This week, crypto stealer convicted, reward for info on Crypto Queen increased, BtcTurk and CoinStats suffered cyberattacks, Lazarus blamed for Alex Lab hack, Nigeria refuted allegations of ill treatment, sentencing in Hydrogen Technology case, Binance fined in India, and FBI warned of crypto scams.
This week, CertiK researchers allegedly stole money from Kraken, UwU Lend was hacked, Terraform Labs shut down, Gemini will pay defrauded investors, three entities claimed seized FTX assets, a Chinese bank suffered embezzlement and money laundering, and the SEC's crypto head is leaving.
This week, the Norwegian government froze funds from the Ronin hack, a hacker stole personal data of OKX users, Terraform Labs' SEC released settlement terms, "Ethereum's most secure wallet" was breached, Orbit Chain spoke about its hacked funds and scammers exploited AI hype.
This week, Robinhood said it will acquire Bitstamp in a $200 million deal, a senior promoter of the Forcount crypto Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty, crypto scammers targeted work-from-home job seekers, and Tether and CoinGecko warned of crypto phishing attacks.
This week, FTX paid $25 million to whistleblowers, former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame was sentenced, guilty pleas were entered in the cases of a $47 million embezzlement, a $37 million theft and a $9.5 million fraud, and a woman was sentenced in a $10.4 million money laundering case.
This week, Gala Games and Pump.fun were hacked; alleged pig-butchering scammers, Incognito admin and illicit banking racketeers were arrested; Pink Drainer was shut down; the U.S. House approved a crypto bill; a man pleaded guilty to wire fraud; and tech companies formed a scam-fighting coalition.
This week, $25M in ethereum was stolen, Sonne Finance was hacked, a thief returned stolen crypto, Canada indicted its crypto king, the U.S. blocked a purchase by a Chinese crypto mining firm, Canada took regulatory action against Binance, and two senators were concerned about cryptomixer policy.
A Dutch court Tuesday handed Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev a sentence of five years and four months for money laundering. The 31-year-old Russian national developed and maintained cryptocurrency anonymization software used to launder digital cash worth more than $2 billion.
This week, BTC-e head pleaded guilty; arrests were made in Ponzi scheme, ZKasino case; charges filed in Cred scam; individual and Pike Finance were hacked; Hundred Finance's hacker moved stolen funds; the EU took down an exit scam; the feds probed Block' and crypto scammers were arrested.
This week, SEC filed suit against Geosyn, prosecutors fought dismissed Tornado Cash charges, analyst tracked North Korean crypto laundering, European Parliament OK'd anti-money laundering law, FBI warned of unregistered crypto entities and South Korea may make crypto investigative unit permanent.
A federal judge sentenced former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison for money laundering violations, a crime the judge said he is unlikely to repeat. The sentencing came more than five months after the former crypto trading heavyweight pleaded guilty.
This week, Samourai Wallet co-founder was arrested, a $45M hack hit Hedgey Finance, El Salvador wallet data leaked, another was charged in the OneCoin case, the SEC wants to fine Terraform Labs, prosecutors want a three-year prison term for CZ, and Thailand cracked down on unauthorized operators.
A New York federal jury has found a hacker guilty of charges that he masterminded and carried out a scheme to fraudulently obtain $110 million in cryptocurrency from crypto currency exchange Mango Markets and investors.
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, sentencing in the first-ever conviction for hacking a smart contract, indictment in a million-dollar illicit mining, FTX executive's sentencing, Railgun's money-laundering defense and Uniswap's Wells Notice.
This week, Google sued alleged crypto fraudsters, Mango Markets exploiter's trial began, Do Kwon and Terraform Labs are liable for civil fraud, Taiwanese prosecutors indicted ACE Exchange's co-founder, Wormhole nearly gave $40,000 to hackers and a Binance executive pleaded not guilty in Nigeria.
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