[ad_1] Binance’s local unit in France is being investigated by public prosecutors in Paris for providing ‘illegal’ crypto services prior to being licensed in May last year, CoinDesk report. The exchange is…
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Atomic Wallet hack sees North Korea’s Lazarus Group pocketing $100M: report
[ad_1] Earlier this month, hackers attacked Atom Wallet and stole more than $35 million in an attack that the wallet said only affected 1% of its users. Blockchain forensic firm Elliptic now…
Charles Constant Arrested on Crypto Money Laundering Charges
[ad_1] Federal agents have arrested Charles Riley Constant, owner of a digital currency ATM by the name of Coindawg. At the time of writing, he has been accused of money laundering, and…
Following Dirty Crypto: Binance Investigators Talk Their Profession
[ad_1] Complex schemes, high-risk crypto transactions, international criminal networks. It sounds like a scene from a movie, but this is what financial cybercrime investigators do every day on the world’s largest crypto…
Blockchain Association files brief in Tornado Cash case
[ad_1] The advocacy group Crypto Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund filed a briefing in the United States District Court in Austin in a case brought by six people against the…
Former OneCoin Executive Charged with Fraud
[ad_1] The United States Department of Justice has charged Irina Dilkinska, a former executive with cryptocurrency fraud scheme OneCoin, with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Dilkinska, who was extradited…
Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Restores User Access to Half of Bitcoin Balances, Report – Exchanges Bitcoin News
[ad_1] Bitzlato users can now withdraw some of their bitcoin funds from dismantled cryptocurrency exchanges, according to media reports. The Russian-linked trading platform was targeted by Western law enforcement and its France-based…
FDIC Requires Potential Buyers of Failed U.S. Banks to Give Up Crypto Services
[ad_1] The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has asked banks interested in acquiring failed US lenders, such as Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, to submit their bids by March 17. The…