On January 23rd, according to Xiaoxiang Morning News, Changsha Railway Police recently reported that on the G813 train, the police received a report from passengers and seized a man suspected of using virtual currency to launder money on the spot. The suspect Zeng was found in the luggage carrying 560,000 yuan in cash, some of which was consistent with the stolen money in a telecommunications fraud case investigated by Gansu Police. According to the investigation, Zeng was instructed to receive ...
The cybercrime investigation unit of the local police department in Busan, South Korea, has filed a non-detention indictment against a gang accused of laundering about 1.10 trillion won (about $756.80 million) through a fake cryptocurrency trading platform used by illegal gambling websites, the Korea Daily reported. The gang allegedly made about 10 billion won (about $6.88 million). From January 2022 to September 2023, they operated five offices in South Korea, developed fake trading websites an...
According to the official announcement of the Department of Justice, Los Angeles police recently cracked a major cryptocurrency theft case. A man who called himself the "godfather of crypto" Adam Iza conspired with a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Chase Saavedra to commit crimes against multiple victims through intimidation, extortion, and illegally obtaining search warrants. Saavedra uses his police officer's...
Hengnan Public Security cracked a case of virtual currency theft. After investigation, the victim, Mr. Peng, found virtual currency trading channels through social platforms. When purchasing virtual currency and conducting face-to-face cash transactions with the other party, he was secretly photographed by the criminal gang using a pinhole camera to log in to the account verification code. Later, Mr. Peng's account was stolen and property transferred by technical means. Finally, the empty gloves...
South Korean police entered the presidential residence, and police and public relations officers crossed the first barrier line inside the presidential residence. The barbed wire fence installed in the presidential residence is being removed. South Korean police and senior government officials sent more than 1,000 people to the presidential residence in Yongsan District, Seoul, in the early morning of January 15, to execute the second arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-yeok. Yoon Seok-yeok's lawyer gr...
South Korean police are expected to try again on Wednesday to execute the arrest warrant against Yoon, according to Yonhap.
The first high-level meeting between the Chinese Coast Guard and the Indonesian Coast Guard was held in Beijing.
Thai police recently carried out a surprise inspection in Chonburi province and seized 996 bitcoin mining machines suspected of stealing electricity. The operation was carried out jointly by the 2nd Provincial Police and the Provincial Electricity Bureau, and it was found that the mining machines illegally obtained electricity by bypassing the meter. According to people familiar with the matter, the mine only carried out mining operations at night to avoid supervision. In August 2024, Malaysia a...
Finnish police seized about $2.68 million worth of luxury watches from a home owned by Richard Schueler, the founder of Hex, who is wanted in Finland for tax evasion and assault, according to Finnish media Yle. A significant number of these watches were purchased in Finland, and some in the United States. Previously, in December last year, the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) issued a "red notice" on behalf of Finland to its member states for Hex and PulseChain founder Richa...
According to ifeng.com, the Hong Kong police recently smashed the deepfake (deepfake) technology through social platforms to lure others to invest in virtual currency fraud group, involving about 34 million yuan. According to intelligence reports, the Commercial Crime Division of the Hong Kong Police arrested 31 people, aged between 20 and 34, in two industrial buildings in Kowloon Bay last week. Some of them reported that students and unemployed people were involved in the same fraud syndicate ...
On January 5, Vietnamese police arrested four suspects in a cryptocurrency mining scam that stole 4 billion Vietnamese dong ($157,300) from more than 200 victims. The alleged offenders, led by Mr. Chen, allegedly developed a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining website called BitMiner, registered with a Singapore domain name. The gang claimed to be a Dubai-based cryptocurrency mining company and promised unrealistic returns on investment.
On January 6, the South Korean police said that the South Korean senior government officials' Criminal Investigation Department (referred to as the Public Justice Department) handed over the execution of the arrest warrant of President Yoon Seok-yuk to the police.
Las Vegas police in the United States say they are investigating the explosion and fire of a Tesla Cybertruck at the entrance of the Trump Hotel building in Las Vegas. Police have informed the public to avoid the area. According to an official, the driver parked his car in the hotel's valet parking area before the vehicle exploded. The driver is apparently dead and so far, he is the only victim in this incident. Investigators are not yet clear on the cause of the explosion, such as whether somet...
According to AFP, Syrian police have imposed a curfew in Homs following the protests.
According to the Hong Kong media report, the Hong Kong police said that they received more than 3,400 cases related to cryptocurrency last year, with losses exceeding 4.30 billion yuan. In the first 10 months of this year, there were more than 2,100 cases, with losses exceeding 3.10 billion yuan. Among the related cases, the maximum single loss is about 1.60 billion yuan. Ng Kit-chuang, a member of the Legislative Council of the Election Commission, said that in addition to strengthening supervi...