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The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Enforcement and Oversight Division has announced his resignation.
Thai police, together with Chinese law enforcement, have seized two Chinese fraud ringleaders and frozen USDT crypto assets worth $2.50 million (about 84 million baht) on February 7. • Suspects: Ye Wanyou (29) and Li Weijie (30) • Arrest: On February 5, Thailand's Huamark Police Department and the Cyber Crime Task Force (PCT) launched a raid in a high-end residential area of Bangkok. The suspects tried to destroy mobile phone data but were detained by the police.
Spanish law enforcement has teamed up with blockchain firms Tron, Tether and TRM Labs to freeze $26.40 million cryptocurrency linked to a pan-European money laundering operation. The operation is in partnership with the T3 Financial Crimes Unit, an anti-crime initiative launched by three blockchain companies in August 2024. The investigation relies on police surveillance to identify criminal organizations. Its crypto wallets are linked to illegal activities, using "KYC" data from service provide...
The Russian government has seized $10 million worth of bitcoins from a former law enforcement official. Russian court enforcers have begun seizing bitcoins from a former employee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in connection with a large-scale cryptocurrency-related bribery case. Law enforcement officials have begun work on seizing about 103 bitcoins - which belonged to former ICRF employee Marat Tambiev, who was convicted of cryptocurrency bribery in 2023. The co...
A South African law enforcement agency has recently arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of using cryptocurrencies to finance terrorist activities. The investigation was launched in May 2018, when the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the Detection Unit received information regarding suspicious transactions suspected of being linked to terrorist financing. It is alleged that on November 30, 2017, the suspect made a...
John Reed Stark, the former head of the U.S. SEC's Office of Internet Enforcement, has accused Gary Gensler of promoting five senior officers in the SEC's enforcement division to ensure influence after he leaves office, four of whom have extensive experience in crypto enforcement. He called the moves unprecedented, noting that such promotions typically last a decade, not a month. Stark explained that these are career civil service positions, which means the new administration cannot easily elimi...
On November 30th, the Chinese Coast Guard conducted law enforcement inspections in the territorial waters and surrounding areas of Huangyan Island in China. Since November, the Chinese Coast Guard has continued to strengthen law enforcement inspections in the territorial waters and surrounding areas of Huangyan Island in China, further strengthening the control of relevant sea areas, and resolutely safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
DEXX issued a statement on the X platform saying that it has received support from law enforcement agencies, service providers and security teams in many places around the world. There has also been some progress, and it is also advancing in various aspects of integrating resources. However, due to confidentiality reasons, it is impossible to disclose the latest progress to all users at the first time. At the same time, there are a lot of rumors on social media, unverified news and phishing link...
SlowMist posted on the X platform that its team will help law enforcement trace the stolen funds and analyze relevant clues, and will soon release a complete list of hacker addresses with DEXX. Roughly 2,000 suspicious addresses have been identified so far.
On November 7th, the Ministry of Public Security of China and the relevant law enforcement departments of the US Department of Homeland Security recently jointly handled a cross-border telecommunications network fraud case, helping a Zhejiang company and its US partners recover more than 1.7 million US dollars of defrauded funds, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of relevant enterprises. At present, the law enforcement agencies of China and the United States are active...
