Regulator news
Crypto-related announcements from regulators and prosecutors, collected from their official sites every two hours: charges, sentences, new rules and warnings.
769 announcements · Titles are shown in their original language and link to the regulator's own website.
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Crypto firms get guidance on how the new regime appliesDOJUnited States
U.S. Attorney Seeks Forfeiture Of $61 Million In Cryptocurrency From The Iranian Military’s Black-Market Oil SalesDOJUnited States
Former L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced to Nearly 2 Years in Prison for Violating Civil Rights While Providing Off-Duty Security for Crypto Criminal金融庁Japan
「金融サービス利用者相談室」における相談等の受付状況等（期間：令和８年４月１日～同年６月30日）について公表しました。ESMAEU
Ongoing geopolitical and economic vulnerabilities masked by strong investor optimismDOJUnited States
California Man Involved in Danbury Kidnapping and Bitcoin Robbery Scheme Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal PrisonDOJUnited States
Scam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace, and Restrains $52 Million in Laundered Crypto Scammer Funds In One DayDOJUnited States
Singaporean Ringleader of $245 Million Cryptocurrency Racketeering Enterprise Pleads Guilty in Washington D.C.DOJUnited States
Justice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet InfrastructureDOJUnited States
Justice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet InfrastructureDOJUnited States
Jury Convicts Las Vegas Business Owner of Cryptocurrency Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Founder Of Cryptocurrency Trading Fund Convicted Of Defrauding InvestorsSECUnited States
Statement on Regulation Crypto Assets: Fit-for-Purpose Exemptions for Crypto Market InnovationSECUnited States
Filling the Regulatory Tank: Regulation Crypto Assets Proposing ReleaseSECUnited States
Statement on Regulation Crypto AssetsSECUnited States
SEC Proposes New Regulation Crypto AssetsDOJUnited States
Alleged Mastermind of $165 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Facing Federal Charges after Deportation from FijiDOJUnited States
Washington State man pleads guilty to charge involving bitcoin schemeDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm “MyTrade” Sentenced for Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Three Missouri Men Charged in Cryptocurrency Robbery SchemeDOJUnited States
United States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Crypto Involved in Online Fraud SchemeESMAEU
ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletterSECUnited States
Headstands and Summervaults: A Statement on Crypto Vaults and Lending StrategiesDOJUnited States
Investigations into Cryptocurrency Scams Result in Seizure of More Than $25 MillionDOJUnited States
Sioux Falls Crypto Investor Indicted for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity TheftDOJUnited States
California Duo Charged with Operating Nationwide Darknet Drug Trafficking Operation, Laundering Cryptocurrency ProceedsDOJUnited States
Former L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Obstructing Federal Probe into Crypto ‘Mogul’ Threats Against VictimDOJUnited States
Man Serving Federal Prison Sentence Charged with Theft of Forfeited CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Man Serving Federal Prison Sentence Charged with Theft of Forfeited CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Goliath Ventures CEO Pleads Guilty to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme ConspiracyDOJUnited States
New York Man Sentenced to Prison for Impersonating Crypto Influencers In Investment ScamDOJUnited States
Jury Finds Former South Lake Tahoe Man Guilty of Multiple Cryptocurrency and Investment Fraud Schemes That Defrauded Investors of Nearly $1 MillionDOJUnited States
Brothers Plead Guilty in $8 Million Armed Cryptocurrency Kidnapping CaseDOJUnited States
Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge Connected to Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Middle Tennessee Man Indicted for Crypto Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Two Charged in Connection With Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Service That Allegedly Laundered Over $389 Million in Unlawful TransactionsDOJUnited States
Newcastle, Washington man sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping overseas fraudsters smuggle their proceeds via money transfers and bitcoinDOJUnited States
Missouri Man Admits Role in Cryptocurrency Robbery SchemeDOJUnited States
Ohio Investment Manager Sentenced to Nine Years for $10M Cryptocurrency Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Three Tennessee Men Indicted On Robbery, Kidnapping, And Conspiracy Charges Related To $6 Million Cryptocurrency Robbery Spree Throughout Bay Area And Los AngelesDOJUnited States
Canadian Illegal Alien and Co-Conspirator Charged in $13 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
‘GothFerrari’ Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Role in Massive Cryptocurrency HeistDOJUnited States
Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force Hosts Cryptocurrency PanelDOJUnited States
French National Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Laundering Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Using Shell Companies And Crypto AccountsDOJUnited States
British National Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Companies and Stealing At Least $8 Million in Virtual CurrencyDOJUnited States
Texas Man Who Orchestrated $20 Million Cryptocurrency Scam Sentenced to 23 Years in PrisonDOJUnited States
U.S. Attorney’s Office Recovers and Forfeits More Than $600K in Cryptocurrency from Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Ten Foreign Nationals Charged In An International Operation Targeting Cryptocurrency Market ManipulationDOJUnited States
Maryland Man Charged With Defrauding Crypto Exchange Of Over $50 Million In HacksDOJUnited States
Koreatown Man Arrested on Charges that He Obtained More Than $2 Million in COVID Business Loans That He Invested in CryptocurrencySECUnited States
SEC Clarifies the Application of Federal Securities Laws to Crypto AssetsDOJUnited States
L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Federal Investigation into Crypto ‘Mogul’ Threats Against Party PlannerDOJUnited States
Former L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Extorting, Falsely Arresting Rivals of Crypto FraudsterDOJUnited States
Department of Justice to Return $470,735 to Victims of Cryptocurrency Investment SchemeDOJUnited States
United States Attorney's Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover $3.4 Million in Cryptocurrency Involved in an Online Investment Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
United States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Cryptocurrency Involved in Money Laundering SchemeDOJUnited States
D.C. Scam Center Strike Force Seizures of Cryptocurrency from Chinese Transnational Criminals Tops $580 MillionDOJUnited States
U.S. Attorney’s Office EDNC Announces Seizure of $61 Million Dollars’ Worth of CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Praetorian Group International CEO sentenced to 20 years in prison for $200M bitcoin Ponzi schemeDOJUnited States
Wolcott Man Indicted for Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Cupid Doesn’t Ask for Crypto: U.S. Attorney’s Office Warns Public About Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s DayDOJUnited States
CEO of Digital Asset Company SafeMoon Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Crypto-Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Dual National of China and St. Kitts and Nevis Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency ScamDOJUnited States
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $73 Million Global Cryptocurrency Investment ScamDOJUnited States
Government Forfeits Over $400M in Assets Tied to Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency MixerDOJUnited States
U.S. Obtains Legal Title to $400 Million in Assets Tied to Helix Cryptocurrency MixerDOJUnited States
Chinese National Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting U.S. VictimsDOJUnited States
Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Role in Crypto Scam Targeting AmericansSECUnited States
SEC and CFTC Reschedule Joint Event on Harmonization, U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto EraSECUnited States
SEC and CFTC to Hold Joint Event on Harmonization, U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto EraDOJUnited States
United States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Proceeds of Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud SchemeSECUnited States
SEC Charges Three Purported Crypto Asset Trading Platforms and Four Investment Clubs with Scheme That Targeted Retail Investors on Social MediaDOJUnited States
United States Files Forfeiture Action Against $1.2 Million Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
Fraudster Sentenced To 71 Months In Prison For Crypto Ponzi Scheme “IcomTech”DOJUnited States
Department of Justice Agents Seize $8.5 Million in Cryptocurrency and Disrupt Investment Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
OVER $200,000 IN CRYPTOCURRENCY FORFEITED IN SCAM INVOLVING ELDERLY VICTIMSDOJUnited States
Crypto-Enabled Fraudster Sentenced For Orchestrating $40 Billion FraudDOJUnited States
Guilty Plea and Superseding Indictment Announced in Social Engineering Scheme that Stole $263 Million in CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
United States uses civil asset forfeiture to recover nearly $1.7M for victims of cryptocurrency investment scamDOJUnited States
Justice Department Announces Seizure of Tai Chang Scam Compound Domain Used in Cryptocurrency Investment FraudDOJUnited States
Scam Center Strike Force Announces Seizure of Fake Cryptocurrency Investment Domain Used by Tai Chang Scam Compound in BurmaDOJUnited States
U.S. ATTORNEY HEAP ANNOUNCES FORFEITURE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY AND RETURN OF FRAUD PROCEEDS TO VICTIMDOJUnited States
Federal Jury in Chicago Convicts Man of Orchestrating $14 Million Cryptocurrency FraudDOJUnited States
North Texas Man Convicted of Conspiracy and Wire Fraud in Cryptocurrency Mining SchemeDOJUnited States
Founders Of Samourai Wallet Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Sentenced To Five And Four Years In PrisonDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Money Launderer Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy in Scheme that Stole $263 Million in CryptoDOJUnited States
Founder of Chicago Cryptocurrency Company Indicted in Alleged $10 Million Money Laundering ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors in $9.4M Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Detroit Man Sentenced After Meticulously Plotting And Secretly Sending Cryptocurrency to Help ISISDOJUnited States
U.S. ATTORNEY HEAP ANNOUNCES FORFEITURE OF OVER $1 MILLION IN CRYPTOCURRENCY AS A RESULT OF A FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONDOJUnited States
New Scam Center Strike Force Battles Southeast Asian Crypto Investment Fraud Targeting AmericansDOJUnited States
Texas resident sentenced for role in crypto-Ponzi schemeDOJUnited States
Early Cryptocurrency Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Admits to Misconduct and Enters into Deferred Prosecution AgreementDOJUnited States
Chairman of Prince Group Indicted for Operating Cambodian Forced Labor Scam Compounds Engaged in Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemesDOJUnited States
Chairman of Prince Group Indicted for Operating Cambodian Forced-Labor Scam Compounds Engaged in Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemesDOJUnited States
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Crypto Influencers in Investment ScamDOJUnited States
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Corrupt Cryptocurrency Figure to Extort and Falsely Arrest RivalsDOJUnited States
ILLEGAL ONLINE DRUG MARKET DISMANTLED AND MORE THAN $28 MILLION IN CRYPTOCURRENCY FORFEITEDDOJUnited States
Brothers Charged in $8 Million Armed Crypto-Kidnapping HeistDOJUnited States
Montana man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for engaging in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracyDOJUnited States
Praetorian Group International CEO pleads guilty to $200M bitcoin Ponzi schemeDOJUnited States
United States Seeks Civil Forfeiture of Cryptocurrency Associated with Iranian National Mohammad AbediniDOJUnited States
Debtor Who Led Crypto Investment Scheme Denied Bankruptcy DischargeDOJUnited States
Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Over $5 Million in Bitcoin Stolen in SIM Swapping ScamsDOJUnited States
United States Files Forfeiture Action Against More Than $12 Million in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Money LaunderingSECUnited States
SEC Crypto Task Force to Host Roundtable on Financial Surveillance and PrivacyDOJUnited States
San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in $36.9 Million Global Digital Asset Investment ScamDOJUnited States
California Man Sentenced for Role in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9M from VictimsSECUnited States
SEC and CFTC Staff Issue Joint Statement on Trading of Certain Spot Crypto Asset ProductsDOJUnited States
Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of $848,247 in Cryptocurrency from Confidence ScamsDOJUnited States
Former CEO And CFO Of Cryptocurrency Lender Cred LLC Sentenced To Multiple Years In Prison For Wire Fraud Conspiracy ConvictionsDOJUnited States
Ohio Brother and Sister Lose More Than $1M in Cryptocurrency Investment ScamDOJUnited States
United States uses civil asset forfeiture to recover $1.9M for victim of cryptocurrency investment schemeDOJUnited States
Crypto Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million Dollar “Cryptojacking” SchemeDOJUnited States
Justice Department Announces Seizure of Over $2.8 Million in Cryptocurrency, Cash, and Other AssetsDOJUnited States
Justice Department Announces Seizure of Over $2.8 Million in Cryptocurrency, Cash, and other AssetsDOJUnited States
Founders Of Samourai Wallet Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Plead GuiltyDOJUnited States
Founder Of Tornado Cash Crypto Mixing Service Convicted Of Knowingly Transmitting Criminal ProceedsDOJUnited States
Texas resident pleads guilty in crypto-Ponzi schemeSECUnited States
On the Road: SEC Crypto Task Force to Host a Series of Roundtables Across the U.S.SECUnited States
SEC Permits In-Kind Creations and Redemptions for Crypto ETPsDOJUnited States
Founder And CEO Of AML Bitcoin Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
United States files a civil complaint in the Northern District of Texas seeking the forfeiture of over $1.7 million worth of cryptocurrency seized by Dallas FBIDOJUnited States
United States Disrupts Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud and Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $325,000 in Funds Involved in Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
U.S. commences civil action to forfeit $7.1 million in cryptocurrency tied to oil and gas storage fraud schemeDOJUnited States
Former semi-professional Rugby Player sentenced to prison for cryptocurrency mining Ponzi schemeDOJUnited States
New York Man Who Ran $7-Million-Dollar Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme Sentenced To Four Years In Federal PrisonDOJUnited States
OmegaPro Founder and Promoter Charged for Running Global $650M Foreign Exchange and Crypto Investment ScamDOJUnited States
OmegaPro Founder and Promoter Charged for Running Global $650M Foreign Exchange and Crypto Investment ScamDOJUnited States
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Concealing His Cryptocurrency Donations to ISISDOJUnited States
Four North Koreans Charged in Nearly $1 Million Cryptocurrency Theft SchemeDOJUnited States
Co-Owner of Virtual Currency Companies Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Operating Crypto Ponzi SchemesDOJUnited States
United States Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225M in Funds Involved in Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
Largest Ever Seizure of Funds Related to Crypto Confidence ScamsDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm “Gotbit” and Founder Sentenced for Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
United States returns over $680,000 in stolen cryptocurrency using civil asset forfeitureDOJUnited States
5 Men Plead Guilty for Role in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from VictimsDOJUnited States
Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from VictimsDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Payment Company Charged with Evading Sanctions and Export Controls, Defrauding Financial Institutions, and Violating the Bank Secrecy ActDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Payment Company Charged with Evading Sanctions and Export Controls, Defrauding Financial Institutions, and Violating the Bank Secrecy ActDOJUnited States
Ohio Man Loses Nearly Half a Million Dollars in Cryptocurrency Investment ScamSECUnited States
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto DeFiDOJUnited States
United States Recovers Approximately $2.5 Million of Cryptocurrency Involved in Fraudulent Confidence SchemesDOJUnited States
United States Seizes More than $868,247 in Alleged Proceeds of a Cryptocurrency Confidence SchemeDOJUnited States
NY Man Charged With Using Sham Blockchain Venture To Defraud InvestorsDOJUnited States
Chief Executive Officer of Digital Asset Company Found Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Crypto-Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Alabama Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Connection with Securities and Exchange Commission X Hack that Spiked Bitcoin PricesDOJUnited States
Alabama Man Sentenced in Hack of SEC X Account that Spiked the Value of BitcoinDOJUnited States
Additional 12 Defendants Charged in RICO Conspiracy for over $263 Million Cryptocurrency Thefts, Money Laundering, Home Break-InsDOJUnited States
Springfield man sentenced to over 30 years in prison for crypto-terror financing schemeDOJUnited States
Man Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Prison for Crypto-Terror Financing SchemeDOJUnited States
Long Island Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison Following Conviction At Trial For Defrauding Cryptocurrency Investors And Others Of More Than $12 MillionSECUnited States
SEC Charges PGI Global Founder with $198 Million Crypto Asset and Foreign Exchange Fraud SchemeSECUnited States
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto CustodyDOJUnited States
Secret Service Seizes Another Web Domain Used in Furtherance of a Cryptocurrency “Pig Butchering” SchemeSECUnited States
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto TradingDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm Sentenced for Cryptocurrency "Wash Trading"DOJUnited States
United States Seeks Civil Forfeiture of Approximately $23 Million in Cryptocurrency Seized from GotbitDOJUnited States
Justice Department Disrupts Hamas Terrorist Financing Scheme Through Seizure of CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Justice Department Disrupts Hamas Terrorist Financing Scheme Through Seizure of CryptocurrencySECUnited States
SEC Crypto Task Force to Host Four More RoundtablesDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm "Gotbit" and Founder Plead Guilty to Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Brooklyn Podcaster and Cryptocurrency Personality Known as “T.J. Stone” Sentenced to 45 Months’ ImprisonmentDOJUnited States
California man sentenced in cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracyDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Founder And CEO Convicted Of Wire Fraud And Money Laundering In Connection With Marketing And Sale Of AML BitcoinDOJUnited States
Two Tulsans Sentenced for Running Illegal Dark Web Cryptocurrency PharmacyDOJUnited States
Garantex cryptocurrency exchange disrupted in international operationDOJUnited States
Garantex Cryptocurrency Exchange Disrupted in International OperationDOJUnited States
Ex-Girlfriend of Crypto ‘Godfather’ Agrees to Plead Guilty to Tax Charge for Failing to Report More Than $2.6 Million in Illicit IncomeSECUnited States
SEC Crypto Task Force to Host Roundtable on Security StatusSECUnited States
Commissioner Hester Peirce Announces Crypto Task Force StaffDOJUnited States
Ohio Woman Loses Life Savings in Cryptocurrency Investment ScamSECUnited States
SEC Announces Dismissal of Civil Enforcement Action Against CoinbaseDOJUnited States
New York Man Who Ran Multi-Million-Dollar Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme Found Guilty Of Wire Fraud And Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
Montana man convicted in cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracyDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm “Gotbit” Extradited to the United States to Face Charges of Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
OKX Pleads Guilty To Violating U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws And Agrees To Pay Penalties Totaling More Than $500 MillionDOJUnited States
Brazilian Extradited from Switzerland to the United States to Face Indictment Charging Involvement in $290M+ Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
United States Attorney's Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Proceeds of Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Founder of Miami-Based Cryptocurrency Token CluCoin Sentenced for Wire FraudDOJUnited States
Owner Of Las Vegas Company Indicted In $24 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Two Estonian Nationals plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency fraud schemeDOJUnited States
Two Estonian Nationals Plead Guilty in $577M Cryptocurrency Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Guilty Plea in Hacking of the SEC’s X Account That Caused Bitcoin Value SpikeDOJUnited States
Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracies Involving Cyber Intrusion and a Massive $37 Million Cryptocurrency TheftDOJUnited States
Canadian National Charged With Stealing Approximately $65 Million in Cryptocurrency From Two DeFi ProtocolsDOJUnited States
Canadian Man Charged in $65M Cryptocurrency Hacking SchemesDOJUnited States
Two Chinese Chemical Company Executives Convicted And Multiple Websites And Cryptocurrency Accounts Seized In Connection With Fentanyl Precursor Importation And Money Laundering SchemesDOJUnited States
Kucoin Pleads Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission Charge And Agrees To Pay Penalties Totaling Nearly $300 MillionSECUnited States
SEC Crypto 2.0: Acting Chairman Uyeda Announces Formation of New Crypto Task ForceDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm Agrees to Plead Guilty to Charges Related to Cryptocurrency “Wash Trading”DOJUnited States
International Crypto Vendor Sentenced for Money Laundering ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Crypto ‘Godfather’ and LASD Detective Agree to Plead Guilty to Violating Civil Rights of Business Rivals and Tax CrimesDOJUnited States
Global Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX Fined $100 Million For Violating Bank Secrecy ActDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Thousands of Investors of Over $9M in Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Operators of Cryptocurrency Mixers Charged with Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
Operators of Cryptocurrency Mixers Charged with Money LaunderingDOJUnited States
Former Tri-Cities Pastor Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency ScamDOJUnited States
Beverly Hills and Ventura County Men Indicted for Allegedly Running NFT Crypto Fraud that Conned Investors Out of More Than $22 MillionDOJUnited States
South Lake Tahoe Man Indicted on 12 Counts of Wire Fraud in Cryptocurrency Trading ScamDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Firm Executive Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing $4.46 Million from EmployerDOJUnited States
U.S. Attorney’s Office forfeits cryptocurrency and helps victims of business email compromise fraud schemeDOJUnited States
Virginia Man Convicted for Crypto Financing Scheme to ISISDOJUnited States
Federal jury convicts Springfield man for crypto financing scheme to ISISDOJUnited States
Former Secret Service Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft of Cryptocurrency from Evidence VaultDOJUnited States
Couple sentenced for laundering millions in drug proceeds using virtual currencyDOJUnited States
Early Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Filing Tax Returns that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency GainsDOJUnited States
Spokane Fraudster Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison for Operating a Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme and Defrauding Investors of More than $350,000DOJUnited States
Two Defendants Sentenced To 10 Years And Eight Years In Prison For Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme “IcomTech”DOJUnited States
Ohio Man Deceived into Transferring Life Savings in Cryptocurrency ScamDOJUnited States
Lancaster Man Convicted of Money Laundering and Operating an Unlawful Money Transmission Business for Converting Cash to BitcoinDOJUnited States
Fifteen Defendants Charged in Operation Targeting Conversion of Bulk U.S. Cash Proceeds from Drug Sales into Cryptocurrency for Mexican CartelsDOJUnited States
Operator of Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency ‘Mixer’ Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Hundreds of Millions of DollarsDOJUnited States
Operator of Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency “Mixer” Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy and Ordered to Forfeit Over $400M in AssetsDOJUnited States
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Billions in Stolen CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Billions in Stolen CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions in Proceeds from Cryptocurrency Investment ScamsDOJUnited States
Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions of Dollars in Illicit Proceeds from Cryptocurrency Investment ScamsDOJUnited States
Bitcoin Fog Operator Sentenced for Money Laundering ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Operator of ‘Bitcoin Fog’ Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Running Notorious Darknet Cryptocurrency MixerDOJUnited States
Website Related to Multi-Billion Dollar Bitfinex Hack EstablishedDOJUnited States
Victims of cryptocurrency scam awarded restitutionDOJUnited States
Jury Finds Non-Fungible Token Developer Guilty Of Defrauding Investors And Laundering Proceeds Through Solana And Ethereum BlockchainsDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm "Gotbit" Indicted for Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Founder of Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm “MyTrade” Pleads Guilty to Market Manipulation and Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Operator of Unlicensed Virtual Currency Exchange AurumXchange Charged with Federal Money Laundering and Tax CrimesDOJUnited States
FBI Arrests Alabama Man in the January 2024 SEC X Hack that Spiked the Value of BitcoinDOJUnited States
Indian National Is Sentenced To Prison For $20 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving Fake Cryptocurrency Exchange WebsitesDOJUnited States
Senior Promoter In Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Sentenced To 240 Months In PrisonSECUnited States
SEC Charges Cumberland DRW for Operating as an Unregistered Dealer in the Crypto Asset MarketsSECUnited States
SEC Charges Three So-Called Market Makers and Nine Individuals in Crackdown on Manipulation of Crypto Assets Offered and Sold as SecuritiesDOJUnited States
Eighteen Individuals and Entities Charged in International Operation Targeting Widespread Fraud and Manipulation in the Cryptocurrency MarketsDOJUnited States
Founder Of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme IcomTech Sentenced To 121 Months In PrisonDOJUnited States
United States Seeks to Forfeit 200,000 Tether (“USDT”) Cryptocurrency, Valued at $200,000, Fraudulently Transferred from the Virtual Currency Wallet of an Ohio VictimDOJUnited States
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracies Involving Cyber Intrusion and $37 Million Cryptocurrency TheftSECUnited States
SEC Charges Entities Operating Crypto Asset Trading Platform Mango Markets for Unregistered Offers and Sales of the Platform’s “MNGO” Governance TokensDOJUnited States
Two Russian nationals charged in connection with operating billion-dollar money laundering services; Justice Department seizes web domains for multiple illicit crypto exchangesDOJUnited States
Long Island Man Convicted At Trial Of Participating In Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency-Related CrimesDOJUnited States
United States Seizes More than $6 Million in Alleged Proceeds of a Crypto-Confidence SchemeSECUnited States
SEC Charges Crypto Companies TrustToken and TrueCoin With Defrauding Investors Regarding Stablecoin Investment ProgramDOJUnited States
Indictment Charges Two in $230 Million Cryptocurrency ScamDOJUnited States
Twelve Defendants Sentenced for Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Twelve Defendants Sentenced for Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Early Bitcoin Investor Pleads Guilty to Filing Tax Return that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency GainsSECUnited States
eToro Reaches Settlement with SEC and Will Cease Trading Activity in Nearly All Crypto AssetsSECUnited States
SEC Charges Crypto-Focused Advisory Firm Galois Capital for Custody FailuresSECUnited States
SEC Charges Abra with Unregistered Offers and Sales of Crypto Asset SecuritiesDOJUnited States
Investment Fraud Disrupted by Seizure of $5 Million in CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Founder of Miami-Based Cryptocurrency Token CluCoin Pleads Guilty to Wire FraudSECUnited States
SEC Charges Alleged Crypto Company NovaTech and its Principals and Promoters with $650 Million FraudDOJUnited States
Founder Of “BitClout” Digital Asset Charged With Fraud In Connection With Sale Of “BitClout” TokensSECUnited States
SEC Charges Nader Al-Naji with Fraud and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Asset SecuritiesDOJUnited States
Columbia County man sentenced to federal prison for bilking customers for purchase of cryptocurrency computersDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency Firm Executive Admits Stealing $4.46 Million from EmployerDOJUnited States
U.S. files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Cryptocurrency Worth $2.5 Million for Victims of Pig Butchering SchemeDOJUnited States
Global Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX Pleads Guilty To Bank Secrecy Act OffenseDOJUnited States
Colorado Man Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Prison for Stealing $2.1 Million of CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Uzbekistan man extradited from Ukraine and arraigned on charges of stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Man Pleads Guilty to Operating a Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme and Defrauding Investors of More than $350,000DOJUnited States
Two Men Sentenced for Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud SchemesDOJUnited States
Man Convicted of Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Man Convicted of Violent Home Invasion Robberies to Steal CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
South Texan imprisoned in cryptocurrency purchase and child pornography downloadDOJUnited States
Colorado man pleads guilty in crypto investment fraud schemeDOJUnited States
Senior Promoter In Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Former Investment Banker and Registered Broker Sentenced for Operating $1.5M Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Former Investment Banker and Registered Broker Sentenced to 41 Months’ Imprisonment for Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud SchemeDOJUnited States
Two Estonian Nationals Extradited from Estonia to the United States for $575M Cryptocurrency Fraud and Money Laundering SchemeDOJUnited States
Two Estonian defendants indicted in massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme extradited to U.S.DOJUnited States
Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty to Promoting $9.5M Cryptocurrency Ponzi SchemeDOJUnited States
Fmr. executive pleads guilty after losing bank’s $47.1 million in crypto schemeDOJUnited States
Indian National Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Conspiracy For Stealing Over $37 Million By Spoofing Coinbase's WebsiteDOJUnited States
Brooklyn Man and Cryptocurrency Personality "T.J. Stone" Pleads Guilty to Wire FraudDOJUnited States
Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for Laundering At Least $73M Through Shell Companies Tied to Cryptocurrency Investment ScamsDOJUnited States
Helena man sentenced to prison for trafficking fentanyl purchased on dark web using cryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for Allegedly Laundering At Least $73 Million Through Shell Companies Tied to Cryptocurrency Investment ScamsDOJUnited States
Secret Service Seizes a Web Domain Used in Furtherance of a Cryptocurrency “Pig Butchering” SchemeDOJUnited States
Two Brothers Arrested For Attacking The Ethereum Blockchain And Stealing $25 Million In CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Two Brothers Arrested for Attacking Ethereum Blockchain and Stealing $25M in CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Cryptocurrency futures market CEO pleads guilty to violating Bank Secrecy ActDOJUnited States
Former Inland Empire Nonprofit CEO Arrested on Indictment Alleging She Embezzled Federal Grant Funds for Wedding and CryptoDOJUnited States
Former CEO, CFO, And CCO Of Cred LLC Charged With Alleged Multi-Million-Dollar Cryptocurrency-Related Wire Fraud ConspiracyDOJUnited States
Early Bitcoin Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Indicted for Allegedly Committing Tax Fraud and Causing $48 Million Loss to IRSDOJUnited States
Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax FraudDOJUnited States
Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting OffensesDOJUnited States
Man Charged in $1.49 Million Scam Involving Bitcoin ATM Deposits and Bulk Gold Purchases; Victim is Retiree who Lost Life SavingsDOJUnited States
Man Convicted For $110 Million Cryptocurrency SchemeDOJUnited States
Man Convicted for $110M Cryptocurrency SchemeDOJUnited States
Former Security Engineer Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Hacking Two Decentralized Cryptocurrency ExchangesDOJUnited States
Florida woman convicted in cryptocurrency money laundering schemeDOJUnited States
“Head Of Legal And Compliance” For Multibillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme “OneCoin” Sentenced To Four Years In PrisonDOJUnited States
Miami cryptocurrency exchanger sentenced to prison for running unlicensed money transmitter businessDOJUnited States
Prominent Global Cryptocurrency Exchange KuCoin And Two Of Its Founders Criminally Charged With Bank Secrecy Act And Unlicensed Money Transmission OffensesDOJUnited States
California man convicted in cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy and for importing controlled substancesDOJUnited States
Former New Jersey Corrections Officer Admits Role In Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme That Targeted Law Enforcement, Fire Personnel, And Other First RespondersDOJUnited States
Queens Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Laundering Bitcoin and Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting BusinessDOJUnited States
Two Defendants Convicted At Trial For Participating In Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme “IcomTech”SECUnited States
SEC Charges 17 Individuals in $300 Million Crypto Asset Ponzi Scheme Targeting the Latino CommunityDOJUnited States
Silk Road Drug Trafficker Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds through CryptocurrencyDOJUnited States
Online Cryptocurrency Exchanger Pleads Guilty to Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
