Crime


Policy

British-Chinese Money Launder Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Role in $6B Fraud: FT

Jian Wen, 42, who was alleged to have carrying out the laundering on behalf of her former boss, was found guilty in March

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Policy

Alleged Owner of Darknet Narcotics Bazaar ‘Incognito Market’ Arrested in New York

Taiwanese national Rui-Siang Lin, 23 is accused of facilitating $100 million in sales paid through crypto of illegal narcotics, including fentanyl, through the online marketplace.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Canada’s ‘Crypto King’ and Associate Arrested, Charged With Fraud in Alleged $30M Ponzi Scheme

Aiden Pleterski, 25, was reportedly kidnapped, beaten and tortured by five of his alleged victims last summer.

Crime (niu niu / Unsplash)

Policy

Chinese Police Bust $296M Illegal Crypto-Based Currency Operation: Report

Police in Panshi City, Jilin arrested six people for running an "underground bank."

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Policy

Binance CEO Teng Says Nigeria Must Release Gambaryan, Detention Sets 'Dangerous New Precedent'

In January the company refused to pay a demand from "unknown persons" to settle allegations.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Tech

Blockchain Sleuth Elliptic Explores AI and Anti-Money Laundering Using 200M Bitcoin Transactions

Patterns of illicit activity involving groups of bitcoin nodes and chains of transactions are described in a research paper by Elliptic and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.

Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson (center) is one of the authors of the AI research paper (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Jebara Igbara, AKA 'Jay Mazini,' Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Crypto-Related Fraud

Igbara perpetrated multiple fraud schemes and scammed investors of at least $8 million.

Jebara Igbara was sentenced to 7 years in prison. (Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash)

Policy

Indian Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Spoofed Coinbase Website, Stealing $9.5M in Crypto

According to court documents, Chirag Tomar used his ill-gotten gains to buy Rolexes, Lamborghinis, Porches and more.

He bought a Lambo, allegedly. (Wes Tindel/Unsplash)

Opinion

Sam Bankman-Fried Deserves a Life After Prison

He did incalculable harm, but arguing for a sentence longer than 25 years is unfair to the man and the industry he once represented.

(CoinDesk)

Policy

Nigeria Charges Binance With Tax Evasion After Detained Exec Escapes: Reports

One of two senior Binance executives in government custody has escaped, local media reported over the weekend.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)