by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Earlier today the shocking story broke that 0xSifu heading the treasury for Wonderland Time is the same co-founder Micheal Patryn, of the infamous QuadrigaX exchange that stole $150m worth users funds. His original name wasnt even Micheal, he i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
With Johann Steynberg now in custody in Brazil, a lawyer has suggested that South Africa may have to resort to an existing legal assistance agreement with Brazil if it wishes to have the CEO extradited. However, the success of any such extradition wi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russian law enforcement agencies have dismantled the notorious hacking group Revil, believed to be behind ransomware attacks in the U.S. involving cryptocurrency. Although Moscow is unlikely to hand over Russian citizens to Washington, the operation...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Johann Steynberg, the wanted CEO of Mirror Trading International was recently arrested by Brazilian law enforcement after he was caught using a fake document. The arrest, which took place in the country’s Goiás province, was carried o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested two individuals accused of laundering about $384 million using various avenues including a cryptocurrency exchange trading platform. If convicted, the two face a maximum jail sentence of 14 years plus a fine of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A man allegedly behind a cryptocurrency investment scam has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. He lured people into investing in his fraudulent crypto scheme by promising high returns, telling investors they could earn a 400% return by investing in...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Celsius Network, which holds over $26b in customer assets is still being silent on whether their CFO ,Yaron Shalem, was recently arrested on fraud allegations in Israel in connection to the Moshe Hogeg case. Shalem was formerly CFO at venture capital...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Israeli police have arrested eight suspects in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud scheme after raiding their homes and seizing evidence. One of the suspects is Moshe Hogeg, a well-known owner of the premier soccer team Beitar Jerusalem Football C...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a Russian national with a cryptocurrency business, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has confirmed. The man involved in the establishment of two crypto exchange platforms was apprehended earlier this month, r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Operation Dark Huntor, a coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the darknet, has led to the arrests of 150 people. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the operation has also resulted...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Sandile Shezi, the South African bitcoin trader accused of defrauding investors, recently made his first court appearance before a Johannesburg magistrate.
Shezi out on Bail
The bitcoin trader’s court appearance came just days afte...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Reports from South Africa say the country’s police have now issued a warrant for the arrest of Sandile Shezi, a 29-year-old cryptocurrency trader. The warrant was issued after one Allan Ledwaba, an investor with Shezi’s Global Forex Ins...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A U.S. government employee has been arrested on espionage-related charges after he attempted to sell restricted data on the design of nuclear-powered warships to a foreign government. The federal employee asked to be paid in monero cryptocurrency. &a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A coordinated strike involving Europol, Interpol, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has led to the arrest of two “prolific” ransomware operators allegedly responsible for ransom demands of up to 70 million euros...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Reports of the detention of Dmitry Vasiliev, ex-head of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Wex, have been confirmed by authorities in Poland. The former executive of the platform, allegedly involved in the theft of funds worth millions of dollars,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
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 a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Dmitry Vasiliev, former chief executive of Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex, has been detained in Warsaw, the Polish press reported. Vasiliev is wanted in Kazakhstan where he is accused of fraud related to the now defunct trading platform, success...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 2 years ago
The exchange was previously known as BTC-e, though its name was changed to WEX following legal difficulties in 2017. BBC Russia has reported that Dmitry Vasiliev, the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Law enforcement in the Russian republic of Tatarstan have made new arrests in connection with the crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko. Two women detained this week are believed to have attracted millions of dollars to the pyramid. The now collapsed Finiko lur...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
Most people have no idea, but Bitcoin and crypto are buzzing in the news here in Brazil. For the good and also for the bad side (unfortunately). Brazilians are known to love a pyramid (Ponzi) scheme, and in 2014 Glaidson Acacio dos Santos (a former w...