Source: AdobeStock / Krakenimages.com The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized nearly $9 million worth of USDT from an organization running pig butchering scams – with Tether’s help. According to the press release, the authorities traced the funds to cryptocurrency addresses allegedly connected to an organization that swindled more than 70 victims via…
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The former FTX CEO is headed back to prison and awaits a potential second trial in March, while his lawyers pledged to “continue to vigorously fight the charges against him.” Sam Bankman-Fried is back in his federal prison cell in Brooklyn after being found guilty for all seven charges in his criminal trial. His lawyers…
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Despite what some have been led to believe, “cryptocurrency isn’t the currency of choice for criminals,” according to Perianne Boring, CEO of the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Writing in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Boring hit back at the accusations made by the same newspaper earlier this month that Palestinian…
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US Republican Congressman George Santos attempted to set up a crypto-related investment deal with a donor during an election campaign in 2020, according to a recent New York Times report. The crypto investment scheme was pitched to a loyal Republican donor during Santos’ first Congressional election campaign, which eventually turned out unsuccessful, the report explained….…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against a couple in Tennessee who convinced people to pay into an investment pool called “Blessings of God Thru Crypto.” The couple, identified as Michael and Amanda Griffis of Clarksville, Tennessee, defrauded more than 100 people across the United States for over $6 million as…
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