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ForkLog 16 07.07.2023

Multichain suspends operations amid possible hack

From the Multichain cross-chain protocol, tokens worth millions of dollars were moved out on the Fantom network. Experts suspected an exploit, and the platform suspended operations.

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ForkLog 6 04.07.2023

Russia outlines criminal-liability regime for cryptocurrency operations

An essential condition for bringing criminal liability for cryptocurrency operations in Russia is the existence of deals involving property obtained by criminal means.

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ForkLog 22 03.07.2023

Experts call the ‘$34 billion’ attack the new Poly Network exploit

On July 2, unknown attackers targeted the Poly Network cross-chain protocol and minted tokens worth tens of billions of dollars across several blockchains. The team paused the bridge.

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ForkLog 14 29.06.2023

U.S. court orders crypto scammer to pay more than $50 million

The district court in New York ordered Ohio resident Michael Ackerman to pay more than $50 million for alleged fraud involving multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 11 28.06.2023

Report: Bitcoin accounted for just 19% of illegal crypto activity in 2022

Bitcoin’s share of illicit crypto activity fell from 97% in 2016 to 19% in 2022, according to TRM Labs study.

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ForkLog 15 27.06.2023

Chibi Finance team on Arbitrum conducts a $1 million rug pull

The developers of the DeFi project Chibi Finance on the Arbitrum network were suspected of conducting a rug pull. From the platform’s liquidity pools, 555 ETH belonging to users were withdrawn (~$1 million), according to PeckShield.

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ForkLog 8 21.06.2023

US forms task force to tackle crypto crime

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a new cross-agency task force comprising five federal law enforcement agencies to investigate crimes related to cryptocurrency and the darknet.

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ForkLog 10 20.06.2023

Belarus reports criminal cases over illegal bitcoin transactions

In 2022, the Belarusian State Control Committee opened 70 criminal cases related to illicit movement of cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 15 20.06.2023

Bitcoin-bribe involving Moscow investigator seized and turned over to state budget

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow seized 1,032.1 BTC from former investigator Marat Tambiev, who was accused of taking a bribe from members of the Infraud Organization hacker group.

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ForkLog 8 15.06.2023

Chainalysis: Bitcoin ransomware operators launder funds via mining

Ransomware operators are increasingly using mining pools to launder illicitly obtained assets, according to the Chainalysis report.

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ForkLog 11 15.06.2023

Illegal Kazakhstan-based bitcoin exchange stored funds on Binance

In Almaty, an online cryptocurrency exchange operated from 2019 to 2022 without registration or a license to provide services.

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ForkLog 8 14.06.2023

More than 650 BTC go missing in Moscow investigator’s Bitcoin-bribe case

The bribe size requested by Moscow investigator Marat Tambiev from Infraud Organization hackers was 2718.6 BTC, according to one of the defendants.

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