On January 13 local time, David Weiss, the special prosecutor of the Department of Justice in charge of the tax case of Hunter Biden, the son of President Joseph Biden, announced the end of the six-year investigation into Hunter Biden and released the final report. In response to Mr. Weiss's report that President Joseph Biden pardoned Hunter Biden for allegedly breaking the law and that the Hunter case was "politically influenced" and "unjust," Mr. Weiss said "the president's comments were incon...
On January 11 local time, the Department of Justice's special prosecutor in charge of the Trump case, Jack Smith, has officially left the Department of Justice on January 10. Jack Smith was appointed as the special prosecutor in November 2022 to investigate two cases of US President-elect Trump. Court documents show that the Department of Justice is in an ongoing dispute with Trump's defense team over the release of the investigation report on Trump's conduct to prevent the transfer of president...
On January 11, according to an announcement released by the Department of Justice, an Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a cryptocurrency investment fraud conspiracy. According to court documents, Travis Ford, 35, from Glenpool, is the CEO, co-founder, and chief trader of Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC (Wolf Capital), a so-called cryptocurrency investment firm. From January 2023 to August 2023, Ford passed through Wol...
Regarding the Department of Justice's approval to sell the seized $6.50 billion Darknet Silk Road bitcoin, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju wrote in X: Last year, based on realized market capitalization, 379 billion dollars entered the market, about 1 billion dollars per day. The US government sold $6.50 billion (bitcoin) could be absorbed within a week. Don't panic.
Perhaps we all have the opportunity to buy bitcoins at a discount, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, said in a comment on the X platform that "the Department of Justice was allowed to sell $6.50 billion worth of bitcoins related to the Silk Road case".
According to market sources, the Department of Justice was allowed to sell the seized $6.50 billion worth of dark web Silk Road bitcoin.
According to the Department of Justice, Israeli national Rostislav Panev allegedly worked as a developer and coder for the LockBit ransomware group since around January 2022, and received about $230,000 in cryptocurrency transfers as part of his work.
According to the statement, the Trump transition team said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Justice. The memorandum of understanding allows the Trump team to submit names for background checks and security clearances.
On November 22nd, the Department of Justice announced the seizure of cybercrime platform Popeyetools and indicted its administrators, Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Sami and Javed Mirza, accusing them of selling stolen financial data and assisting in the commission of ransomware and fraud crimes. Since 2016, the platform has made $1.70 million through cryptocurrency payments and other means, involving the sale of stolen credit card data and personally identifiable information. Law enforcement also seized ...
The Department of Justice tried to block Google's deal with Anthropic.
Court documents show the Department of Justice asked a judge to rule that Google divest Chrome browser.
Court documents show that the Department of Justice asked the judge to ask Google to divest the Android operating system if other remedies fail to restore competition.
The Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break up the monopoly and require steps to allow sites to opt out of artificial intelligence.
On November 13, the Department of Justice issued a notice saying: "Daren Li, a dual citizen of China and the Commonwealth of St. Kitts and Nevis (note: our country does not recognize dual citizenship), pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder money because he participated in a cryptocurrency investment scam to launder millions of dollars in proceeds." Daren Li and his co-conspirators used shelf company networks and international bank accounts to launder more than $73 million from vic...
According to Decrypt, after a year-long investigation, the Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit seeking the seizure of about $16 million worth of cryptocurrency held in Binance accounts. The tokens are allegedly linked to SBF-authorized bribes. The value of the assets has more than doubled since the initial transfer, potentially complicating law enforcement's recovery efforts.