Tag: DoJ
Gotbit CEO Indicted by DOJ for Orchestrating Wash Trading Scheme
The Department of Justice has recently indicted Aleksei Andriunin, the CEO of Gotbit, a crypto financial services firm, on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit market manipulation. Andriunin, a Russian national living...
DOJ Probe of Tether Dampens Crypto Rally Hopes
Cryptocurrency prices took a hit during U.S. afternoon hours on Friday following reports of a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into stablecoin issuer Tether for potential violations of sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations. Stablecoins...
Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Faces 5-Year Prison Sentence, Says DOJ
Prosecutors have requested that Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, should spend five years behind bars for his crime. Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather...
What the DoJ’s Most Up-to-date move against McAfee has Educated us
These fees are filed with regard to his actions from the crypto distance from 2017 to 2020.It might be some time until McAfee really must confront these charges in court, since he's now being...
