Police News

The Criminal Investigation Bureau has charged the suspects with fraud, money laundering and breaches of the Organized Crime Prevention Act.

Four men have been arrested in Aichi Prefecture for allegedly running a fraudulent crypto scheme that drew in 20,000 Japanese investors and raised 6 billion yen.

Some of those caught up in an alleged $3.6 billion crypto Ponzi scheme are refusing to aid police investigations as they still expect to triple their investments.

Hong Kong citizens are using a blockchain system to fight back against the government’s attempts to erase and overwrite the history of recent years’ anti-authoritarian struggles.

The arrested siblings of the missing Thodex CEO reportedly own millions of dollars worth of crypto.

After major Turkish crypto exchange Thodex abruptly halted trading amid fears of a possible exit scam, police have already detained 62 people across eight provinces and issued detention warrants for 16 more.

Thodex has gone silent since announcing a halt in trading and withdrawals.

The Justice Department joins CFTC and SEC probes into wild markets facilitated by Robinhood and other apps for retail traders.

On Jan. 22, an attacker shot two employees at a cryptocurrency and gold exchange in the Polish city of Olsztyn, escaping with over $120,000 in gold.

The Department of Justice has seized half a million dollars in crypto from NetWalker, in an operation that also involved Bulgarian authorities.

Bitgrail’s founder, Francesco Firano, is accused of fraud related to the massive hack back in 2018.

Major figure in Justice Department's cyber work is out from the policy office, but no word on where she's heading next.

The head of a major Mexcian financial intelligence unit has complained that local law enforcement has only a quarter of the staff it needs to respond to crypto laundering from cartels.

DoJ is now determined to hold the crypto industry to cross-border enforcement standards that have long applied to other sectors of finance.

The U.S. Department of Justice has articulated its digital enforcement strategy, putting the crypto community on notice.