U.S. prosecutors filed five civil-forfeiture complaints on July 21 seeking roughly $26.4 million in cryptocurrency traced through separate international fraud investigations. Investigators can freeze suspected criminal proceeds before they know who is behind the …
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US DOJ Charges 19-Year-Old Tied to $100 Million Scattered Spider Crew
by adminby adminThe US Department of Justice, following an FBI investigation, charged 19-year-old Peter Stokes with conspiracy, computer intrusion, and fraud over his alleged role in the Scattered Spider hacking group. Finnish authorities arrested the dual …
- Crypto Education
Trump’s DOJ drops probe that stood in way of president’s pick to run Federal Reserve
by adminby adminPresident Donald Trump’s command of U.S. financial and economic policy may have taken a step closer now that his Department of Justice has backed down from an investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, …
- NFT & Metaverse
Democrats Press DOJ Deputy Over Crypto Holdings, Enforcement Retreat
by adminby adminIn brief The letter cites federal law barring officials from participating in matters that could affect their personal financial interests. Senators questioned whether transferring digital assets to relatives satisfied promised divestment obligations. The inquiry …
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DOJ Flags Three Crypto Cases in ‘America First’ Push Against Fraud
by adminby adminIn brief The Justice Department’s Fraud Section highlighted three major crypto-related prosecutions in its 2025 Year in Review, showcasing digital assets’ role in fraud schemes. Cases ranged from a $1 billion Medicare scam with …
- Bitcoin & Ethereum
Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump’s Executive Order By Selling The Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin?
by adminby adminIt seems that the U.S. Marshall Service (USMS) has sold the $6.3 million worth of bitcoin that Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill paid the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as …
- DeFi Market
US Bitcoin cache adds $15bn as DoJ targets pig butchering kingpin – DL News
by adminby adminUS authorities filed to confiscate $15 billion in Bitcoin. The funds are tied to Chen Zhi, who the DoJ also hit with wire fraud and money laundering charges. His firm ran pig butchering scam …
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U.S. Senate Democrats asked Treasury, DOJ to probe Binance’s illicit finance controls
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Democrats in the U.S. Senate continue to pile onto Binance, asking the Treasury and Justice departments to investigate its sanctions compliance and protections against illicit finance following reports of potential terrorism funding. Nine senators, …
In brief The Department of Justice has filed a criminal lawsuit against U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell asserts the DOJ probe is a “pretext” for an attack on the Fed’s independence, aimed …
