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A family was held at gunpoint for more than eight hours and forced to transfer more than $8 million in cryptocurrency in a violent Minnesota home invasion that has now…
Federal jurors convicted a former cryptocurrency promoter after prosecutors tied him to investment fraud schemes that cost investors nearly $1 million. The case centered on Crypto-Pal, which was marketed as…
HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a global wire-fraud scheme. Promoter “ Bitcoin Rodney” pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge after…
Federal prosecutors detailed a guilty plea in a violent kidnapping plot tied to an attempted bitcoin robbery. Authorities said the scheme sought to steal bitcoin connected to a theft worth…
U.S. prosecutors charged two men in a $389 million cryptocurrency laundering case tied to a dark web bitcoin service. Authorities said 10,333 BTC moved through its wallets, while arrests, domain…
Armed intruders allegedly used a fake food delivery to get inside a home and demand access to cryptocurrency accounts. The case shows how crypto wealth can become a real-world target…
A federal fraud case led to major crypto seizures after prosecutors said nearly $100 million moved through bank accounts and exchanges. Authorities seized some $7.1 million from digital wallets tied…
A kidnapping and Lamborghini carjacking tied to a theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin are now central to a federal criminal case, highlighting the real-world dangers that…
Coinbase froze more than $3 million in crypto tied to Southeast Asian scam networks as federal officials expanded a wider fraud crackdown. The DOJ-backed effort also involved major tech companies,…
The U.S. Justice Department said a joint public-private operation disrupted more than 1.4 million accounts linked to Southeast Asian scam networks. The effort also helped freeze more than $3.8 million…