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ForkLog 9 27.09.2021

In the Samara region, authorities probe fraud by Finiko employees amounting to 6 million rubles

The Samara region's Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened eight criminal cases of fraud against Finiko employees.

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ForkLog 38 26.09.2021

Report: Finiko Ponzi scheme attracted more than $2 billion

The Finiko financial pyramid raised more than $2 billion in bitcoin and ERC-20 tokens from its investors. Meanwhile, the founders held at least $500 million.

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ForkLog 14 24.09.2021

Court in Kazan extends arrest of Finiko’s vice president Ilgiz Shakirov

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan extended the arrest of Finiko's vice president Ilgiz Shakirov until November 28.

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ForkLog 21 24.09.2021

Co-founder of sanctioned Suex fired from MTS’s neobank NUUM

Vasily Zhabykin, co-founder of the US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange Suex, has been fired from his post as a top executive at MTS's neobank NUUM.

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ForkLog 17 23.09.2021

Russian Prosecutor-General calls for international cooperation to combat the criminal use of cryptocurrencies

The Prosecutor-General of Russia, Igor Krasnov, called on colleagues to coordinate the fight against cybercrime, including hacker attacks and the criminal use of cryptocurrencies. He said this during a meeting with the president of the International Association of Prosecutors, Cholem-Kyu Hwan.

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ForkLog 17 23.09.2021

Millions of dollars moved from WEX to the sanctioned Bitcoin exchange Suex

Chainalysis, the analytics firm, found that the U.S.-sanctioned Bitcoin exchange Suex, among other things, processed transactions with the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX worth several million dollars.

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ForkLog 33 23.09.2021

Binance removes Suex bitcoin-exchange accounts

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) approved the inclusion of the Suex bitcoin exchange in the U.S. sanctions list and shared details of his involvement in the investigation.

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ForkLog 18 23.09.2021

Bitcoin.org team restores access to the site

Unknown actors gained unauthorized access to the oldest information resource on Bitcoin, Bitcoin.org, and posted a fraudulent cryptocurrency giveaway on its homepage. The domain registrar Namecheap restricted access to the site.

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ForkLog 26 23.09.2021

Court extends pre-trial detention for Finiko pyramid founder Kirill Doronin

As of now, the Kazan’s Vakhov?vsky District Court extended the detention of Finiko founder Kirill Doronin by two months, until November 28.

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ForkLog 26 22.09.2021

Elliptic calculates amount laundered through the Suex Bitcoin exchange

The analytics firm Elliptic studied transactions of the U.S.-sanctioned Suex exchange and concluded that over $370 million passed through it, linked to cybercrime.

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ForkLog 8 22.09.2021

Hackers demand $5.9 million in cryptocurrency from a U.S. food company

The BlackMatter hacker group, allegedly linked to Russia, attacked the American company New Cooperative, which supplies grain to farms.

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ForkLog 23 22.09.2021

Russia’s central bank blacklists several ‘cryptocurrency’ firms

The Bank of Russia identified signs of illicit activity on the financial market among 105 companies, including several cryptocurrency projects.

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