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ForkLog 5 21.10.2022

Turkish authorities seize $40m in cryptocurrency from organisers of illegal betting

The Ankara prosecutor's office seized $40m in digital assets as part of an operation to combat illegal sports betting. The Daily Sabah reports.

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ForkLog 7 20.07.2022

U.S. authorities seize $500,000 from North Korea-linked ransomware operators

The U.S. Department of Justice said it confiscated about $500,000 paid to North Korea-linked ransomware operators.

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ForkLog 4 29.06.2022

Argentine customs seize 2,233 mining devices

Argentine customs officers confiscated a large batch of mining equipment. Local publication Ambito reports this.

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ForkLog 9 27.05.2022

Head of Belarusian Investigative Committee on cryptocurrency seizures

The Investigative Committee of Belarus is already actively seizing cryptocurrencies. This was stated by the head of the agency, Dmitry Hora.

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ForkLog 7 22.04.2022

Lawyer flags gaps in Belarus’s cryptocurrency seizure framework

The Belarusian Ministry of Justice decree on cryptocurrency seizures within enforcement proceedings is unclear and requires clarification. ForkLog said this, citing Denis Aleynikov, senior partner at Aleynikov & Partners.

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ForkLog 6 20.04.2022

US Secret Service Seizes $102 Million in Cryptocurrency Since 2015

Over the past seven years, the U.S. Secret Service has seized digital assets totaling more than $102 million in 254 fraud investigations, according to CNBC.

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ForkLog 19 19.04.2022

Belarus Sets Out Procedure for Seizing Cryptocurrencies

The Ministry of Justice of Belarus has established the procedure for seizing digital currencies within enforcement proceedings. This was reported on the ministry's website.

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ForkLog 4 06.04.2022

In REvil case, Russia’s Interior Ministry seizes hundreds of millions of rubles and nearly 20 BTC

During the investigation into the REvil hacker group, the Russian Interior Ministry confiscated large sums in rubles, dollars, euros and cryptocurrency. Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Lebedev announced this.

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ForkLog 7 17.03.2022

U.S. authorities to return stolen bitcoins worth $450,000 to an American citizen

U.S. authorities recovered bitcoins worth about $450,000 that telephone scammers stole from an elderly American citizen.

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ForkLog 6 14.03.2022

US darknet dealer’s $2.3 million in Bitcoin seized

A Brockton, Massachusetts resident was sentenced to eight years in prison for trafficking drugs for bitcoins, and about $2.3 million in cryptocurrency was confiscated. This, according to Boston Herald.

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ForkLog 9 09.12.2021

Russia’s Investigative Committee chief proposes codifying cryptocurrency seizure in law

Cryptocurrencies must be recognised as property and a legislative framework for their confiscation implemented, said the head of Russia's Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

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ForkLog 5 09.11.2021

More than €25 million in cryptocurrencies seized in the Netherlands

Dutch authorities have confiscated cryptocurrencies worth more than €25 million as part of a series of investigations into laundering criminal proceeds.

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