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ForkLog 7 05.10.2023

U.S. authorities charge Chinese companies with selling drugs for cryptocurrency

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged eight China-based companies and 14 of their employees with distributing drugs using digital assets.

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ForkLog 10 04.10.2023

Report: Crypto industry losses from hacks and scams rise 60% year on year

In the third quarter, losses of the Web3 ecosystem from hacks and fraud reached $685.5 million — up 59.9% from the figure for the same period year-on-year, according to Immunefi.

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ForkLog 10 04.10.2023

Third Moscow investigator arrested in 2718 BTC bribery case

The Moscow Basmanny Court, in absentia, arrested Dmitry Gubin, the former deputy head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Tverskoy District of the capital, in a bribery case involving 2718.6 BTC.

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ForkLog 12 28.09.2023

Thai court extends detention of Russians suspected of money laundering on Binance

Russian nationals Daniil Aldunenko and Roman Brik, detained in Thailand on suspicion of cryptocurrency-related fraud, have had their detention extended until December 5.

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ForkLog 9 26.09.2023

Russian man earned 5.2 million rubles from fake sale of mining GPUs

A case has been sent to the court in Yaroslavl Oblast against a 42-year-old resident of the Moscow region, who is accused of fraud totaling 5.2 million rubles in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 8 25.09.2023

Russian actor loses about $260,000 in fraudulent Bitcoin investments

Actor Artem Tkachenko, following colleague Pavel Derevyanko's advice, invested in cryptocurrencies and lost nearly $200,000 and 6 million rubles, becoming a victim of a fraudulent scheme.

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ForkLog 14 22.09.2023

Venezuela police seize Bitcoin miners from gang-held prison

Venezuelan law enforcement, following the assault on Tocoron prison in the city of Maracay, seized several dozen ASIC miners and a large weapons cache.

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ForkLog 14 22.09.2023

Russia approves extradition of Finiko co-founder Cholpon Aidarova to Kyrgyzstan

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office approved the Kyrgyz colleagues' extradition request for Cholpon Aidarova, a suspect in the Finiko financial pyramid.

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ForkLog 12 21.09.2023

Equipment worth 22 million rubles stolen from mining hotel in Chelyabinsk

In Chelyabinsk, unknown assailants attacked a mining hotel twice and took all the equipment.

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ForkLog 11 21.09.2023

Singapore authorities freeze $1.8 billion linked to cryptocurrency money laundering

Singapore police confiscated 2.4 billion SGD (~$1.8 billion) in the country’s largest case of laundering proceeds tied to digital assets.

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ForkLog 17 19.09.2023

Man shoots wife during dispute over Bitcoin investments

A domestic quarrel between 35-year-old Thai resident Utai Kritsada and his wife over unsuccessful investments in the first cryptocurrency escalated into a confrontation with police.

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ForkLog 11 13.09.2023

In Moscow, a colleague of an investigator caught taking a bitcoin bribe is arrested

The court has arrested the former subordinate of former investigator Marat Tambiev, who is accused of taking a bribe from Infraud Organization hackers.

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