Tag: Bitcoin Exchange
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Bitcoin Exchange Owner Jailed for Money Laundering
The owner of a Bulgarian bitcoin exchange has been sentenced to prison in the United States for his involvement in a transnational …
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Bitcoin Exchange Owner Laundered Millions of Dollars
The owner of a Bitcoin exchange has become the seventeenth person to be convicted in the United States in connection with a transnational …
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US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m
Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it’s going …
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Greece U-Turns — Now Approves Mr. Bitcoin’s Extradition To Russia
Mr. Bitcoin a.k.a. Alexander Vinnik is not going to France nor to the United States; instead, he is now possibly going to his homeland Russia. …
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Head of Hacked Bitcoin Exchange Pleads Guilty to US Charges
Cybercrime , Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Head of Hacked Bitcoin Exchange Pleads Guilty to US Charges After Theft of 6,000 …
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BTC-e Operator, Accused of Laundering $4 Billion, to be Extradited to France
In a legal extradition tug-of-war between the United States and Russia, it seems France has won the game, surprisingly. A Greek court has …
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Why Is It So Hard to Run a Bitcoin Exchange?
One of the chronic features of the Bitcoin landscape is that Bitcoin exchanges screw up and fail, starting with Mt. …
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Bitcoin Exchange Files for Bankruptcy After Being Hacked Again
Earlier this week, a major South Korean bitcoin exchange, Youbit, was hacked for the second time in less than 8 months. It has since filed …
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Bitcoin Exchange YouBit Shutdowns after being Hacked Second Time this Year
Bitcoin exchange Youbit shutdowns services after it was hacked second time in the same year within eight months. The first incident occurs …
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Greek Court Approves US Extradition of BTC-e Operator In $4 Billion Money Laundering Case
A Greek court has approved the U.S. extradition of a 38-year-old Russian national accused of laundering more than $4 billion in bitcoin for …
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Russian Operator of Bitcoin Exchange Charged with Money Laundering
Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik and BTC-e, the Bitcoin exchange he allegedly controlled, have been charged in a 21-count indictment for money laundering, operating an unlicensed money service business, and related crimes, the DoJ reported. BTC-e was founded in 2011 and was one of the largest and most broadly used digital currency exchanges in the world.…
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How Hackers Cash Out Thousands of Bitcoins Received in Ransomware Attacks
Digital currencies have emerged as a favourite tool for hackers and cyber criminals, as digital currency transactions are nearly anonymous, allowing cyber criminals to use it in underground markets for illegal trading, and to receive thousands of dollars in ransomware attacks—WannaCry, Petya, LeakerLocker, Locky and Cerber to name a few. Also, every other day we…
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