Crypto Broker Gets 160-Month Drug-Money Laundering Sentence
A US judge sentenced Colombian crypto broker Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque to 160 months for laundering drug proceeds through $USDT, shell companies and banks. #Update #Legal $USDT
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UK men jailed for violent crypto-holder home-invasion
Bristol Crown Court jailed three men for five to six years after they assaulted a man during a failed home invasion targeting cryptocurrency. His teenage sister alerted police. #Update #CryptoCrime @AvonAndSomersetPolice
Bitcoin Thieves Face New Criminal Threat
Chainalysis linked three addresses to task scammers who lost 60 BTC ($4.9M) in a Ledger hardware wallet supply chain attack. Ledger blames a highly organized criminal group. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Project Hacked Ark Exploited Again
Second lost 0.75 BTC in an Ark server exploit; no user funds affected. Attackers also attempted a DoS attack. Fix deployed swiftly. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Sabotage Lands Engineer in Prison
Daniel Rhyne sentenced to 32 months for extorting former employer with a $750,000 bitcoin demand after sabotaging computer systems. #Breaking #Legal
Crypto Aid: $2M Indictment in France
Paris police indict 5 for funneling $2M in crypto to Hamas; joint French-U.S. probe ongoing. FATF warns of stricter rules on crypto misuse by charities.
Bitcoin Fuels Latam Cartels’ Crypto Expansion
Latam cartels use crypto mining to launder funds, evading law enforcement; over $50B laundered via fintech networks, prompting calls for tighter oversight. #Update #Crypto
Bitcoin Policy: America.gov vs ChatGPT
America.gov launched as a federal digital portal but missed recent crypto legislation updates. Claude and ChatGPT offered more context on regulatory developments. #Update #Crypto
Bitcoin Scam: $16M Pig Butchering Bust
Trung Nguyen Van, 37, charged with money laundering in a $16M “pig butchering” crypto scam; his wallets received $53.3M from fraud schemes. Legal
iPhone Crypto App Nets Attacker $580K
FomoPeek app versions 1.1 and 1.2 contained malicious code that exposed iPhone data, with attackers receiving 579,984.34 $USDT. #Breaking #Security $USDT
Bitcoin Heist: Mexican Rock Star Murdered
Musician Jonathan Meléndez and family were murdered over $1.5M in $BTC, highlighting global crypto security risks; two suspects arrested, facing up to 70 years per victim. #Breaking #Legal
Bitcoin Seized FBI Uncovers $560K Hamas Donors
The FBI seized over $560K in cryptocurrency linked to Hamas, disrupting its fundraising network and identifying thousands of potential donors.
Bitcoin Price Manipulation Attacks Surge 50%
Price manipulation attacks in crypto are rising, with 32 exploits in 2026. Tectonic lost $70M in a recent attack, highlighting risks for lending protocols. #Breaking #Crypto $TON
Crypto Crackdown Freezes $12M Reveals 20000 Victims
International law enforcement, including the UK’s NCA and US Secret Service, has frozen over $12M in suspected illicit crypto proceeds during “Operation Atlantic,” identifying 20,000+ victims globally #Breaking #Legal $BTC (-8) ↘