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")...
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 money laundering charges against three Russian citizens for running U.S.-sanctioned cryptocurrency mixing services Blender and Sinbad, which were allegedly used by North Korean hackers to hide cryptocurrency proceeds from cybertheft. Two of the gang members were arrested last month, but the last one remains at large. Brent S. Wible, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, said the encryption mixers were used by state-sponsored hackers.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Florida businessperson Christopher James Scanlon is facing federal charges for allegedly operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency and fiat currency acceptance business. Christopher James Scanlon, originally from Utah, was arrested at Miami International Airport on October 10 and subsequently pleaded not guilty in federal court in Newark. According to the indictment, Aurae Lifestyle and Club Swan CEO Christopher James Scanlon managed PMA Media.
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.
The Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have told the U.S. Supreme Court that an investor class action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading cryptocurrency miners in its sales should be approved. Nvidia has been in a legal battle with investor groups since 2018, and the case has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court. In an out-of-court opinion dated October 2, Acting U.S. Attorney General Elizabeth Prelogar and SEC Senior Counsel Theod...