On February 22nd, according to the official website of the Department of Justice, Brazilian man DouverT. Braga was extradited from Switzerland to the United States on suspicion of a $290 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme and appeared in Seattle Federal Court. He was charged with 12 counts of wire fraud and 1 count of conspiracy to commit fraud, which can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. TradeCoinClub (TCC) operated by Braga claimed to use advanced algorithms to make profits, but in fact it w...
According to the official website of the Department of Justice, US prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit in a crypto investment fraud case, recovering 7.24 BTC, 14,120 USDT, 105.75 ETH and other crypto assets. Investigations revealed that a Massachusetts resident was lured to join a fake investment group and tricked into transferring funds to a suspicious trading platform. Law enforcement found that at least three victims across the United States sent money to the same platform, and ...
An Argentine law firm filed a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on February 17, accusing them of being behind the LIBRA token crash and asking for an investigation into Argentine President Millai's role in it. On another legal front, the Civic Coalition ARI also filed a criminal complaint on February 17, asking the Justice Department to investigate Millay's alleged bribery and corruption.
According to the official website of the Department of Justice, Profit Connect founder Brent C. Kovar is accused of using artificial intelligence mining as a guise to commit cryptocurrency investment fraud, illegally absorbing $24 million in funds, involving at least 400 investors. Prosecutors allege that Kovar promised a fixed annual rate of return of 15% -30% and falsely claimed that the investment was covered by FDIC insurance. The actual funds were used to pay old investors, buy houses, give...
According to foreign media reports, following the U.S. Attorney General's letter to Apple (AAPL. O), Apple will put TikTok back on the U.S. App Store on Thursday. (Jin Ten)
U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove sentenced Anurag Pramod Murarka, a 30-year-old Indian national, to 121 months in prison for conspiracy to launder money, according to a Department of Justice announcement. Murarka is a 30-year-old international virtual currency provider operating under two nicknames ("elonmuskwhm" and "la2nyc")...
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.
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 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.