Prosecutors Challenge FTX Founder’s Legal Advice Defense Ahead of Fraud Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried’s authorized staff claimed final week that the FTX founder acquired assurances from attorneys his actions have been lawful. However, federal prosecutors are actually...
FTX Founder’s Expert Witnesses Face Exclusion in Fraud Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a movement on Monday looking for to bar all seven of Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed skilled witnesses from testifying within...
Founders of Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Accused of Laundering $1 Billion
The founders of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash had been charged Thursday with allegedly serving to to launder greater than $1 billion in digital...
FTX Boss Sam Bankman-Fried in Custody, Bail Revoked, Remanded to Jail
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was taken into custody and his bail was rescinded on Friday, in anticipation of his trial scheduled for October. Matthew Russell...
New York Man Admits to Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hack From 2016, Pleads Guilty With Wife to Money Laundering
In an sudden revelation, Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, confessed to being the unique hacker behind the 2016 cyberattack on crypto change Bitfinex, a theft that was...
NY Couple to Forfeit Billions in Crypto and Cash in Plea Deal Over Bitfinex Hack Laundering Case
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the New York-based couple implicated within the alleged laundering of $4.5 billion in bitcoin pilfered from the 2016 Bitfinex cyber-attack,...
US Government Transfers $300 Million Worth of Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
On July 12, 2023, onchain knowledge reveals the U.S. authorities transferred 9,800 bitcoins (BTC), price simply over $300 million. These bitcoins initially got here from...
5 Charges Temporarily Suspended in FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Legal Battle
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal prosecutors in New York have opted to quickly droop 5 expenses towards the beleaguered FTX co-founder Sam...
Former SEC Official Predicts Impending DOJ Indictment Against Binance
Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official John Reed Stark mentioned on Sunday through Twitter that he believes the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has...
US Government Presses for Independent Examiner in FTX Bankruptcy Case
Following the U.S. chapter courtroom decide’s rejection of the U.S. Trustee’s plea to designate an neutral investigator for the FTX chapter case, the federal government...