Shanghai prosecutors held a series of press conferences yesterday and reported relevant cases, which showed that virtual currency, digital collections and other crimes committed under the guise of technological innovation gradually emerged, and in a new financial fraud case in the name of investing in virtual currency to defraud victims' money, the defendant Wu and others defrauded victims of funds totaling more than 35 million yuan in "air coin" GDFC issued by themselves during the operation of...
South Korea's Grand Prosecutor's Office on the 8th dropped a protest against the court's decision to "cancel the detention of Yoon Seok-hyuk", and Yoon Seok-hyuk will be released later. (Kim Ten)
According to the official website of the Department of Justice, US prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit in a crypto investment fraud case, recovering 7.24 BTC, 14,120 USDT, 105.75 ETH and other crypto assets. Investigations revealed that a Massachusetts resident was lured to join a fake investment group and tricked into transferring funds to a suspicious trading platform. Law enforcement found that at least three victims across the United States sent money to the same platform, and ...
According to CNN, US special counsel Jack Smith said Monday that he would drop an election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump and sought to drop the case in a court filing with a judge. Trump has said he would fire Smith once he takes office, breaking with previous practice regarding special counsel investigations. "The Department of Justice's position is that, in accordance with the Constitution...
U.S. prosecutors have charged five people with belonging to a hacking ring that allegedly hacked into dozens of businesses and individuals to steal $11 million worth of cryptocurrency and sensitive information. The California U.S. Attorney's Office said on November 20 that the defendants sent text messages to individuals and employees of certain companies for phishing links or SIM card swaps in order to steal login credentials for their work or cryptocurrency trading accounts.
Federal prosecutors in the United States intend to offer a plea deal to Eric Council Jr., an Alabama man suspected of hacking into the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account, in an attempt to identify his co-conspirator. In January, Council was charged with participating in the hack and publishing false information about the approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF. Council pleaded not guilty in court to identity theft and fraud charges. Prosecutors say Council faked identity cards, using stolen...
Four cryptocurrency companies and 14 individuals have been charged, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday, marking the first criminal indictment of a financial services firm for manipulating the cryptocurrency market and conducting fraudulent transactions. Federal prosecutors in Boston have filed charges against companies including Gotbit, ZM Quant, CLS Global, and MyTrade, as well as their leaders and employees, and have arrested multiple overseas suspects. Five have agreed to plead guilty or have...
US prosecutors said they did not breach a plea deal with former FTX executive Ryan Salame and did not commit to stopping the investigation of his partner Michelle Bond. Salame has previously accused the government of threatening his significant other Bonds in plea negotiations, but prosecutors stressed that they repeatedly made it clear to Salame's lawyers that the plea would not affect the ongoing investigation of Bond. Salame pleaded guilty in September to participating in an illegal political...
Telegram's chief executive, Pavel Durov, has been placed under investigation after four days of questioning by French police, according to prosecutors in Paris. Mr. Durov was released under judicial supervision on the condition that he pay 5 million euros bail and be banned from leaving France.
Sources: U.S. prosecutors have recommended that senior Justice Department officials file criminal charges against Boeing.