bitcoin crime
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...
BTC-e’s Vinnik Rejects US Judgment, Offers to Help Putin with Expertise
Assumed BTC-e CEO Alexander Vinnik has publicly stated his innocence and even offered to help Vladimir Putin as a digital technology specialist.
Speaking to Russia Today in...
Equifax Hackers Demanding $2.6 Mln in Bitcoin, Or Else
The recent hack of Equifax has created widespread concern among many Americans, as the hack has apparently exposed the private information of more than 143 million...
Russian Authorities Arrest Three Men for Large-Scale Illegal Bitcoin Sales
Russian authorities arrested three men in September 2017 for their alleged involvement in the large-scale “illegal” sale of the digital currency Bitcoin over the past few...
The IRS Has Tracked Bitcoin Tax Evaders Since 2015
There’s a common misconception among both legislators and the general public that bitcoin is an untraceable asset used exclusively by drug dealers, terrorists, and...
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