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US DoJ sentences founder of Miami-based cryptocurrency token CluCoin to 27 months for wire fraud, with $1.14m in restitution and asset forfeiture

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Feb 14, 2025

Initially focused on charity Taylor later shifted CluCoin’s focus to NFTs, gaming, and a metaverse platform. To drive interest, he organized “NFTCon: Into the Metaverse” in Miami in April 2022. Following the event, Taylor accessed the funds from CLU investors and...

US DoJ convicts two Estonian nationals for operating a multi-faceted cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, defrauding hundreds of thousands worldwide in a $577 million fraud

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Feb 13, 2025

The dashboard displayed fake profit data while founders spent the proceeds on luxury properties, vehicles, and investments. They have agreed to forfeit over $400 million in assets which will be used to compensate victims through a remission process. Both pleaded...

ICIJ reports that a Canadian businessman, previously investigated in the Pandora Papers, has been sentenced to a U.S. prison for attempting to conceal over $40 million in cryptocurrency

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Feb 11, 2025

Patel, founder of Payza, ran a platform that allegedly facilitated criminal activities, including Ponzi schemes and illicit sales. Despite claiming minimal assets during his 2020 sentencing Patel secretly amassed 450 bitcoin in a Binance wallet before moving it to a...

CPS: Three convicted money launderers have been ordered to repay £23.6 m after illegally obtaining Australian dollars and laundering them through cryptocurrency

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jan 17, 2025

Masterminded by James Parker the scam exploited a loophole in a crypto exchange allowing his associates to withdraw millions before his death in 2021. Authorities have recovered significant assets with the CPS emphasizing its commitment to targeting proceeds of...

EBA and ESMA Report warns of significant ML/TF risks in DeFi and Crypto Lending

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jan 16, 2025

The report highlights significant ML/TF risks in decentralised finance (DeFi), citing vulnerabilities such as weak customer due diligence and anonymity features that obscure transaction origins across decentralised exchanges, lending, and staking...
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