Judge Orders Detention of ‘Cryptospain’ in $300M Pyramid Scheme Case
A Spanish High Court judge has ordered cryptocurrency entrepreneur Álvaro Romillo Castillo into provisional detention without bail over allegations that
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Georgian Police Arrest 5 Russians Over Crypto Scheme and Money Laundering
Police in the South Caucasus country of Georgia arrested five Russians accused of running an unlicensed cryptocurrency business and laundering
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Global Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Leaves Investors Facing $63M in Losses
A $200 million crypto Ponzi scheme has unraveled, exposing a vast global fraud that lured 90,000 investors with fake returns
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DOJ Seeks $5M in Bitcoin Tied to SIM Swapping and Casino Laundering Scheme
Hackers drained millions in crypto by exploiting SIM swap flaws, laundering the funds through a casino in a brazen digital
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Nebraska Man Sentenced to 1-Year Prison for $3.5M Cryptojacking Scheme
Charles O. Parks III, also known as “CP3O,” was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn by U.S. District Judge
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Chile Cracks Down on Tren de Aragua’s Crypto Money Laundering Scheme
Chile recently cracked down on a money laundering scheme that involved moving millions of dollars to various countries, including Venezuela,
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US Crypto Exchanges a ‘Blind Spot’ in North Korea Laundering Scheme
North Korean developers, operating as fake freelancers, have reportedly amassed over $16.5 million this year by infiltrating crypto and traditional
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Over 5,000 Scammed in Massive Crypto Scheme Broken up in Spain
A global crypto fraud empire that funneled over half a billion dollars from thousands of victims has been dismantled in
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$124M Crypto Laundering Scheme Exposed in Australia—Authorities Charge Four
A long-running Australian multi-agency investigation has dismantled a sophisticated money laundering scheme in Queensland, charging four individuals and freezing $13.7
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A Fashionable Scheme: The Belarusian Company Bringing Luxury Goods to Russia
An intermediary linked to a businessman close to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko imports luxury goods to Russia by reporting artificially
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