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Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichstan sentenced to 5 years for laundering 120,000 bitcoins

Ilya Lichstan was sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack and money laundering. The sentence was based on Lichstan's cooperation with the investigation authorities, and prosecutors recommended a reduced sentence. Lichstan and his wife Heather Morgan co-orchestrated the money laundering, using crypto mixers, layered transactions, dark web and other means to launder about 120,000 bitcoins, which were once worth as much as $72 million and have now reached $...

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2024-11-15 06:57:56
HSBC is participating in Hong Kong's electronic Hong Kong dollar pilot program

HSBC is participating in Hong Kong's Electronic Hong Kong Dollar (e-HKD) pilot program by creating tokenized Hong Kong dollar cash deposits on the Polygon PoS blockchain. HSBC has also developed HSBC Pass, a decentralized identity solution that won the Red Dot Design Award 2024.

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2024-10-30 12:03:32
Lingo Telecom fined $1 million for involvement in Biden deepfake scam

Lingo Telecom, a Texas-based telecommunications company, has been fined $1 million by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its involvement in the illegal Biden deepfake scam. The scam involved the use of an AI-generated recording of President Biden's voice, which was transmitted to people via automated dialing, with the aim of preventing people from voting in the New Hampshire primary.

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2024-08-22 16:14:34