Austrian Regulator Freezes Crypto Mining Firm Amid Investigation The Austrian Financial Market Authority has suspended the operations of cryptocurrency mining firm INVIA GmbH for offering illegal investments. … Read More
German Authorities Sold $14 Million in Seized Cryptos Over Price Fears Prosecutors in Germany have made an emergency sale of cryptocurrencies seized in two investigations due to concerns over price volatility.… Read More
US Department of Justice, CFTC Probe Crypto Market Manipulation: Report The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly investigating cryptocurrency traders who may have manipulated the markets using old-school tricks.… Read More
China Prosecutes 98 Over Alleged $2 Billion OneCoin Pyramid Scheme China has prosecuted nearly 100 individuals said to be involved with locally operating the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.… Read More
Jennifer Aniston, Prince Charles Falsely Used to Promote Crypto Scam Texas’ securities regulator has issued a cease-and-desist to a crypto investment scheme that faked endorsements from high-profile individuals.… Read More
Founders of ICO Endorsed By Floyd Mayweather Indicted for Fraud The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced that the co-founders of a Floyd Mayweather-backed ICO have been indicted.… Read More
Justice Department Veteran Backs Bitcoin Crime-Fighting Tool A former U.S. Department of Justice section head has been hired to help drive sales of Bitfury’s Crystal, a blockchain tracking product.… Read More
Korea’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Raided Over Suspected Fraud: Report Prosecutors in South Korea have raided the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the country, UPbit, over suspected fraud, according to a report.… Read More
Security or Currency? Jury to Decide Next Year in ICO Fraud Case A jury will decide whether tokens issued through two allegedly fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs) count as securities.… Read More
Crypto Investment Schemes Hit With Cease-and-Desists in Texas A Texas regulator has issued cease-and-desist orders against two cryptocurrency schemes that it alleges are selling unregistered securities.… Read More