Habibur Rahman, a resident of East Ham, denies charges of operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency ATM business and laundering money through cryptocurrency transactions. Rahman appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court and pleaded not guilty to charges of running an illegal machine without authorisation from the Financial Marekt Conduct Authority (FCA). Rahman is accused of exchanging 300,000 pounds of illegal cash into cryptocurrency between April 1 and June 16, 2022. Kent Police on April 28, 2023...
Last year, the virtual asset trading platform JPEX was suspected of operating without a license and was suspected of fraud, causing a large number of investors to suffer losses. Two investors claimed to believe that JPEX was licensed and trusted before opening an account to invest in Thai coins. The two later found that the assets in the account were transferred without authorization. They had earlier filed a complaint with the district court to recover 2...
The Russian founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for running an unlicensed money transfer business that concealed illegal gambling and drug dealing proceeds worth more than $700 million, having previously served time in the United States. Anatoly Legkodymov has been in federal custody since his arrest in January 2023, according to U.S. District Judge Eric Vitagliano in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday.