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Cryptocurrency Crime

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Ireland Seizes 500 Bitcoin From Long-Dormant Wallet Linked to Drug Case

Europol's decryption support provided a method investigators believe could unlock the remaining 5,500 BTC.

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

Tether, UNODC Launch Partnership to Counter Crypto-Enabled Crime in Africa

Illicit Crypto Hit $154 Billion in 2025 as Sanctioned States Moved On‑Chain

Truebit Exploit Drains $26 Million in ETH as TRU Collapses 99%

Ilya Lichtenstein Transferred to Home Confinement Under First Step Act After Bitfinex Case

€8 Million in Crypto Stolen in Violent Home Invasion Near La Rochelle