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Sweden’s Minister of Justice has called on the country’s authorities to increase efforts to seize criminal profits, including cryptocurrency.
Forfeiture legislation introduced last year enables enforcement agencies to seize property…
Spanish police arrested five members of a suspected crypto fraud operation that allegedly laundered 460 million euros ($540 million) stolen from over 5,000 victims.The bust, carried out by Guarda Civil,…
Spanish police have arrested five people in connection with a "crypto investment fraud ring" that laundered almost $540 million (€460 million) in illicit profits from more than 5,000 victims.It followed…
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Police are occasionally using brute force to retrieve cash from Bitcoin ATMs.
The funds belong to company's like Bitcoin Depot, the firm's CLO said.
In 2024, Americans lost at least $247…
Australian federal police said it has contacted over 90 Australians as part of a crackdown on criminal use of crypto ATMs, including pig butchering victims and suspected offenders. One of the…
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Thai police arrested Chinese national Tianwei at Don Mueang Airport on June 12 for allegedly stealing $6.15 million in Bitcoin.
The arrest followed an April complaint and a May 16…
In Ukraine, police have arrested a man from Poltava for hacking over 5,000 accounts of a company that hosts websites. He used the hacked accounts to secretly mine cryptocurrency, which…
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A 24-year old French-Moroccan national was arrested and is alleged to be a mastermind of recent kidnappings.
Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou was subject to an Interpol Red Notice for…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission will hone its crypto policies with “notice and comment” and move away from shaping its rules through the courts, agency chair Paul Atkins told…
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Vietnamese police have arrested a gang accused of being behind Matrix Chain, a crypto scam that defrauded investors of almost $400 million.
The operation saw "many elite officers and soldiers"…