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According to the Hong Kong government press release, Hong Kong, a government spokesperson today cautioned against misbelieving the information about the launch of the National Hong Kong Coin on the blockchain announced by the online counterfeit Chief Executive. The Hong Kong government solemnly clarified that the information is by no means factual and deliberately fraudulent, and severely reprimanded the criminals who impersonated the Chief Executive for issuing misinformation. The spokesperson ...
According to people familiar with the matter, the US Marshals Service (USMS) is unable to confirm the amount of bitcoin it currently holds, or even give a rough estimate. This management flaw could affect the US government's plan to build a crypto reserve, proposed by White House crypto director David Sacks, which could change the way the government handles seized crypto assets and could even involve the purchase of cryptocurrencies. At present, the USMS still relies on Excel records and manual ...
According to Decrypt, police in the UK have arrested and charged two men suspected of committing a cryptocurrency scam against a 75-year-old Aberdeenshire retiree, causing the victim to lose six-figure sums. It is reported that the case was reported in July 2024. Police Scotland's North East Branch, working with West Midlands Police and South Yorkshire Police, arrested a 54-year-old man in Coventry and a 36-year-old man in Mexborough respectively. The two were charged on the same day.
Australian police recently cracked a theft of cryptocurrency ATMs and collectible card shops. Police arrested four suspects and seized six cryptocurrency ATMs, collectible cards worth about $50,000, firearms, 100 car keys and other stolen goods. According to Coin ATM Radar data, Australia currently operates 1,462 cryptocurrency ATMs, making it the third largest cryptocurrency ATM market in the world.
Thai police, together with Chinese law enforcement, have seized two Chinese fraud ringleaders and frozen USDT crypto assets worth $2.50 million (about 84 million baht) on February 7. • Suspects: Ye Wanyou (29) and Li Weijie (30) • Arrest: On February 5, Thailand's Huamark Police Department and the Cyber Crime Task Force (PCT) launched a raid in a high-end residential area of Bangkok. The suspects tried to destroy mobile phone data but were detained by the police.
Recently, the Criminal Police Brigade of Yongfeng County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province joined the Criminal Police Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to successfully destroy a money laundering gang that used virtual currency "electric fraud and running points". Since late January this year, the alleged offenders Liang Mouyong, Zeng and Zhang Yongyong have made huge profits, partnered to form a "electric fraud and running points" team, and successively attracted others...
Spanish police have arrested a hacker suspected of attacking several international organizations, including the U.S. Army, with more than 50 cryptocurrency accounts containing different types of crypto assets. The dangerous hacker is suspected of being behind up to 40 attacks against high-profile, highly sensitive organizations in the United States and Spain.
South Korean police recently arrested 90 Vietnamese suspects suspected of using cryptocurrency to sell drugs in bars and clubs across the country. The suspects smuggled the drugs into the country disguised as coffee and vitamin packages and distributed them in Vietnamese bars and clubs in several cities, the police said. The police initially estimated that the gang smuggled drugs worth 1.04 billion won (about 721,000 US dollars), of which about 710 million won (nearly 500,000 US dollars) has bee...
According to people familiar with the matter, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) failed to provide Senator Cynthia Lummis with detailed information about its handling of the dark web Silk Road case. Lummis sent a letter to the USMS last month expressing concern about the agency's plan to sell some 69,370 seized bitcoins, which are worth more than $6.60 billion at current market prices. She noted that this could result in financial losses for taxpayers and be linked to Trump...
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.
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