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ForkLog 16 26.07.2021

Bloomberg reports US Justice Department has opened an inquiry into Tether; the company calls the news clickbait

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into possible bank fraud by executives at Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, Bloomberg reports, citing informed sources.

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ForkLog 9 19.07.2021

Media report governments’ use of spyware to monitor journalists

Pegasus spyware from the Israeli company NSO Group was used to monitor human rights defenders, journalists and politicians worldwide through the hacking of iPhone and Android devices. Several media outlets reported this following a joint investigation.

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ForkLog 12 18.05.2021

Lithuanian fintech startup suspected of siphoning €100 million from Wirecard

The Munich public prosecutor's office is investigating a possible link between the Lithuanian fintech Finolita and the theft of more than €100 million from the Wirecard payment service in the weeks before its collapse.

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ForkLog 9 26.04.2021

Case of former Bithumb chief referred to South Korean prosecutors

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has handed the case of the former Bithumb CEO Lee Jong-hoon to the South Korean Prosecutor's Office. CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 10 21.04.2021

Media: Wirecard Worked Closely With Germany’s Federal Criminal Police

The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) cooperated with the bankrupt fintech Wirecard from 2013 to 2020 and used their credit cards during investigations. The Financial Times reports.

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ForkLog 10 14.03.2021

Binance adviser comments on CFTC probe into the exchange

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is not accusing Binance of any wrongdoing, but is trying to understand the rapidly growing crypto industry. This was stated by the company's chief legal adviser Max Baucus in an interview with Bloomberg.

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ForkLog 10 12.03.2021

Bloomberg: CFTC opens investigation into Binance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is examining Binance's operations for potential access by U.S. residents to trading crypto derivatives without the appropriate license. Bloomberg reports, citing informed sources.

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ForkLog 55 08.02.2021

Media: Chinese Bitcoin miners caused power outages in Iran

Since the beginning of January, electricity outages have hit Iranian cities, with authorities linking them to Bitcoin mining. France 24 journalists found that many mining farms in the country belong to Chinese companies seeking to hide their presence.

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ForkLog 17 11.12.2020

BuzzFeed News: Facebook profits from fraudulent advertising

Facebook, the social network, tolerates scammers, hackers and disinformation agents because they bring it money. BuzzFeed News reached this conclusion after its own investigation.

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ForkLog 7 05.11.2020

Media: Former Huobi and OKCoin CFOs accused of wrongdoing in Hong Kong-listed company purchases

An ex-Huobi employee initiated a Chinese investigation into former Huobi CFO Chris Li, accusing him of illegal purchase of two Hong Kong-listed companies, according to journalist Colin Wu.

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ForkLog 66 21.09.2020

Big banks drawn into $2 trillion money-laundering scandal for oligarchs and criminals

An unprecedented leak of secret US financial intelligence FinCEN files reveals criminal schemes by oligarchs from across the world, enabling them to launder about $2 trillion through the globe's largest banks between 1999 and 2017. The information was published by Cassandra, the international investigative journalism project, involving 110 media outlets from 88 countries, including ICIJ, BuzzFeed News and OCCRP.

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ForkLog 4 08.08.2020

Prosecutors suspect Wirecard of siphoning funds before bankruptcy

The German public prosecutor's office suspects that the fintech company Wirecard was looted before its collapse in June, according to the Financial Times.

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