Texas Drug Ring Sentenced for Laundering $50K Monthly in Cryptocurrency
Six members of a Texas-based drug ring have been sentenced for their roles in a dark web drug operation, which laundered up to $50,000 per month in cryptocurrency. The group,…
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New York Man Pleads Guilty in Crypto-Fueled $25M Money Laundering Case
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced on Friday that Yanbing Chen, a 30-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to his involvement in an international money laundering and drug…
Durov Unaware of French Arrest Warrant — Macron Denies Knowledge of Durov’s Visit
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was reportedly unaware of an arrest warrant issued against him in France, according to a source from the Paris prosecutor’s office. The French investigation was not…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France: TON Price Plummets
Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, has reportedly been arrested at Le Bourget airport in France under a search warrant issued by the French judicial police. The arrest follows…
Man Faces 20-Year Prison Sentence in Crypto Money Laundering Case
A Rhode Island resident has pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy linked to an international drug trafficking ring. The operation laundered over $25 million using cryptocurrency, with Villa directly involved…
US Jury Convicts Two in $8M Crypto-Linked Dark Web Drug Scheme
A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted Oluwole Adegboruwa and Enrique Isong, foreign nationals, of multiple drug-related charges. From 2016 to 2019, they generated over $8 million in cryptocurrency,…
DOJ Captures Alleged ‘Architect’ of Darknet Marketplace Incognito
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the operator of the darknet marketplace Incognito was apprehended at John F. Kennedy Airport on May 18. Law enforcement officials claim Rui-Siang…
Cartier Family Member Indicted for Using USDT to Launder Hundreds of Millions in Drug Trafficking Money
Maximilien De Hoop Cartier, a descendant of the family famous for their French luxury goods Cartier, has been indicted for his participation in a network that allegedly used several shell…
Crypto is for criminals? JPMorgan has been fined $39B and has its own token
Crypto proponents on X wasted no time pointing out the hypocrisy of JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent remarks to the United States Banking Committee about Bitcoin and crypto.