Money Laundering

  • Arrest of Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon in Montenegro

    On March 23, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Montenegro, Filip Adzic, announced on his social platform that Terraform Labs co founder Do Kwon had been arrested in Montenegro.
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    03/23/2023
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  • OneCoin Scandal: Bulgarian Woman Extradited to the United States

    According to reports, Irina Dilkinska, a Bulgarian woman involved in the suspected fraudulent encryption scheme OneCoin, has been extradited to the United States and faces charges

    03/22/2023
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  • The Future of Cryptocurrency and Regulation by Steven Maijoor

    According to reports, Steven Maijoor, Executive Director of Dutch Central Bank Regulation, said that although allowing the encryption industry to collapse on its own would be an \”a

    03/22/2023
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  • EU and US Authorities Seize 44 Million Euros from ChipMixer Cryptocurrency Mixer

    According to reports, according to the European Union Law Enforcement Cooperation Agency (Europol), German and US authorities have confiscated 44 million euros of funds from the cryptocurrency mixer ChipMixer. Europol said on Wednesday that the relevant authorities shut down the infrastructure of the platform and confiscated four servers, 7TB of data, and 1909.4 Bitcoin (BTC) (US $47.7 million). It is reported that the reason for this investigation action is that ChipMixer allows its customers to hide traces of criminal behavior, such as extortion software attacks and payment fraud, as well as some more serious illegal and criminal acts. German and US authorities shut down the ChipMixer server and confiscated 1909 BTCs and 7TB of data Analysis based on this information:Reports reveal that the European Union Law Enforcement Cooperation Agency (Europol) and US authorities recently seized 44 million euros from the cryptocurrency mixer ChipMixer. Europol disclosed that the relevant authorities took down the infrastructure of the platform, including four servers, 7TB…

    03/15/2023
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  • US Prosecutors Investigating Signature Bank’s Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

    According to reports, according to people familiar with the matter, U.S. prosecutors had been investigating the bank’s cooperation with cryptocurrency customers before regulators suddenly took over Signature Bank over the weekend. People familiar with the matter said that investigators from the Department of Justice in Washington and Manhattan are investigating whether the New York bank has taken sufficient measures to detect potential money laundering by customers, such as carefully examining the person who opened the account and monitoring transactions for signs of crime. Two people, who declined to be named, said the Securities and Exchange Commission was also investigating the matter. The head of the US SEC said at the time that if violations of federal securities laws were found, they would investigate and take enforcement action. (Bloomberg) Insider: US prosecutors have been investigating the cooperation between Signature Bank and cryptocurrency customers Analysis based on this information:According to recent reports, the US Department of Justice in Washington and Manhattan have…

    03/15/2023
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  • Indian Law Enforcement Agency Pursues Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Cases

    It is reported that the Indian Law Enforcement Agency is investigating several cases of cryptocurrency money laundering, and has so far confiscated US $115 million of cryptocurrency in such crimes. Last week, the Ministry of Finance of India said in a notice that the anti-money laundering legislation has been applied to cryptocurrency transactions, custody and related financial services, and companies operating in the encryption field will need to implement customer verification procedures. The Indian Law Enforcement Bureau has seized more than US $115 million of cryptocurrency in money laundering cases Analysis based on this information:The Indian Law Enforcement Agency has been actively investigating cases of cryptocurrency money laundering and has seized over $115 million worth of cryptocurrency involved in such crimes. This comes as a notice from the Ministry of Finance of India last week that states the application of anti-money laundering legislation to cryptocurrency transactions, custody, and related financial services. Additionally, companies operating in the encryption field are required…

    03/14/2023
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  • Taiwanese prosecutor announces first-ever USDT cryptocurrency auction

    On March 14, it was reported that the Hualien District Procuratorate of Taiwan, China announced in a press release yesterday that the auction of virtual currency USDT would be held for the first time in April, totaling 26150. The object of the auction is the criminal proceeds seized by the prosecution when investigating a defendant surnamed Zhou who was involved in the case of money laundering prevention law. It is understood that the USDT to be auctioned is currently stored in the cold wallet kept by the Hualien Branch of the Hualien County Police Station. Taiwan Hualien District Attorney’s Office will auction 26150 USDTs for the first time in April Analysis based on this information:The Hualien District Procuratorate of Taiwan recently made an announcement that shocked the cryptocurrency industry worldwide: they are auctioning off virtual currency USDT for the first time ever. The virtual currency has a total value of over 26,000 US dollars and was seized as criminal proceeds…

    03/14/2023
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  • Global Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Defrauds Victims of $100M

    It is reported that six senior executives of Airbit Club, the global cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, have admitted their role in the global fraud and money launde…

    03/09/2023
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  • US Bitcoin ATM Company and Executives Accused of Operating Unlicensed Kiosks for Cryptocurrency Fraud Victims

    On March 6, a US Bitcoin (BTC) ATM company and its executives were sued for allegedly operating self-service kiosks without a license in Ohio. These self-servi…

    03/06/2023
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  • US Senators demand information on cryptocurrency exchange’s money laundering control measures

    It is reported that a bipartisan group composed of US senators Elizabeth Warren, Christian Van Horen and Roger Marshall has sent a letter to the money security…

    03/02/2023
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  • Rizhao Public Security Bureau Cracks Case of “Double Supervision” Involving Digital Currency

    On February 23, it was reported that recently, under the command of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the provincial department, the New Crime Research and …

    02/23/2023
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  • Malicious Exploitation and Money Laundering in LianGo Protocol

    It is reported that according to CertiK monitoring, the EOA account address (0xf5bf…) has transferred the funds to Tornado Cash. The EOA wallet is related to…

    02/19/2023
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  • Taiwan Takes Action to Combat Virtual Currency Money Laundering

    On February 16, it was reported that the Anti Corruption Section of the Anti Corruption Department of the Ministry of Justice of Taiwan, China, China, issued a…

    02/16/2023
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