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ForkLog 25 11.01.2022

Lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather and Kim Kardashian over EthereumMax promotion

An investor filed in the Central District of California a lawsuit against boxer Floyd Mayweather, model and actress Kim Kardashian, and former NBA star Paul Pierce over their promotion of the EthereumMax altcoin (EMAX), Law360 reports.

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ForkLog 10 29.12.2021

Hearing for former BitMEX executive set for October 2022

The legal team for BitMEX's former development chief Greg Dwyer persuaded a U.S. judge to delay proceedings until October 2022, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

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ForkLog 8 27.12.2021

ASIC-miner thieves from Angarsk to stand trial

In Angarsk, the investigation into a criminal case against four local residents accused of a series of cryptocurrency mining equipment thefts has been completed.

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ForkLog 9 24.12.2021

Russian court first imposes turnover-based fine on Google worth 7.2 billion rubles

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined Google more than 7.2 billion rubles for repeated failure to remove prohibited information.

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ForkLog 12 23.12.2021

UK Court Backs COPA in Wright Case

The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) won the first hearing in the case against the self-styled Bitcoin creator, Craig Wright. The court denied the defendant's motion to exclude certain documents from the case materials and allowed the plaintiff to amend the claim.

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ForkLog 7 21.12.2021

Saint Petersburg court convicts cryptocurrency thieves in a 55-million-ruble case.

The Petrogradsky District Court of Saint Petersburg handed down a guilty verdict against two attackers who stole cryptocurrencies from a victim under the guise of FSB officers.

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ForkLog 10 20.12.2021

Court sentences former Saratov police officer caught mining

A court in Saratov found a former traffic police officer, who was mining at his workplace, guilty of exceeding official powers.

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ForkLog 9 16.12.2021

Chinese court rejects claim for 278 BTC over ‘anti-social’ contract

A Beijing court found the bitcoin mining contract invalid and rejected the plaintiff's request for the defendant to pay 278 BTC, according to the court ruling.

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ForkLog 14 14.12.2021

Tether accused of unlawful and deceptive practices

Investors filed a class-action lawsuit against the issuer of the stablecoin USDT. They accused the company of "immoral, unethical, discriminatory and unscrupulous" practices.

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ForkLog 20 13.12.2021

Botnet operator jailed for four years in the United States for Bitcoin theft

A U.S. court sentenced Russian Oleg Koshkin to four years in prison for organizing the Kelihos malware, which among other things stole funds from Bitcoin wallets.

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ForkLog 13 10.12.2021

Lawsuit Alleges SEC Conflicts of Interest Linked to Former Officials and Ethereum

Empower Oversight, a civil-rights nonprofit, has demanded that the SEC disclose documents concerning a potential conflict of interest in the actions of former senior officials. The suit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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ForkLog 10 10.12.2021

Former BitConnect director barred for life from participating in ICOs

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a verdict against former BitConnect director and promoter Glenn Arcaro, and the affiliated company Future Money Ltd., through which he attracted potential investors.

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