Tag: DOJ
DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that impacts price of ‘nearly everything’
Justin Sullivan | etty ImagesThe U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world's biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal m [...]
DOJ contemplates breaking up Google
The U.S. judge’s ruling that the tech giant has a monopoly in the online search and text advertising markets has prompted the Department of Justice t [...]
BitClout Founder Charged With Wire Fraud, Civil Securities Charge
“As alleged in our complaint, Al-Naji attempted to evade the federal securities laws and defraud the investing public, mistakenly believing that ‘bein [...]
DOJ Watchdog Attributes Roger Stone’s Reduced Sentence to Poor Leadership
The Justice Department’s in-house watchdog released its report on the reduction of Roger Stone’s sentence in a 2019 case related to the Trump-Russia i [...]
Conduct Versus Code May Be the Defining Question in Roman Storm Prosecution
Prosecutors and Roman Storm's attorneys met in court Friday to argue over motions to dismiss the charges against the developer and address evidentiary [...]
Julian Assange Reaches Plea Deal With U.S. DoJ
As CoinDesk reported at the time, Assange said that Wikileaks initially refrained from accepting bitcoin to avoid drawing government scrutiny that cou [...]
The U.S. Response to Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan’s Detention Is Shameful
In late February of this year, two Binance employees were detained by Nigerian officials without notice or a public announcement of charges. In the we [...]
What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum
MEV, which itself is controversial, can be a highly lucrative game dominated by automated bots that often comes at blockchain users’ expense, which is [...]
Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges
The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
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DOJ Said to Snub Sullivan & Cromwell, Appoint Competitor to Coveted Binance Monitorship: Bloomberg
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has chosen a London-based consulting firm for a coveted three-year monitorship of Binance, according to a Friday repor [...]
U.S. DOJ Identifies and Charges LockBit Ransomware Gang Leader with Fraud, Extortion
In a sprawling 26-count criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday morning, prosecutors allege that Khoroshev, 31, developed, promoted and oversaw the LockB [...]
Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting over [...]
Why the DOJ May Have Recommended a Three-Year Sentence for Binance’s Changpeng Zhao
By asking for a longer sentence, the DOJ seems to be sending a strong message, said Tama Kudman, a partner with Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner LLP. The D [...]
DOJ Disputes Roman Storm’s Characterization of Tornado Cash Operations in New Filing
The DOJ charged Storm, alongside fellow developer Roman Semenov, with conspiring to commit money laundering, conspiring to operate an unlicensed money [...]
Warren Flags Crypto Ties to Child Sexual Abuse in Letter to U.S. DOJ, Homeland Security
Cryptocurrency has become "the payment of choice for perpetrators of child sexual abuse and exploitation," the lawmakers noted, citing a February FinC [...]