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Federal Prosecutors Charge Sam Bankman-Fried With Attempt To Bribe Chinese Officials With $40 Million

In a new indictment unsealed on Tuesday, officials charged Sam-Bankman Fried with bribing Chinese officials to release frozen assets.

Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With New Crimes As Prosecutors Detail Illegal Political Deals

Bankman-Fried’s charges have been expanded in the latest indictment brought forth by federal prosecutors.

U.S. Department Of Justice Shuts Down Crypto Exchange Bitzlato, CEO Arrested

The DOJ has charged the exchange with facilitating more than $700 million in illicit transactions tied to Russia, money laundering and criminal activity.

Visiting El Salvador’s Slums, It’s Clear Bitcoin Country Must Go Further

A visit to Soyapango, one of El Salvador’s most impoverished slums, shows that the Bitcoin experiment isn’t reaching those who need it most.

Malaysian Authorities Bust Illegal Bitcoin Mining Operations

Bitcoin miners who plugged in directly to a distribution board cost a utility company over $760,000 in Malaysia.

New Jersey Man Indicted for Running Unlicensed Exchange

The indicted man allegedly converted $2 million in cash to bitcoin through the unlicensed exchange Destination Bitcoin.

EU Warns Malta of the Dangers of Ignoring Money Laundering

Having attracted millions in crypto money to its island, Malta has been taking steps to limit the risk of crypto crimes.

Debunking Bitcoin Myths: “It’s Only for Criminals”

Bitcoin can be quite useful for criminals, much like physical cash. However, the permissionless nature of Bitcoin also enables other valuable use cases for this new technology.

How a Bitcoin Whitehat Hacker Helped the FBI Catch a Murderer

An ethical hacker breached the database of a phony darknet website offering hitman services and leaked the data. The information from the data dump...

FBI: Hackers Extorted $28 Million in Cryptocurrencies Last Year

On June 22, the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented its annual Internet Crime Report for the year of 2016. The FBI analyzed the victim...
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