Crime

On May 14, 2026, a joint announcement from Tether, the TRON DAO, and blockchain forensics giant TRM Labs sent shockwaves through the industry.

UK authorities have successfully frozen a cryptocurrency-enabled fraud ecosystem linked to a staggering $20 billion in illicit flows.

Coinidol.com reports on one of the largest forfeiture actions in the Department of Justice's history.

This marks the world's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure by law enforcement.

A foreigner who organized an illegal cryptocurrency exchange in Belarus will be fined, and the court will require that all funds received go to the state treasury.

On August 22, 2022, an unknown hacker tried to break the NEAR/ETH Rainbow Bridge. However, the hack was blocked, protecting users' money. It also cost the criminal around 5 ETH (~$8,000).

On January 21, the Bank of Russia received a call from an anonymous person who reported that their premises were rigged with explosives. Among other reasons, the criminal cited the possible ban on cryptocurrencies.

On December 7, a man named Brannen Sage Mehaffey pleaded guilty to operating an illegal cryptocurrency money transfer exchange.

The former US Treasury Criminal Investigator, Greg Monahan has joined the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to oversee the company's global money laundering operations.