#Law Enforcement

Latest news and reviews of events related to law enforcement actions in the cryptocurrency market: investigations, arrests, seizures, and criminal searches.

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ForkLog 4 14.05.2021

Mining-equipment thief identified in Irkutsk Oblast after half-million-ruble theft

Law-enforcement authorities in Irkutsk Oblast have located a suspect who stole mining equipment. The local МВД reports this.

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ForkLog 8 12.05.2021

Media: U.S. police data leaked online after refusal to pay $4 million in Bitcoins

The Babuk Locker ransomware creators published 22 files containing personal data of officers from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department after ransom negotiations allegedly stalled.

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ForkLog 7 04.05.2021

OneCoin partner arrested in France

Luxembourgian citizen Frank Schneider, sought by U.S. authorities for fraud in the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, has been detained in the French town of Audun-le-Tiche.

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ForkLog 7 04.05.2021

Police in Germany shut down one of the largest darknet sites for child pornography

German authorities shut down Boystown — one of the largest darknet platforms for distributing child pornography. Four people have been arrested, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said.

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ForkLog 5 30.04.2021

Relatives of Thodex CEO Arrested in Turkey

In Turkey, a court arrested six people linked to the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange, including the company's top executives and the platform's CEO Faruk Fatih Ozer's close relatives.

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ForkLog 6 28.04.2021

US arrests Russian national over laundering 1.2 million BTC

US authorities arrested the alleged operator of the Bitcoin Fog bitcoin-mixing service, Roman Sterlingov. He is charged with laundering about $336 million through cryptocurrency and providing payment services without a licence.

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ForkLog 7 27.04.2021

Former Neklis Bank executives arrested

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court arrested the former chairman of the board of the now-bankrupt Neklis Bank, Sergey Boriskin, and his deputy Natalia Akulova.

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ForkLog 11 27.04.2021

Hackers threaten to expose informants for Washington, DC police

The Babuk Locker ransomware operators attacked the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, United States. They are demanding a ransom and threatening to expose informants.

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ForkLog 7 22.04.2021

In Ukraine, the creator of an online exchange was accused of illegal operations

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities accused a resident of Nikolaev of illegal operations through payment systems banned in the country.

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ForkLog 5 01.04.2021

Yaroslavl police identify suspect in theft of four mining rigs

Police from the Yaroslavl region have uncovered the theft of four mining rigs. A 33-year-old local resident is suspected of the crime.

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ForkLog 5 05.03.2021

Two Uzbek citizens detained during bitcoin sale in Tashkent

Two Uzbek citizens were detained in Tashkent during a bitcoin sale transaction. Local media report, citing the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office.

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ForkLog 10 22.02.2021

Sydney man arrested over $4.3 million Bitcoin laundering

Australian authorities charged a Sydney man suspected of money laundering via Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency. This is stated in a press release from the New South Wales Police.

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