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ForkLog 16 08.04.2025

Kazakhstan Reports Seizure of Cryptocurrency from Pyramid Schemes

Since the beginning of 2025, Kazakhstan’s AFM has dismantled 24 financial pyramids, including those accepting cryptocurrency deposits. The agency reported this to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. As part of the investigation, digital assets of the criminal scheme organizers were frozen, amounting to 2.2 billion tenge ($4.18 million at the time of writing). In total, the AFM […]

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ForkLog 25 31.03.2025

Iranian Officials Accused of Embezzling $21 Million in Cryptocurrency

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been accused of embezzling over $21 million in cryptocurrency under the guise of an anti-corruption investigation into the collapsed exchange Cryptoland and its founder Sina Estavi. This was reported by local media. Key figures in the scheme were officials Mehdi Hajipour and Mehdi Badi. According to […]

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ForkLog 14 29.03.2025

LIBRA and MELANIA Creator Begins Asset Sell-Off

Hayden Davis, the entrepreneur involved in the launch of meme coins LIBRA and MELANIA, is selling his tokens after a period of inactivity, according to analysts at Bubblemaps. 1/ Hayden Davis is STILL selling MELANIA He recently sent $1M to exchanges and extracted over $2M from the liquidity pools ? pic.twitter.com/1sWIkGmtxj — Bubblemaps (@bubblemaps) March […]

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ForkLog 7 29.03.2025

Mining Farm Discovered at Former Cannery in Dagestan

A large mining farm has been discovered in the village of Khadzhalmakhi, Dagestan, on the premises of a former cannery. This was reported by the acting director of “Dagenergo,” Arsen Gadzhiev. The site was found to have 89 devices illegally connected to the power grid. According to Gadzhiev, the miners operated around the clock, overloading […]

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ForkLog 9 26.03.2025

YouTube Blogger BitBoy Arrested in the US

Cryptocurrency blogger Ben Armstrong, known as BitBoy, has been taken into custody in Florida without the possibility of bail. This is according to records from the Volusia County Division of Corrections. Source: Volusia County Division of Corrections. On March 21, Armstrong announced that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for harassing Judge Kimberly […]

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ForkLog 29 25.03.2025

Zhytomyr Resident Accused of Cryptocurrency Fraud Amounting to 3.7 Million Hryvnias

Investigators from the Zhytomyr District Police Department are probing a case involving a 40-year-old local resident suspected of illegally acquiring funds from the crypto wallets of acquaintances. At the end of 2024, two city residents, aged 56 and 35, reported to the police the disappearance of their cryptocurrency holdings. Authorities discovered that the complainants had […]

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ForkLog 13 20.03.2025

Bithumb Offices Raided Amid Former Director’s Scandal

South Korean authorities have conducted raids on the offices of the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. The investigation focuses on the alleged misuse of corporate funds by the platform’s former director, Kim Dae-sik, to purchase a personal apartment. This was reported by local media outlet YTN. The case involves funds from a deposit for an apartment in […]

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ForkLog 16 19.03.2025

South Korean Prosecutors Seek 10-Year Sentence for Attacker of Haru Invest CEO

Prosecutors in South Korea have requested a 10-year prison sentence for the man who stabbed Haru Invest CEO Lee Hyun Soo, charging him with attempted murder. This was reported by local media. The attack on the head of the crypto company, accused of embezzling approximately $826 million from clients, occurred in August 2024 in a […]

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ForkLog 7 16.03.2025

LIBRA and MELANIA Creator Continues Token Launches Despite Interpol Notice

Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, involved in launching several notorious meme coins, including LIBRA and MELANIA, has continued his activities despite a potential international warrant. 1/ Hayden Davis launched a new token: $WOLF Now on an Interpol notice, the creator of LIBRA and MELANIA tried his best to hide it ? ↓ pic.twitter.com/Ok6ev3JH4r — […]

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ForkLog 11 13.03.2025

Kazakhstan Resident Illegally Exchanged Cryptocurrencies Worth $11.3 Million

The AFM of Kazakhstan has concluded an investigation into the illegal circulation of digital assets. According to the agency, in September 2020, a then-underage resident of Almaty posted advertisements for cryptocurrency exchange services on the Telegram messenger and the OLX platform. To conduct transactions, he asked his older brother to register on the Binance exchange. […]

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ForkLog 13 12.03.2025

Alleged Garantex Administrator Arrested in India

Indian authorities, at the request of the United States, have arrested Alexey Beschekov, the alleged co-founder and technical administrator of the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. This was reported by journalist Brian Krebs. According to sources close to the investigation, the 46-year-old Lithuanian citizen was detained while on a family vacation on the Varkala coast. He is […]

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ForkLog 15 11.03.2025

US Resident Fined for Concealing Seized 119.65 BTC

The District Court of Puerto Rico found Juan Carlos Reynoso guilty of contempt of court after he refused to voluntarily transfer seized bitcoins to a government-controlled wallet. According to case materials, in June 2024, during an investigation involving the defendant, FBI agents discovered a laptop with Ledger hardware wallet software installed. On January 31, 2025, […]

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