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US Says Venezuelan President Maduro Hid Massive Drug Ring Proceeds in Crypto

By CryptoNews Mar 26, 2020

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tapped crypto to conceal transactions related to illicit drug-running, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in …

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Alleged Mastermind of Sex Abuse Chatrooms Hid Payments With Privacy Coin Monero

By CryptoNews Mar 26, 2020

Cryptocurrency accepted by the alleged ringleader of a Telegram chat group in exchange for abusive sexual material may never be …

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Canadians Get US Jail Time for Stealing 23 Bitcoin in Twitter Scam

By CryptoNews Mar 19, 2020

Two Canadian nationals have been sentenced to two years in a U.S. jail for stealing bitcoin from an Oregon resident …

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Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers

By CryptoNews Mar 16, 2020

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Working at internet giant Baidu provided too much temptation for one employee, who got in legal hot water for harnessing …

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US Woman Gets 13 Years in Jail After Funding ISIS With Cryptocurrency

By CryptoNews Mar 16, 2020

A woman from New York State committed various financial frauds in order to fund terrorist organisation ISIS, according the U.S. …

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Crypto Scams Pose More Risk Than Payments Fraud, Report Suggests

By CryptoNews Mar 11, 2020

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Cryptocurrency scams in 2019 were more risky for U.S. residents than fraud involving romance or payments. That’s the conclusion of …

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2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530M Hack

By CryptoNews Mar 11, 2020

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Two men have been arrested in Tokyo for obtaining cryptocurrency linked to the massive hack of Japan’s Coincheck exchange in …

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Sweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’

By CryptoNews Mar 04, 2020

Sweden’s foreign minister has called for Ukraine to act following the exposing of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive …

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