Crime

Highlights: Ohio Investment Manager Giri has received nine years for a $10 million crypto Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors said Giri promised risk-free returns on Bitcoin derivatives. He admitted to new investor solicitation after his guilty plea. Federal prosecutors secured a nine-year […]

Highlights: Myanmar’s proposed Anti-Online Scam Bill could allow death sentences for severe forced scam crimes. Scam center operators and digital currency fraud offenders could face life imprisonment under the bill. The proposal comes as Myanmar faces growing pressure over trafficking, […]

Highlights: Prosecutors indicted three Tennessee men over violent robberies targeting crypto owners across California. The suspects allegedly restrained victims at gunpoint and forced them to open crypto accounts. The group allegedly stole about $6.5 million in crypto from one victim’s […]

Highlights: Ninth defendant pleads guilty in $263M crypto social engineering scheme. The stolen Bitcoin funded imported cars, rentals, and luxury goods. Tangeman laundered $3.5M using bulk-cash conversions. Evan Tangerman, a 22-year-old Newport Beach resident, pleaded guilty in a large-scale crypto […]