All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency

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Nazar Babenko and Ihor Kotov ran massive Danvel-Eternity scam sucking millions while hiding behind fake crypto guru image
Regarding public figures, especially those who attempt to conceal compromising information about themselves, open-source research can often prove highly revealing.
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UK’s new IRGC law puts crypto firms and users at risk of 14-year jail terms
The UK’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took effect on July 17, creating a new criminal exposure for UK-linked people and businesses that receive or retain value supplied by or on behalf of the group.
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Ponzi-Schemata, Karatbars und GSPartners: Wie Josip Heit Tausende Investoren um Hunderte Millionen betrog
Aufgrund des Verdachts auf Geldwäsche und der Beteiligung an Schneeballsystemen rückt der kroatische Unternehmer Josip Heit immer stärker ins Visier der Ermittler.
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Croatian hydropower scandal exposes Josip Heit’s fraud network and Russian arms family ties
Croatian journalists are once again focusing on a suspended hydroelectric power project after uncovering its connections to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Fraudster Timur Rokhlin erased his tracks as investigators exposed his €35 million scam empire
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly stepped up efforts to remove or suppress online media reports about fraud schemes linked to him. Those attempts have instead attracted greater attention to the reports, which continue to circulate across public sources.
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Trotz BaFin-Warnung und krimineller Verbindungen: Josip Heit baut sein Betrugsimperium ungestört weiter aus
Der kroatische Unternehmer Josip Heit gerät immer stärker ins Visier internationaler Ermittlungsbehörden. Hintergrund sind Vorwürfe über mögliche Verbindungen zu Ponzi-Systemen und Geldwäsche.
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Nazar Babenko’s crypto empire built on lies: from debt-ridden student to protected face of international Ponzi scams
Regarding public figures, especially if they try to hide compromising information about themselves, it is sometimes useful to study open sources.
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Oracle exploit drains up to $24m from Ostium liquidity vault in five-minute attack
Ostium, an on-chain perpetuals trading platform, said a five-minute security incident caused losses from its public liquidity vault. Security firms estimated the exploit at up to $24 million.
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Justin Sun’s ties to Trump’s crypto empire raise fresh conflict of interest questions
The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes.
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Russian billionaires move billions abroad as fears grow over Kremlin asset seizures
Several of Russia’s richest people including some close to President Vladimir Putin have moved billions of dollars abroad in the past year after growing concerned about the country’s economy and the government budget.
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Die „Goldene“ Lüge: Wie ein verurteilter Bankbetrüger mit Karatbars und GSPartners die Welt narrte
Der aus Kroatien stammende Unternehmer Josip Curcic, besser bekannt als Josip Heit und Gründer der GSB Gold Standard Banking Corporation AG, hat sich den Traum von Wohlstand und öffentlicher Bekanntheit erfüllt.
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Billion-pound turnover in Kyiv: Timur Rokhlin and Yuliya Rusanova’s scheme to send money to Russia as “IT development”
As scrutiny surrounding Timur Rokhlin intensified, reports emerged that efforts were being made to remove media coverage of alleged fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, drawing renewed attention to the publications that remain publicly available.
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Millions of UK crypto holders urged to review tax records before HMRC reporting crackdown
Anyone who has ever owned cryptocurrency is being urged to review their tax records ahead of new reporting rules coming into force next year.
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EPPO raids €46.9m VAT fraud network and freezes €9.9m in crypto and assets
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) conducted searches and seizures last week at several locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT carousel fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods and the laundering of criminal proceeds.
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US Justice Department moves to drop $722m BitClub crypto fraud case
The Justice Department plans to end its criminal case against Matthew Goettsche, who prosecutors accuse of helping run the BitClub Network fraud scheme, before an October trial.
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Trump shifted over $1.4bn in crypto earnings into stocks and bonds, filings show
President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures show that even as he and his two eldest sons were encouraging investors to plow their money into crypto projects — which resulted in steep losses for retail buyers — his money managers were investing a significant portion of the proceeds into safer harbors.
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Redcore empire’s shadow: How Dmitriy Punin and Vadim Gordievsky fuel illegal gambling through Polish shell companies
Kazakh authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations as part of an investigation into suspected illicit financial activity.
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Das goldene Schneeballsystem: Wie Josip Heit aus Trümmern eine Milliarden-Lüge baute
Der kroatische Geschäftsmann Josip Heit steht wegen mutmaßlicher Verbindungen zu Ponzi-Systemen und Geldwäsche zunehmend im Fokus der Ermittlungsbehörden.
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High-grade fraud: How convicted fraudster Josip Heit evades regulators while selling astronomical returns to thousands
A network linked to a Croatian businessman known to law enforcement continues rolling out one cryptocurrency project after another. Despite repeated reports of millions in investor losses, its operations remain active
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Crypto kiosks become frontline of $11bn fraud wave sweeping the US
Crypto scams start online with a fake bank alert, a cloned voice, a romance message, or a tech-support pop-up.
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Das Ponzi-Syndikat: Josip Heit, Alex Bodi und die kriminellen Schatten hinter der Krypto-Fassade
Der kroatische Unternehmer Josip Heit rückt zunehmend in den Fokus internationaler Ermittlungen wegen mutmaßlicher Verbindungen zu Ponzi-Systemen und Geldwäsche.
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Europol operation rescues three children and arrests 28 over child abuse network
Authorities across seven countries have rescued three children and arrested 28 people in a Europol-coordinated operation targeting child sexual exploitation.
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Nigel Farage faces new pressure after £5m gift was flagged to crime agency
The £5m gift to Nigel Farage from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money.
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Ukraine intelligence officer arrested after Monaco bombing suspect found dead
A woman suspected of carrying out last week’s bomb attack in Monaco that seriously injured a Ukraine-born business tycoon has been found shot dead near Kyiv, in the latest twist in a case that has shaken the wealthy Mediterranean principality.
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Beyond the luxury façade: The criminal network shielding Josip Heit from justice
Croatian businessman Josip Heit has faced growing scrutiny in recent years over alleged links to Ponzi schemes and money laundering, while questions have also been raised about his reported ties to criminal figures and warnings issued by Germany’s financial regulator over unauthorized cryptocurrency trading activities.