Washington state resident Kenneth Warren Rhule has been charged with laundering over $140,000 in bitcoin after agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made a series of undercover cash-for-crypto deals…
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Alleged Crypto Capital Operator Faces New Wire Fraud Charge – CoinDesk
Reginald Fowler, an alleged operator behind payment processor Crypto Capital, was charged with wire fraud Friday, on top of existing charges of bank fraud, operation of an unlicensed money…
Ohio Resident Charged With Laundering $311M in Bitcoin for AlphaBay – CoinDesk
Ohio resident Larry Dean Harmon, 36, has been charged with laundering more than $300 million in bitcoin for darknet marketplace AlphaBay. The man from Bath Township, about 30 miles…
France Charges Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Following Greek Extradition – CoinDesk
French officials have charged Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of an exchange that laundered millions of dollars for criminals, with multiple counts including extortion and money laundering. According to…
SEC Charges ICO Operator Who Used Alias After Past Conviction – CoinDesk
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged CG Blockchain Inc., BCT In. SEZC and their operators Boaz Manor and Edith Pardo with fraud, alleging he raised $30 million through…
US Authorities Allege SIM Swapping Thief Bought Music Royalties, Jewelry, With Crypto – CoinDesk
U.S. authorities charged a 23-year-old Pennsylvania man Wednesday for allegedly stealing cryptocurrency executives’ holdings through a SIM-swapping scheme. Anthony Francis Faulk faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
SEC Charges Shopin CEO With Fraud Over Unregistered $42M ICO – CoinDesk
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Shopin and its founder Eran Eyal with fraud after a $42 million initial coin offering. The SEC announced Wednesday that…
Microsoft, Intel Back Ethereum-Based Token to Reward Consortium Efforts – CoinDesk
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the consortium charged with creating standards for businesses to build applications using the ethereum blockchain, has created a system of reward tokens to incentivize…