Tag: bitcoin crime
Estonia – Just One of Global Cryptography ‘Factorization’ Victims
A cryptography security flaw, present in 750,000 Estonian e-Residency cards and elsewhere, has a five-year history, researchers say.
Since news broke earlier this year that the code...
OneCoin Promoter Targeted By Finnish Police in Ongoing Investigation
A police investigation in Finland into the OneCoin cryptocurrency investment scheme is accelerating.
The Finnish Broadcasting Company reports that, according to law enforcement officials in the city of Österbotten,...
North Korea Did Target South Korean Bitcoin Exchanges: Police
South Korean authorities have confirmed that hackers from North Korea targeted bitcoin exchanges in the country in multiple attempts to steal the cryptocurrency.
The Republic...
SEC Charges REcoin ICO Organizer With Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a businessman and two of his companies with defrauding investors through initial coin offering (ICO) scams,...
CFTC Suit Files Suit Against $600K Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme in New York
In an agency first, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit accusing a Brooklyn, New York man of operating a...
South Korean Court Declares Bitcoin Confiscation Illegal
After Police seized 216 Bitcoins from an individual that was suspected to be involved in illegal activities with the digital currency, it was ruled...