Tag: allegedly
South Korea arrests Bitsonic CEO for allegedly stealing $7.5M of users’ money
The CEO of the crypto exchange Bitsonic, who was under investigation for stealing investments and deposits, was arrested by South Korean police. The V [...]
SEC files complaint against Hex founder for allegedly offering unregistered securities
The United States Securities and Exchange (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Richard Schueler, better known in the crypto space as Richard Heart, for a [...]
Ex-FTX Compliance Officer Sued for Allegedly Paying Off Would-Be Whistleblowers
The complaint, filed Tuesday, alleges Daniel Friedberg served as a "fixer," paying "exorbitant hush money" to would-be whistleblowers who threatened t [...]
Judge denies motion from Binance regarding allegedly ‘misleading’ SEC statements
A federal judge overseeing the lawsuit between Binance.US, Binance Holdings Limited and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and the United States Securities and E [...]
Wilson Aerospace sues Boeing over allegedly stole IP for NASA projects
The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocketFrank Michaux / NASAWilson Aerospace, a small family-run tools company based in Colorado, is sui [...]
South Korean lawmaker allegedly cashed out while legislating on crypto: Report
Kim Nam-kuk, a member of South Korea’s National Assembly, reportedly liquidated more than $4 million worth of crypto prior to lawmakers in the country [...]
Russian Bitcoin (BTC) Wallets Allegedly Exposed by Apparent Hacker
The unknown individual used a feature in how the bitcoin blockchain documents transactions to identify 986 wallets controlled by the Foreign Military [...]
Brooklyn court charges former banker for allegedly defrauding crypto investors
The federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charged a former investment banker and registered broker for allegedly defrauding numerous investors by promi [...]
Binance employees allegedly help customers in China bypass KYC controls
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has made significant efforts to be a leader in transparency in the industry since the FTX scanda [...]
Europol seizes $46M from crypto mixer after $2.88B allegedly laundered
According to The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, commonly known as Europol, on March 15, the agency seized assets of cryptocurr [...]
SBF allegedly used FTX money to invest $400M in obscure VC firm
Authorities in the United States might have discovered yet another possible component of Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) cryptocurrency empire.U.S. federal [...]
SEC charges Mango Markets exploiter for allegedly stealing $116M in crypto
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has followed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and others in filing parallel charges again [...]
Gemini allegedly suffered data breach; 5.7 million emails leaked
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini appears to have suffered a data breach on or before Dec. 13. According to documents obtained by Cointelegraph, hackers [...]
Crypto lender Genesis allegedly owes $900M to Gemini’s clients: Report
Crypto lender Genesis and its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) allegedly owes $900 million to Gemini's clients, according to a Financial Ti [...]
Trader allegedly saw over 5000x gains after Ankr protocol hack
As the BNB Chain-based protocol Ankr was exploited and the hacker dumped Ankr Reward Bearing Staked BNB (aBNBc) tokens, a trader took advantage of the [...]