In a significant development, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, founders and CEO of the privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet and mixer, Samourai Wallet, have been arrested and charged with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern District of New York, announced these charges today following an extensive investigation…
Despite the increasing involvement of the USDT stablecoin in criminal activities, the UN has reported that law enforcement authorities have successfully dismantled various money laundering organizations responsible for transferring illegal funds using USDT. The United Nations (UN) has warned that Tether’s USDT stablecoin has become the preferred cryptocurrency for money laundering schemes and other illicit…
Although released on a $175 million bond, debate surrounds whether CZ can safely return home to the UAE before his sentencing hearing without the risk of facing more punishment. Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, the founder and former CEO of the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance, pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in a Seattle…
Circle Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy Dante Disparte wrote a formal letter to Senators Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren to refute claims that USDC has been used for funding the Hamas terror group. After the United States Department of Treasury caught up with Binance Holdings Ltd, and its former CEO Changpen Zhao…
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. With all the scrutiny on megabank JPMorgan’s relationship with the now dead sex offender Jeffery Epstein, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has called for less regulations on the banking sector. “The…
The funds will be used by the comapny for international expansion across continents to capitalize on significant market demand. Popular Israeli fintech company ThetaRay, known for its cutting-edge AI-based transaction monitoring and screening solution, Sonar, has secured $57 million in a funding round. The announcement, made on Tuesday, revealed that the fresh round was led…
The US Treasury Department noted that even after Tornado Cash founders knew that the Lazarus Group was using the crypto mixer to launder funds, they continued offering hem the services. American regulators are cracking down hard on popular crypto mixer Tornado Cash. On Wednesday, August 23, the US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on one…