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DOJ files record civil forfeiture against more than 127,000 BTC linked to scam activity
Bitcoin Jesus is arguing that the Department of Justice’s tax fraud charges are “unconstitutional”
Plus, Gemini’s trying to get a sense of the state of crypto in a new report
Plus, Google is facing a lawsuit after a Florida woman claims she lost $5 million in a scam involving a fake crypto wallet app
The founder, who went by the pseudonym Diamondhands, was accused of using investor funds for personal use
Crypto still hasn’t shaken one of its most garish primordial tails — funny stories about fraud
As part of the settlement, Gemini is banned from operating crypto lending programs in New York.
DC AG Brian Schwalb said the case is the “largest income tax fraud recovery” in DC history
Civic’s physical ID card system will be layered with the Civic Pass, a non-transferable identity token
Guardian Council participants include the Solana Foundation, Everstake, Triton One, Juicy Stake and Kiln
Fault proofs are a critical security measure to ensure transactions are valid on optimistic rollups
While the FBI notes crimes involving cryptocurrency scams have trended higher in recent years, Chainalysis analysts say the on-chain data begs to differ
Treasury officials noted that fiat currencies remain the primary tool for money laundering, and terrorists still use “tried-and-true methods”
The SEC and US Attorney’s Office of Maryland announced charges against Sam Lee and Brenda Chunga, aka “Bitcoin Beautee”
Raiser is partnering with Playbux for a novel means of giving users pre-listing access to project tokens
The two are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice
Yet another executive team facing charges for misusing investor funds on a luxury lifestyle
In a statement on Tuesday, Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said crypto continued to attract a steady stream of fraud and illegal activity