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ForkLog 11 25.10.2020

Ethereum Foundation researcher files motion to dismiss North Korea sanctions conspiracy charges

Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has filed a motion to dismiss charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on the grounds that prosecutors failed to establish his crime properly. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 6 23.10.2020

French prosecutor seeks ten-year prison sentence for Alexander Vinnik

During a hearing in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik in a French court, the prosecutor demanded that the defendant be sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 750,000 euros.

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ForkLog 5 21.10.2020

Europol official questioned in Alexander Vinnik case

On Tuesday, October 20, the second day of hearings in the case of the Russian Alexander Vinnik, accused in France of extortion and theft of personal data, took place. His lawyer Frédéric Belo told TASS that he was satisfied with the progress of the case.

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ForkLog 11 19.10.2020

Paris court begins hearings in the Alexander Vinnik case

Hearings began in a Paris correctional court in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik. In France, he is accused of money laundering, theft of personal data, and linked to the dissemination of the Locky ransomware.

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ForkLog 16 16.10.2020

Russian resident accuses BitMEX of money laundering and market manipulation

A Moscow resident, Dmitry Dolgov, filed a suit against HDR Global Trading Limited, the founders of the BitMEX exchange Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Samuel Reed and others. According to the plaintiff, the trading platform engaged in money laundering and manipulated the market.

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ForkLog 6 15.10.2020

Deadline for Mt.Gox creditor reimbursement plan moved to December 15

On 14 October, the Tokyo court extended the period for submitting the final civil rehabilitation plan for Mt.Gox's users to 15 December.

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ForkLog 7 13.10.2020

Bitcoin extortionist jailed for 14 years in the United Kingdom

A sheep farmer from Lincolnshire was sentenced to 14 years in prison for extorting Bitcoin worth £1.4m from the Tesco supermarket chain, according to the Daily Mail.

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ForkLog 27 12.10.2020

Investors threaten to sue the head of the yEarn.Finance project

A group of investors, EMN Investigation, opened fundraising to finance a lawsuit against yEarn Finance founder André Cronje. The contention followed the hack of the unfinished DeFi project Eminence.

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ForkLog 20 09.10.2020

BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed released on $5 million bond

BitMEX's chief technical officer Samuel Reed was released on bail of $5 million.

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ForkLog 10 06.10.2020

SEC files suit against John McAfee; he has been arrested

The SEC filed suit against entrepreneur John McAfee for promoting ICO projects on Twitter, and the DOJ charged him with tax evasion. McAfee has already been arrested in Spain and faces extradition.

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ForkLog 8 01.10.2020

Odessa Court Keeps Bitsonar Pyramid Founder in Custody

On September 30, the Odessa Regional Court of Appeal ordered the Bitsonar pyramid founder Alexander Tovstenko to be remanded in custody, as a suspect in organizing the murder-for-hire of a former colleague.

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ForkLog 10 29.09.2020

US regulator charges PaxForex, a foreign broker, with illegal crypto-futures trading

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged PaxForex, a broker, with illegal commodity trades involving digital assets and a lack of required registration. The suit was filed in the Southern District of Texas.

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