Seven U.K. individuals sentenced to 76 years in crypto crime spree
A Manchester U.K. court has sentenced seven individuals to a combined 76 years in prison for kidnapping, assault, and stealing £100,000 in cryptocurrency from a single victim. The criminals, who carried out a series of violent actions against a Manchester resident, received varying prison terms for their repeated offenses. According to the Warrington Guardian, the […]
Russian man sentenced to 7 years in prison for sending crypto to Ukrainian armed forces
A Russian citizen from Yakutia has been sentenced to seven years of prison for funding the Ukrainian Armed Forces by sending cryptocurrencies to their account. According to Russian media outlet Izvestia, the man is currently being held in a high-security holding facility for providing financial assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine or AFU. This […]
Craig Wright sentenced to 1 year for contempt in Satoshi claims
Craig Wright, who for years claimed to be Bitcoin’s creator, was found guilty of contempt and sentenced to 12 months in prison. Australian computer scientist Craig Wright was sentenced to 12 months in jail, with the sentence suspended for 24 months, after a U.K. judge found him guilty of contempt of court. In March, a […]
Bitcoin mixer operator sentenced to 3 years for laundering over $300m
Larry Harmon, an Ohio resident, has been sentenced to three years in prison for laundering more than $300 million worth of Bitcoin through his darknet service, Helix, according to Bloomberg. The platform operated a tool designed to obscure the origins of cryptocurrency transactions, enabling users, primarily criminals, to move funds undetected, according to the U.S. […]
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Judge Lewis Kaplan of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Bankman-Fried to 25 years for his conviction on seven felony charges Source link
