The U.S. Response to Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan’s Detention Is Shameful
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of crime compliance, is one of two executives arrest in Nigeria earlier this year. (Shutterstock/Consensus)
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What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum
In a highly technical overview of an exploit that has since been patched, government prosecutors find that exploiting code is a crime. CoinDesk reached out to several experts in the Ethereum community to get their views on the case.
Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in ransom payments, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm Moves to Dismiss Indictment Over Crypto-Laundering Allegations
A Southern District of New York courthouse (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk archives)
U.S. Government’s Legal Precedents Don’t Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried’s Defense Argues
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have pushed back against the U.S. government’s sentencing memo which makes the case for why it thinks the former FTX CEO should be handed a sentence in the range of 40-50 years, a court filing on Wednesday shows.
U.S. Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Return $2.3M in Crypto Tied to 37 Scam Victims
The United States Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts filed a civil forfeiture action on Wednesday aimed at returning $2.3 million in cryptocurrency to 37 victims of online scams and fraud.
Judge Signs Off on Binance’s $4.3B Plea Deal With U.S. Prosecutors
A federal judge approved the U.S. Department of Justice’s $4.3 billion fine on Binance after the crypto exchange pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws last November.
U.S. Bans Crypto Addresses Tied to LockBit Ransomware Group From Financial System
The U.S. government tagged a number of bitcoin and ether addresses as being tied to the LockBit ransomware group, which was taken down on Monday.
Crypto Backers B. Riley and Nomura Entangled in SEC Probe: Bloomberg
Investment bank B. Riley is under an undisclosed investigation from U.S. authorities for its deals with Brian Kahn, an alleged co-conspirator in a U.S. Department of Justice criminal case.
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t Face Second Criminal Trial, U.S. Prosecutors Say
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