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ForkLog 11 11.03.2021

French court to hear appeal in Alexander Vinnik case

A court in Paris will begin hearing the appeal in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik, who was found guilty of money laundering.

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ForkLog 26 11.03.2021

Japanese court has, for the first time, imprisoned a Bitcoin holder for tax evasion

A 56-year-old resident of Komatsu, Hideji Matsuda, was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 22 million yen (over $202,000) for concealing income from cryptocurrency trading. The case marks the first such ruling in the country's jurisprudence, local media reported.

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ForkLog 22 10.03.2021

SEC accuses Ripple of distracting the court with untenable defence arguments

In a letter addressed to Judge Analisa Torres, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Ripple is seeking to avoid liability for an unregistered securities offering by distracting the court with defence arguments about the vagueness of securities-law standards.

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ForkLog 11 10.03.2021

Brad Garlinghouse and Ripple settle lawsuit against YouTube

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that he and the company have reached a settlement with YouTube over the lawsuit filed against the video-sharing platform in 2020.

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ForkLog 16 08.03.2021

John McAfee says US fraud and money-laundering charges are ‘overblown’

Entrepreneur John McAfee said the U.S. authorities' fraud and money-laundering charges were exaggerated.

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ForkLog 16 07.03.2021

Ripple wins court case against investor

Ripple Labs repelled a bid by British investment firm Tetragon Financial Group to buy out its stake in the fintech company, Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 16 05.03.2021

John McAfee faces up to 100 years in prison on fraud and money laundering charges

Prosecutors have charged entrepreneur John McAfee with seven counts of fraud and money laundering. The case will be heard in the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 22 05.03.2021

Co-founder of Floyd Mayweather-promoted ICO project sentenced to eight years in prison

The court sentenced Sohrab Sharma, one of the founders of the Centra Tech cryptocurrency project, to eight years in prison for his leading role in organizing an investor fraud scheme worth $25 million, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 13 04.03.2021

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse calls SEC lawsuit regulatory overreach

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, and Ripple's co-founder Chris Larsen prepared court filings in response to the SEC's amended complaint. The regulator singled out individual accountability for top executives.

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ForkLog 10 04.03.2021

Nvidia wins case alleging underreporting of revenue from GPU sales to miners

A California federal court dismissed a class action against Nvidia, accused investors of misrepresenting profits from selling GPUs to miners.

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ForkLog 10 04.03.2021

Three-judge panel keeps Bitsonar pyramid founder in custody

The suspect in organising the murder-for-hire of former colleague Yaroslav Stadtchenko, founder of the Bitsonar pyramid, Alexander Tovstenko, will remain in custody during the court proceedings. The Primorsky District Court of Odessa made this decision, ForkLog's lawyers from 'Yuskutum', who are handling the case and representing Stadtchenko's interests, told ForkLog.

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ForkLog 31 04.03.2021

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has not ruled out voluntary surrender to U.S. authorities

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes is negotiating with U.S. authorities for voluntary surrender, according to a transcript of court hearings from February 9, 2021.

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