Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A high-ranking representative of Russia’s notorious Finiko Ponzi scheme has been arrested in Tatarstan. Ilgiz Shakirov, a businessman from Kazan, rose to the rank of vice president of the crypto pyramid which is believed to have defrauded mill...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Criminal Investigation Bureau has charged the suspects with fraud, money laundering and breaches of the Organized Crime Prevention Act. Taiwan’s police administrat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Fourteen suspects allegedly behind a cryptocurrency scam have been arrested in Taiwan. According to the country’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, the scheme has defrauded investors out of millions of dollars.
Suspects Behind Crypto Scam in Taiw...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A vocal critic of the upcoming bitcoin law in El Salvador, Mario Gomez, was briefly detained Wednesday. According to reports, he was arrested without a warrant.
Critic of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Arrested
An IT specialist and founder of Hacke...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The National Civil Police later released a statement saying Mario Gómez’s detainment was related to an investigation for financial fraud. A Salvadoran news outlet has...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Former lead maintainer of Monero Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, has been arrested in the U.S. and is now waiting for his extradition to South Africa where he will stand trial for fraud. Spagni described the case as “an old matter, which I hav...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Riccardo Spagni, who left Monero in 2019, is currently in US custody awaiting potential extradition to South Africa
US authorities have detained Riccardo Spagni, a former lead developer of Monero (XMR), on charges shown to be unrelated to his role at...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
An arrest warrant for Riccardo Spagni was issued on July 20, 2021, at the request of the South African government. He was apprehended the same day in the United States....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Four men have been arrested in Aichi Prefecture for allegedly running a fraudulent crypto scheme that drew in 20,000 Japanese investors and raised 6 billion yen. Four...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
In 2019, a man with Fabio-like hair entered the cryptocurrency scene with questionable claims when he told a slew of people he helped co-found the creation of Bitcoin. The self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor named Jörg Molt not only offered a &ldqu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Four alleged masterminds of the “Oz Project” have been arrested after duping investors across Japan for at least four years. According to investigators, the scheme raked in $55 million from about 20,000 investors, promising 2.5 times retu...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
South Korean Law enforcement authorities have taken 33 individuals into custody for conducting illegal cryptocurrency transactions of $1.5 billion. In addition, these individuals carried out some illegal cross-border transactions using digital assets...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The U.S. has arrested a man on criminal charges after he allegedly defrauded the government’s Covid-19 loan programs and used the money to buy cryptocurrency and Tesla.
Using PPP Loan to Buy Cryptocurrency and Tesla
The U.S. Department of Justi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Claudio Oliveira, owner of the Bitcoin Bank in Brazil and known as the ‘King of Bitcoin,’ was arrested yesterday for his alleged participation in a fraud scheme involving $300 million. According to inquiries from federal authorities, Oliv...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
A report from Coindesk has revealed that Brazil’s ‘Bitcoin King’ Claudio Oliveira was arrested for allegedly embezzling $300 million. An official press release showed that the rest had come after law enforcement agents had carried o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The alleged fraudster’s crypto brokerage filed for bankruptcy in 2019 after claiming to have been the victim of a hack. Self-described “Bitcoin King” Claudio Oliveira...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a Mumbai resident known as “crypto king,” who allegedly used bitcoin to purchase narcotics on the dark web. Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx says the accused is not one of its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Chinese authorities have announced that more than 170 criminal gangs have been eliminated and over 1,100 suspects arrested in the latest round of crackdown on criminal groups providing cryptocurrency money laundering services for telecom fraudsters....