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The purported mastermind behind ZKasino encounters a multimillion-dollar challenge as crypto volatility exposes risky wagers.

Crypto market declines amid U.S. stock selloff and Trump tariffs

After the Garantex website was taken down and its wallets were frozen, the sanctioned exchange provides access to crypto services through an alternative platform, Grinex. By mid-March, it has already received over $29 million.

Bohdan Prylepa, owner of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and several other platforms, has been placed on Ukraine’s wanted list on suspicion of large-scale fraud and embezzlement of over one billion hryvnias in client funds.

The largest freeze order was issued against a wallet containing approximately $2 million in cryptocurrency that was hosted on Coinbase.

Bohdan Prylepa, a former investor and cryptocurrency exchange developer, became a symbol of large-scale fraud in the crypto industry.

The dealer who embezzled a billion from the military and is possibly collaborating with the FSB mistakenly believes he is untouchable.

Over one billion hryvnias were allegedly defrauded from clients in a scheme organized by Ukrainian pseudo-businessman Bohdan Prylepa, with law enforcement conducting searches at cryptocurrency exchanges connected to his operations.

The owners of the Qmall crypto exchange have shifted from aggressive “raids” to mere “showmanship.”

Romanian authorities executed a comprehensive operation against an organized crime network accused of misappropriating funds from a renewable energy project. The group reportedly laundered over $14 million via cryptocurrency transactions.

Binance stated that its initiatives are intended to enhance the protection of its users against malicious market activities.

Insiders possess a significant advantage that enables them to profit from memecoins, while retail investors endure the majority of the losses.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has exposed the trader behind a series of high-risk trades on Hyperliquid, linking the activity to a UK-based individual with a history of financial crimes.

Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims through accounts at major commercial banks, or turn it into cryptocurrency.

Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainian suspects allegedly participated in a $13 million international crypto scam involving criminals from across the EU.

New York’s proposed legislation equates private key fraud to PIN theft, aiming to protect crypto investors.

In response to complaints about electricity theft, authorities conducted raids on three abandoned houses and discovered remotely controlled mining operations.

Chainalysis reveals over $1.6 million transferred by Parsarad, associated with darknet trades and the circumvention of Iran’s strict anti-drug laws.

A primary contributor by the name of TCB cautioned that Thorchain might encounter a crisis if the network is perceived as a facilitator of money laundering.

Belarusian investigators, probing the gambling market, found an unexpected link to the owner of a Minsk casino, Mustafa Egemen Shener, associated with a Turkish drug lord who was killed in Northern Cyprus.

On February 21, an unprecedented event took place: a sophisticated cyberattack on the Bybit exchange led to the theft of approximately $1.46 billion in Ethereum (ETH) and related tokens.

Bitcoin dropped below $90,000 to its lowest since November 18 on Tuesday, as market nerves over U.S. tariffs reinforced the blow to crypto investor confidence from last week’s $1.5 billion hack of ether from the Bybit exchange.