Taiwan to ban credit card agencies from serving digital assets firms
The FSC revealed that it had issued a letter to the Bankers Association of the Republic of China, which directed...
US court clears alleged $4.5B Bitfinex money launderer for employment
The Crocodile of Wall Street was accused of laundering the $4.5 billion that was allegedly stolen from Bitfinex alongside her...
BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo avoids jail time, gets 30 months of probation
Benjamin Delo pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act alongside Hayes and Reed, but despite prosecutors pushing for a...