Thai police recently carried out a surprise inspection in Chonburi province and seized 996 bitcoin mining machines suspected of stealing electricity. The operation was carried out jointly by the 2nd Provincial Police and the Provincial Electricity Bureau, and it was found that the mining machines illegally obtained electricity by bypassing the meter. According to people familiar with the matter, the mine only carried out mining operations at night to avoid supervision. In August 2024, Malaysia a...
A British court has ordered the seizure of about $4.30 million worth of bitcoin by crime kingpin Alexander Surin, also known as Don Car-Leone, after he failed to prove that the crypto assets were obtained through legal means. The decision follows an investigation into Surin's financial transactions, which were linked to his criminal activities. Surin fled to Dubai after being convicted of drug trafficking in France in 2015, after his vast wealth, including luxury cars and property in London, was...
On November 13, local time, the FBI seized the mobile phone and electronic devices of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan. According to the New York Post, the FBI raided Coplan's residence in Soho, New York, and demanded to hand over the electronic devices. The operation took place eight days after Polymarket successfully predicted that Trump would win the 2024 presidential election, and the platform traded more than 3 billion US dollars. Anonymous sources said that the FBI may suspect that the platfor...
According to the on-chain data, after the US government address (Bitfinex hackers seized funds) withdrew $6.57 million worth of stablecoins from Aave half an hour ago, the funds were transferred to the "0x34... 0a9f" address, which then exchanged about 5.45 million USDC for 2135.27 ETH. It is temporarily impossible to confirm the specific operation motive of this address.
The city of Paju, South Korea, has collected 100 million won ($72,000) of local tax arrears by seizing taxpayers' virtual assets. Seizure of virtual assets is an aggressive tax collection measure that targets people who can afford to pay but hide virtual assets for willful delinquency.