U.S. Department of Justice Arrests Engineer Over $9M Crypto Theft
The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a security engineer on wire fraud charges, alleging he stole $9 million worth of crypto from an unnamed decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.
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U.S. Senator Tuberville Asks DOJ, SEC to Investigate Crypto Broker Prometheum
U.S. Senator Thomas Tuberville (R-Ala.) wrote an open letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler asking them to investigate Prometheum, a special-purpose broker that recently secured federal permissions to offer crypto trading services.
U.S. DOJ Appeals New York Judge’s Decision to Approve Voyager’s Sale to Binance.US
The appeal comes just one day after Judge Michael Wiles gave Voyager Digital the go-ahead to sell its assets to Binance.US.