Category: Economic & Financial Crime

EU Adopts 14th Round of Sanctions Against Russia’s War on Ukraine

The new package prohibits all future business dealings with Russian LNG projects. Any vessel with Russian. LNG on its manifest will no longer be permitted to dock in an EU port if. the shipment is ultimately destined for a third country. For the first time since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade, …

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British-Chinese Woman Sentenced to 6 Years for Laundering Bitcoin in $6B Scam

Jian Wen, a British-Chinese woman, has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for her role in laundering Bitcoin proceeds from a $6 billion investment scam in China. Wen, aged 42, was found guilty in March of laundering Bitcoin on behalf of her former boss, Yadi Zhang, whose real name is Zhimin …

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Bybit Faces Leadership Shakeup After Notcoin Listing Controversy: Report

Bybit is reportedly facing an internal leadership shakeup following a controversial incident involving the listing of Notcoin (NOT) Several executives have reportedly “voluntarily resigned” after the incident, and the exchange is now publicly recruiting new technical and spot managers. During the listing, an issue arose when not all users received their airdrop of tokens before …

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US Lawmakers Urge Biden to Secure Release of Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria

Tigran Gambaryan, a high-ranking executive at Binance, has been held by Nigerian authorities for nearly three months. The appeal, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and supported by 11 other congressional leaders, demands that the situation be treated as a hostage crisis. In the letter, the lawmakers stated that the Nigerian …

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Gensler Criticizes Crypto Exchanges for Questionable Practices, Says Spot ETH ETFs Will ‘Take Some Time’

SEC Chair Gensler has voiced concern over unethical conduct within crypto exchanges. He also responded to Jim Cramer’s inquiries about potential exchange-traded products for cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Gensller stated that while the SEC had the associated 19-4b filings for spot Ethereum ETFs last month, the launch of these products would “take some time.“Crypto …

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Gemini Earn Recovers 97% Of Customers’ Lost Crypto

Gemini’s bankrupt crypto lending arm has successfully recovered virtually all of its customers’ digital assets. The crypto exchange, founded by billionaire entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, announced on Wednesday that Gemini Earn customers had “received $2.18 billion of their digital assets in kind” The announcement was well received by the online crypto community, who applauded …

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These Meme Coins Skyrocket Triple Digit as ‘Roaring Kitty’ Returned to Reddit

Keith Gill, known online as “Roaring Kitty,” posted on Reddit that he is holding $181.4 million worth of GameStop (GME) stock and call options. Following his Reddit post, GME, ROAR, and KITTY meme coins gained 315%, 660%, and 477%, respectively. Gill’s combined holdings effectively equate to owning 17 million GameStop shares. At the last trading …

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Mastercard Crypto Credential Goes Live: Focus on Broader Crypto Adoption with Simplified Transfers

Mastercard has launched its Mastercard Crypto Credential, facilitating the first peer-to-peer (p2p) pilot transactions. The latest offering will enable users on the Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado Bitcoin exchanges to send and receive cryptocurrency. Users across Peru, Chile, Portugal, Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Uruguay will be able to conduct both …

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US Targets Cybercriminals Linked to 911 S5 Botnet

Malicious 911 S5 botnet, which infected over 19 million IP addresses worldwide, enabled billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud. U.S Department of Justice estimates that over US$5.9 billion was siphoned off through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications. Chinese national YunHe Wang, a 35-year-old St. Kitts and Nevis …

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ASI Alliance Targets Big Tech’s AI Dominance with Decentralized Network

Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol – collectively known as the “Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) – announced the finalization of their merger in June. Starting June 11, 2024, FET will be renamed ASI, and the merger will be completed by June 13. Users can begin swapping FET for ASI tokens through a secure token migration contract …

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