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Crypto Activists Accuse ABC News of Defaming Bitcoin

ForkLog 51 04.12.2025

Bitcoin Supporters Slam ABC News Over Negative Coverage

ABIB has filed a formal complaint against ABC News over an article on the crypto market downturn, citing "numerous factual errors" and "one-sided interpretation."

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ForkLog 97 23.11.2025

Bitcoin ATM Operator Considers Sale Amid CEO’s Legal Troubles

American bitcoin ATM operator Crypto Dispensers is contemplating a sale for $100 million. This news follows the indictment of the company's founder on money laundering charges.

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ForkLog 178 15.10.2025

Binance Dismisses Allegations of Profiting from Listings as Defamatory

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has stated that it does not profit from the listing of new assets.

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ForkLog 80 27.06.2025

Across Protocol Team Accused of Withdrawing $23 Million from DAO; ACX Token Falls 10%

The price of Across Protocol’s token (ACX) has dropped by more than 10% following accusations against the team of manipulating the DAO and engaging in insider trading prior to its listing on Binance. TLDR: Across Protocol/Bridge ($ACX) team used secret votes to extract ~$23m from the Across DAO’s treasury for their own private company’s benefit. […]

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ForkLog 23 11.04.2025

AI Startup Nate’s Former CEO Accused of Fraudulent Automation Claims

Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of the AI-based shopping automation app Nate, who promised a “universal” checkout experience, has been charged with defrauding investors. He allegedly spoke of existing AI innovations while secretly hiring staff to create the illusion of technological automation, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. […]

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ForkLog 14 20.03.2025

Gotbit CEO Admits Fraud, Agrees to Pay $23 Million

Gotbit founder Alexey Andriunin has reached a plea agreement with U.S. authorities, admitting to fraud and market manipulation. The agreement includes the forfeiture of crypto assets worth $23 million, as stated in a letter submitted by prosecutors to the federal court in Massachusetts. Andriunin’s involvement in the market maker’s operations “harmed market participants” who purchased […]

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ForkLog 8 01.11.2024

US Justice Department Charges Gotbit Founder with Fraud

The Massachusetts Attorney’s Office has charged Alexey Andryunin, founder and CEO of market maker Gotbit, with fraud and conspiracy to manipulate the cryptocurrency market. Founder of cryptocurrency financial services firm “Gotbit” indicted for market manipulation and fraud conspiracy. Allegedly made tens of millions of dollars in proceeds for fraudulent “wash trading” services. ?https://t.co/d0ofGJkACz — U.S. […]

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ForkLog 10 16.10.2024

SEC Accuses Saitama Inu and Robo Inu Promoter of Fraud

SEC has charged a U.S.-based Vietnamese citizen, Vy Pham, with fraud for her involvement in market manipulation schemes involving meme tokens Saitama Inu and Robo Inu. The agency also alleges that the assets were offered and sold as unregistered securities. According to the SEC, Pham (known by the pseudonym msvy_crypto) personally engaged in market manipulation […]

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ForkLog 37 10.10.2024

US Charges Gotbit and Other Market Makers with Cryptocurrency Manipulation

Federal prosecutors in Boston have filed “the first-ever criminal charges against financial companies for manipulating the crypto market and engaging in wash trading.” Eighteen individuals and organizations stand accused of large-scale fraud and market manipulation in the cryptocurrency sector, including executives from market-making firms Gotbit, ZM Quant, CLS Global, MyTrad, and several crypto projects. Four […]

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ForkLog 21 06.05.2024

Cartier Heir Accused of Laundering Drug Cartel Money via USDT

The Southern District of New York’s prosecutor charged a member of the Cartier family and five Colombian nationals with laundering drug trafficking proceeds through the stablecoin USDT. Authorities allege the individuals were part of a money laundering network operating in the US and Colombia, utilizing a system of brokers and shell companies in their illicit […]

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ForkLog 20 26.03.2024

US Accuses KuCoin of Laundering $9 Billion

The US federal prosecutor charged cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and its two founders with laundering $9 billion. Authorities allege that platform founders Chun (Michael) Gan and Ke (Eric) Tang failed to implement KYC/AML procedures from 2017 to 2023, despite serving over 30 million clients. Subsequently, identification and verification did not apply to existing users. Thus, the […]

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ForkLog 17 22.03.2023

Head of OneCoin pyramid compliance faces up to 40 years in prison

U.S. authorities charged Irina Dilkinskaya, the former head of the compliance department at the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, with fraud and conspiracy to launder money.

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