The sanctions target a procurement network supplying technology to Russia. The indictment explains that crypto was used to facilitate the payments.
October 21, 2022DeFi platforms are asked to institute real time analytics, monitoring, rigorous code testing, and incident response plans.
September 5, 2022The FBI seized about USD 500,000 from two crypto accounts that had received ransoms paid by US health care providers to North Korean hackers.
July 23, 2022North Korean IT workers may try to obtain employment building crypto exchange platforms and then use the infrastructure to launder money and evade sanctions.
May 20, 2022Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of EminiFX, promised weekly returns would be generated through proprietary robo-advising technology.
May 19, 2022The FBI has meanwhile created a new "Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit", which will provide analysis, support, training and new tools to stay ahead of future crypto-related threats.
February 21, 2022The DOJ is reportedly seeking records from almost 30 investment and research firms to map out their alliances and determine whether they manipulated markets or broke securities laws.
February 8, 2022Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.
January 18, 2022The Sony Life Insurance employee allegedly embezzled $155mn while working on liquidating the reinsurer's assets after it closed.
December 10, 2021PAX Global Technology is reportedly under investigation over allegations from a US payment processor that its terminals are being used to stage cyberattacks.
October 29, 2021