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Russia Shuts Down Dark Web Sites With $263M In Crypto Sales
Russia Halts Four Dark Web Sites With $263 Million in Crypto Sales: Elliptic
U.S. Treasury’s latest report says NFTs can be linked to money laundering.
A new report by the United States Department of the Treasury has revealed that the burgeoning non-fungible tokens (NFTs) space could be a conduit for money laundering. The report says that the increasing use of digital art as an investment or financial asset can allow bad players to launder money and finance terrorism. U.S. Treasury […]
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Hidden in plain sight: How the dark web is spilling onto social media
A trip into the dark corners of Telegram, which has become a magnet for criminals peddling everything from illegal drugs to fake money and COVID-19 vaccine passes
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Russia Cracks Down on 4 Dark Web Marketplaces for Stolen Credit Cards
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Bringing crypto market ‘into the sunshine’ doesn’t address enforcement: CFTC chair
Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam is trying to members of Congress to address the Commission’s lack of enforcement authority within the digital asset house. At a Wednesday listening to titled “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,” Behnam told lawmakers with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry that the CFTC’s authority […]
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Razzlekhan: These are ‘Bitcoin launderer’ Heather Morgan’s greatest hits
The DoJ arrested Heather Morgan for her alleged role in a $4.5 billion Bitcoin hack. Her rap alter-ego Razzlekhan has crypto Twitter in awe.
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Russian Law Enforcement Take Down Several Cybercrime Forums
Russian authorities this week announced that they have seized Ferum Shop, Sky-Fraud, and Trump’s Dumps, three well-known online shops for stolen payment card data.
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China Debuts Digital Yuan At Olympics
China is testing out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) during the 2022 winter Olympics while the rest of the world still remains in a research and development phase. The digital yuan (eCNY) is currently being offered to athletes and foreign visitors to Olympic Village in Beijing, as well as cash or Visa cards. The […]
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UN Experts: North Korea Stealing Millions in Cyber Attacks
North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts said in a report quoting cyber specialists.