Department of Justice prosecutors have agreed to temporarily restrict access to information in the Treasury Department's payment systems by staff at Musk's Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), after a group of union members and retirees sued the Treasury, alleging that giving DOGE access to the federal government's vast collection and payment system and the personal data stored therein violated federal privacy laws.
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...
The Department of Justice announced the closure of PopeyeTools, an illegal cybercrime marketplace, and indicted three of its managers - Abdul Ghaffar and Abdul Sami in Pakistan, and Javed Mirza in Afghanistan. The three were charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, illegally trade access devices, and sell illegal tools and data through websites, including stolen bank account info and payment card data. PopeyeTools Since...
According to foreign media reports, if the judge agrees to the Department of Justice's proposal to force Alphabet Inc. to sell its Chrome browser business, the business could sell for as much as $20 billion, which would also be a historic blow to the global tech giant. According to people familiar with the matter, the Justice Department will ask the judge who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market to ask Google to take measures related to its artificial intelligence ...
The Department of Justice charged Maximiliano Pilipis, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange AurumXchange, with money laundering on Oct. 28, 2024. The exchange is said to have processed more than 100,000 transactions totaling more than $30 million during its operations, partly funded by the dark web marketplace Silk Road. The investigation revealed that Pilipis operated the exchange without a license between 2009 and 2013, collecting about 12,000 yuan.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says the FBI has arrested an Alabama man for his role in a January 2024 hack against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) that caused bitcoin prices to skyrocket.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced in Washington that TD Bank, one of the nation's largest Financial Institutions Groups, had pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges, including conspiracy to violate the Bank Secrecy Act and money laundering. In a statement, Garland confirmed that TD agreed to accept a $1.80 billion criminal fine, which, combined with civil enforcement actions, would total about $3 billion. He noted that the resolution includes "the largest fine ever ...
On October 9, the Department of Justice told a federal judge that the Justice Department is considering a proposal to force Google to sell some of its businesses in order to mitigate the damage caused by its monopoly on the online search market. In a court filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department said Judge Amit Mehta could also force Alphabet to provide information used to build search results and artificial intelligence products.
The Department of Justice is understood to have issued subpoenas to NVIDIA (NVDA. O) and other companies seeking evidence that NVIDIA violated the Antimonopoly Act, reflecting the escalation of the investigation. The Justice Department, which previously only sent out questionnaires to the companies involved, has now issued legally binding requests for information from recipients, according to people familiar with the matter. That means the government's investigation is one step closer to formall...
"Department of Justice policy states that the Department of Justice should not take any action that could affect the election 60 days before the election - and they just did," Mr. Trump said in an X post. "Voting begins on September 6, so the Department of Justice is violating its own policy, which is election interference. All of these Kamala or Biden'shenanigans' should be withdrawn immediately."
The Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) ended their investigation into Carson Block, who sold short, without taking action, the sources said.
On July 17, according to the official website of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia today announced the filing of a civil forfeiture lawsuit aimed at recovering cryptocurrencies seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from overseas criminals. The cryptocurrencies originated from the "romance scam" program that specifically targeted US citizens for investment scams. The government specifically seeks to confiscate 2,546,415.01 USDT co...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) paid Coinbase $32.50 million to dispose of the confiscated cryptocurrency using its custody and trading services.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that Robert Wesley Robb, a 46-year-old man from Colorado, pleaded guilty to wire fraud by deceiving investors with a false promise Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) cryptocurrency trading robot. Robb solicited investments through social media, claiming high returns and forcing individuals to invest quickly. On September 8, 2023, an investor from Virginia transferred $100,000 to Robb. Later, Robb used another investor...