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Moški iz Nevade priznava krivdo $722 Milijonska goljufiva shema kriptovalut

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A Nevada man has admitted his role in laundering funds solicited for the Bitclub Network, a $722 million fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. He also pleaded guilty to tax offenses. Bitclub Network Investor Pleads Guilty The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday…

FBI Launches ‘Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit’ With Specialized Team of Crypto Experts

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a new unit to tackle crypto exploitation. The new team will work with the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat “the criminal misuse of cryptocurrencies.” FBI Establishes…

Cryptsy CEO Indicted for Defrauding Crypto Investors, Destroying Evidence

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The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy has been indicted in the U.S. The 17-count indictment charges the crypto exchange executive with “tax evasion, wire fraud, pranje denarja, computer fraud, tampering with records, documents, and other objects, and destruction of records in…

Power Outages in Russia’s Irkutsk Region Blamed on Home Miners

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Russians mining cryptocurrency in their homes have been blamed for the problems with the electricity supply in Irkutsk. Power outages have become a frequent occurrence in the region which maintains the lowest electricity rates in Russia. Subsidized household energy has turned…

US SEC Charges Man With Defrauding Crypto Investors in Two Digital Asset Securities Offerings

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ZDA. Komisija za vrednostne papirje in borzo (SEC) has charged a citizen of Latvia with defrauding investors in two crypto offerings. The fraudster “used fake names, fictitious entities, and fraudulent profiles to perpetrate his schemes, and misappropriated nearly all of the investor…

IRS Expects to Seize Billions of Dollars in Cryptocurrency Next Year — More Than $3.5 Billion in Crypto Seized This Year

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed that $3.5 billion in crypto was seized during the fiscal year 2021. This represents 93% of all funds seized by its criminal investigation unit during the same time period. The agency expects to seize…

Rusija, ZDA na vrhu 3 za grožnje, povezane s kripto, Razkritje poročila o kibernetski varnosti

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Threats related to cryptocurrency have followed prices, decreasing significantly after the market slump in May, suggests a recent report released by a leading internet security firm. Detections fell by almost a quarter but Russia remains the most affected country, with the…

This Crowdsourced Project Attempts to Reveal American Politicians That Own Bitcoin

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septembra 19, 2021, the software developer and cofounder of Casa, Jameson Lopp, announced a new project called bitcoinpoliticians.org which sifts through Congressional financial disclosures and records them into a database. Lopp says the aim is to create “more transparency around…

Rusko sodišče potrdilo naloge za aretacijo 3 Ustanovitelji podjetja Finiko

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Tatarstan’s highest court has rejected appeals against arrest warrants issued for three co-founders of the notorious Finiko crypto pyramid. The top representatives of the Ponzi scheme, accused of large-scale fraud in Russia, are still hiding abroad, media reports reveal. Three…