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Evan Tangeman Sentenced to 70 Months for Laundering Stolen Crypto in RICO Case

The sentence advances a RICO probe into a ring accused of stealing more than $230 million in cryptocurrency.

France Charges 88 in Crackdown on Violent Crypto ‘Wrench’ Attacks

Evan Tangeman Sentenced to 70 Months in $263 Million Crypto Theft Case

DOJ Says Supreme Court Ruling Doesn’t Apply in Tornado Cash Developer Case

Circle Faces Scrutiny Over USDC Freezes After Drift Hack And $420M Report

Ireland Seizes 500 BTC From Dormant Wallet in Europol-Assisted Breakthrough

South Korea Arrests Two Over Missing Police Bitcoin as Tax Agency Leak Leads to Token Return

EU Proposes Blanket Ban on Crypto Transactions With Russia-Based Providers

South Korea’s Gangnam Police Probe Disappearance of 22 Seized Bitcoins

TRM Labs Hits $1 Billion Valuation With $70 Million Series C to Scale AI Crime-Tracking

Crypto ‘Wrench Attacks’ Hit Record in 2025 With $41 Million in Losses

Andean Medjedovic Vanishes From Serbian Custody During Extradition

Illicit Crypto Flows Soared to $158 Billion in 2025 as Russia-Linked Stablecoin Drove Surge

Chainalysis Finds $82 Billion in 2025 On-Chain Laundering as Chinese-Language Networks Rise

South Korea Refers Three Suspects After Uncovering $102 Million Crypto Laundering Ring

Hyperliquid’s $254,000 HYPE Donation Makes It ZachXBT’s No. 2 Backer

Bragg and Sen. Myrie Introduce CRYPTO Act to Criminalize Unlicensed Crypto Businesses in New York

U.S. Prosecutors Move to Forfeit $200,000 in USDT Linked to Tinder ‘Pig‑Butchering’ Scheme

Tether Freezes $182 Million in USDT Across Five Tron Wallets

Illicit Crypto Inflows Hit $158 Billion in 2025, TRM Labs Finds