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.
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...
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.