Crypto Crime News

Compound Labs issued an urgent alert, confirming that their website may have been compromised.

Amidst ongoing demands for regulatory clarity in the crypto sector, a pivotal issue has emerged regarding the classification of stablecoins – digital assets usually tied to and supported by the U.S. dollar – as securities.

Malaysian authorities have uncovered a staggering case of electricity theft amounting to $725 million by illegal Bitcoin miners between 2018 and 2023.

The US Department of Justice announced that BitMEX has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act due to operating without a sufficient AML program from 2015 to 2020.

A former spa worker from New York faces charges related to an alleged murder-for-bitcoin plot involving threats to dismember a victim and solicit a neighbor’s help in disposing of a body.

Bitwise Asset Management faces a lawsuit from Vandelay Industries on behalf of a family, accusing the company of financial misconduct and seeking $2 million in damages.

A former compliance officer at Crypto.com, registered in Malta as Foris Dax MT Limited, faces serious charges of extortion and money laundering.