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ForkLog 4 02.12.2024

Siberian Legislator Faces Charges for Garage-Based Crypto Mining

A member of the Krivodanovsky village council in the Novosibirsk region has been accused of causing property damage through illegal cryptocurrency mining, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. Case files indicate that 28-year-old Alik Nersisyan set up an illicit mining operation in his garage in the village of Krivodanovka. Investigators allege he used piercing clamps […]

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ForkLog 21 27.11.2024

We can scale: how pyramid schemes went crypto

Russia is in the grip of a boom in pyramid schemes. According to the Central Bank’s data, more than 3,700 organisations with the hallmarks of such schemes were identified in 2024—70% more than in 2023 and 93% more than in 2022. Fraudsters, when explaining high returns to depositors, hide behind cryptocurrency trading and the use […]

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ForkLog 12 27.11.2024

Ukrainian Security Service Colonel Sentenced to 10 Years for Extorting Illegal Miners

On November 27, Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court found an operative of the DCIB SBU guilty of extortion and receiving $60,000 in cryptocurrency for the return of equipment to illegal miners. According to case materials, in July 2022, the SBU officer demanded a bribe of $60,000 from an entrepreneur in exchange for assistance in returning ASIC […]

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ForkLog 30 19.11.2024

BIT Mining to Pay $10 Million Fine in U.S. for Bribery in Japan

BIT Mining has agreed to pay a $10 million fine to settle charges from the U.S. Department of Justice over bribing Japanese officials. Former CEO Indicted for Role in Bribing Japanese Officials and BIT Mining Ltd. Resolves Foreign Bribery Investigation ?: https://t.co/FreYjxbkJZ pic.twitter.com/0Q1zDAjur2 — Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) November 18, 2024 In 2021, the Chinese company […]

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ForkLog 10 19.11.2024

Heather Morgan Sentenced to 18 Months for Bitfinex Hack Involvement

A US federal court has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in laundering 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange in 2016, reports CoinDesk. Her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, who orchestrated the attack, received a five-year sentence on November 14. The couple was arrested in February 2022, when authorities seized 94,643 […]

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ForkLog 8 15.11.2024

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

On November 14, a U.S. court sentenced Ilya Lichtenstein to five years in prison for laundering money obtained from the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack. Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, were arrested in February 2022 on suspicion of involvement in the attack on the exchange. At that time, authorities seized 94,643 BTC (approximately $3.6 billion […]

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ForkLog 10 14.11.2024

Ukrainian MP Sentenced to Eight Years for Attempted Bitcoin Bribery

On November 14, Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court sentenced MP Andrey Odarchenko in absentia to eight years in prison with confiscation of property for attempting to offer a bribe in bitcoin, according to Transparency International Ukraine. The MP left Ukraine before the trial proceedings began but participated in the session online. The prosecution alleged that in […]

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ForkLog 8 13.11.2024

Body of Missing Crypto Influencer Found in Montreal Park

Police in the Canadian province of Quebec have confirmed that the body discovered on October 30 in a Montreal nature park belongs to cryptocurrency influencer Kevin Mirshahi. This was reported by local media. According to case materials, the 25-year-old blogger and three of his neighbors were abducted on June 21 from a luxury condominium on […]

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ForkLog 5 13.11.2024

South Korean YouTuber Accused of Selling Scam Coins Worth $232 Million

South Korean police have detained 215 individuals in connection with an alleged fraud involving an investment company managed by an unnamed video blogger. This was reported by local media. According to the investigation, from December 2021 to March 2023, the creator of a YouTube channel with 620,000 subscribers operated a fraudulent consulting firm. Users were […]

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ForkLog 15 12.11.2024

Ukrainian Forced to Transfer 250,000 USDT in Thailand

A 23-year-old Ukrainian, Vyacheslav Leibov, fell victim to an armed assault on the island of Phuket, Thailand. The assailants were interested in the victim’s cryptocurrency, according to local media. On the evening of November 8, Leibov visited a hotel room belonging to his friend, 18-year-old Alfred Chernyshuk. Also present in the room was 21-year-old Arman […]

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ForkLog 11 08.11.2024

WonderFi CEO Kidnapped and Ransomed for $1 Million

Dean Skurka, the CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency firm WonderFi, was kidnapped and later released after a ransom of $1 million was paid, according to local media. The incident occurred in downtown Toronto on November 6 around 6:00 PM. Unknown assailants forced the businessman into a car and demanded money. Skurka transferred $1 million to the […]

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ForkLog 12 07.11.2024

Samara Authorities Seize 371 Bitcoin Miners from Local Enterprise

Police in Samara have shut down an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation located on the premises of a local enterprise, according to a report by the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs on their official page. Investigators revealed that the enterprise’s director, along with unidentified accomplices, purchased cryptocurrency mining equipment and installed it in rented premises on […]

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