News list for " Criminal"

Trump's lawyers appeal his "hush money" case, asking for a delay in sentencing

Lawyers for US President-elect Donald Trump have appealed the ruling in his "hush money" criminal case, asking the judge to delay the sentencing process scheduled for this week. Trump's lawyers argue that the sentencing must be delayed during the appeal. His team has asked New York Judge Juan Mercan to respond by 14:00 EST on the 6th. On January 3rd local time, New York Judge Juan Mercan ruled that Trump's conviction in the "hush money" case was upheld, rejecting Trump's attempt to overturn the ...

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2025-01-07 06:49:41
Media reports say Venezuelan gangsters tried to invade the United States before Trump's inauguration

On January 1st, the New York Post reported that members of the Venezuelan criminal organization "Aragua Train" gang tried to attack the US-Mexico border crossing in order to enter the United States before Trump's inauguration. Texas law enforcement officials document that the gangsters attacked at the border crossing in El Paso, claiming to attack border guards who stopped them. Last week, 20 armed Venezuelan gangsters tried to enter...

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2025-01-01 06:57:30
Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court: Virtual currency accounts for 11% of the crimes committed on similar financial trading platforms.

The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court released a white paper on "equal emphasis on crime and governance" criminal trials, which revealed that since 2019, more than 600 cases of financial trading platform crimes have been concluded. From the perspective of investment types, the investment categories of financial trading platform crimes are diverse and constantly evolving. From the original spot investments such as stamps, calligraphy and painting, to financial investments such as futures, options...

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2024-12-08 16:37:50
People's Court Report: "Mining" Condenses Social Abstract Labor, Stealing Virtual Currency Constitutes Theft

The People's Court published an article "Criminal Law Qualitative of Illegal Stealing of Virtual Currency", which pointed out that stealing virtual currency constitutes the crime of theft. As an economic property, it must have value, including utility, scarcity and disposable. Scarcity is reflected in the constant total amount of virtual currency, not without...

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2024-12-07 10:27:13
Anhui police successfully cracked a case involving virtual currency national assets thawing fraud, involving 25.56 million yuan

According to the official account of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Public Security held a special press conference in Beijing on October 25 to inform the Ministry of Public Security of the effectiveness of the deployment of national public security organs to carry out special projects to combat and rectify ethnic assets thawing fraud crimes. Liu Yongping, deputy director of the Hefei Public Security Bureau in Anhui Province, introduced that...

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2024-10-27 11:03:19
Malaysia's national power company lost more than $100 million due to illegal bitcoin mining and other electricity theft

Malaysia's National Electricity Corporation (TNB) has lost more than 440 million ringgit (about $101 million) to electricity theft since 2020, and 103 million ringgit so far this year, said Suhai Rizain, director of criminal investigations in Bukit Aman, Malaysia. Illegal bitcoin mining is behind most of the cases.

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2024-10-25 23:25:08
The National Development and Reform Commission and other two departments: Prohibit the use of administrative or criminal means to illegally intervene in economic disputes

On October 10, the Ministry of Justice and the National Development and Reform Commission: handling cases should strictly distinguish between economic disputes and economic crimes; production and business activities that do not violate the provisions of the Criminal Law will not be punished as a crime; for criminal cases with unclear facts and insufficient evidence, the case shall be dismissed according to law, not prosecuted or acquitted. It is forbidden to use administrative or criminal means ...

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2024-10-10 16:05:28
Binance and Tokocrypto work with Indonesian law enforcement to crack down on crypto romance scam and seize $200,000 in illicit funds

According to an official announcement, the Indonesian Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), in collaboration with Binance and Tokocrypto, successfully thwarted a major scam, identified multiple suspects, and seized $200,000 in illicit funds. During an investigation into a suspected trading scam, Bareskrim uncovered a romance scam network, discovered key wallet addresses, and arrested individuals involved in managing the stolen funds. This operation highlights the importance of Public-Privat...

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2024-09-24 10:07:41
State Administration of Financial Supervision: Criminal Cases Involved in Financial Institution Groups Cases under any of the following circumstances are major cases

On September 6, the State Financial Supervisory Administration issued a notice on the issuance of the Measures for the Administration of Criminal Cases involving Financial Institutions Groups, which mentioned that (1) the business balance involved in the case is equivalent to 100 million yuan (inclusive) or more; (2) the amount of risk exposure (referring to the amount involved in the case after deducting the recovered cash or assets equivalent to cash) is equivalent to 50 million yuan (inclusiv...

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2024-09-06 17:21:10
Nigerian court may decide on bail application for Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan

On September 4, a Nigerian court delayed the release on bail of Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime compliance at Binance, who has been detained in the country for more than six months, and US lawmakers say he has been unjustly detained. After hours of arguments in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Wednesday, the presiding judge said a verdict would be handed down at a later date, but did not specify when. Gambaryan's lawyer, Mark Mordi, told the court that the defendant had...

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2024-09-04 20:25:02
Fake Ukrainian police arrested for extorting $250,000 USDT from entrepreneurs

Ukrainian police on Monday arrested a criminal gang that allegedly extorted $250,000 in USDT by posing as law enforcement officials and threatening a young entrepreneur to face criminal charges on fictitious charges. The four suspects detained by the Cyber Police and the National Police Internal Security Department face up to 12 years in prison, according to a statement. The gang allegedly intimidated the entrepreneur, accusing him of collaborating with Russia and threatening him with long-term....

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2024-09-03 14:39:37
The Changning court successfully recovered the virtual currency loss worth 280,000 yuan for the victim

The Criminal Division of Changning People's Court in Hunan Province successfully helped the victim recover the economic loss of 280,000 yuan through pre-trial mediation. It is reported that the defendant Peng Moumou agreed with the online to help the online transfer of virtual currency exchange funds, and received compensation according to 1.5% of the transaction amount. The victim Qing paid 300,000 yuan in cash to buy the other party's equivalent virtual currency but only received...

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2024-08-30 15:35:10
Analysis: German law enforcement agencies dumped bitcoin as a non-investment strategy, but instead carried out standard criminal investigation procedures

A week ago, the crypto wallet owned by the German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) began transferring thousands of bitcoins to exchanges such as Kraken, Coinbase, and Bitstamp, indicating an intention to sell these bitcoins. The wallet's bitcoin holdings have been reduced to 23,788.

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2024-07-10 08:46:24