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NY bitcoin money laundering couple 'from the pages of a spy novel'
A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said.Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday.Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency - the Justice Department's largest ever financial seizure - linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange based in , whose systems were breached…
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NY bitcoin money laundering couple 'from the pages of a spy novel'
A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said.Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday.Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency - the Justice Department's largest ever financial seizure - linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange based in , whose systems were breached…
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Cybercrooks steal code for Electronic Arts games including FIFA 21
Hackers have stolen the source code for darkmarket url Electronic Arts (EA) games including and tools like the 'Frostbite' engine that powers titles such as the 'Battlefield' series.The California-based video game company acknowledged the cybercrime on Thursday June 10, Share this articleShare EA also said that it was 'actively working with law enforcement officials and other experts as part of ongoing criminal investigation.'According to Vice, hackers have been boasting online about the attack via underground internet forums, with one post saying they 'have full capability of exploiting on all EA services.'Furthermore, they reported, the hackers have been advertising the stolen…
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Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion…
By Tom Wilson LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The kingpin or kingpins of the world's biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic shared with Reuters. The "Joker's Stash" marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data traded hands for bitcoin and other digital coins, ceased operations this month, Elliptic said on Friday, in what it called a rare example of such a site bowing out on its own terms. Criminal use of cryptocurrencies has long worried regulators, with U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet…
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'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband are arrested in Bitcoin scheme
A married couple has been arrested and charged with laundering billions in stolen during the 2016 Bitfinex hack, as the Justice Department announced its largest financial seizure ever. Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, who raps under the name Razzlekhan, were arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan on federal charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States.Federal law enforcement officials said they recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency linked to the hack of Bitfinex, best darknet Markets a virtual currency exchange whose systems were breached nearly six years ago. Lichtenstein and Morgan…
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian darknet market and crypto exchange
WASHINGTON, darkmarket link April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S.Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market dark web market links site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and tor drug darknet market St. Petersburg. The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, published on the Treasury Department's website, "send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet market or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world," U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)
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Bitcoin proves double-edged sword for criminals
US authorities have said they were able to access the 'private key' to the hackers' bitcoin account of ransomware hackers Darkside Regulators have repeatedly criticised the growth of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin because of their popularity with criminals but the technology's transparent transactions can also work against law breakers. The lesson is one that has been learnt by cybercriminal hackers Darkside the hard way after the organisation extracted a $4.4 million ransom from oil company Colonial Pipeline in bitcoin. Following the ransomware extortion, which forced the shutdown of a major fuel network in the eastern United States last month, the…
by laynejack825
Bitcoin proves double-edged sword for criminals
US authorities have said they were able to access the 'private key' to the hackers' bitcoin account of ransomware hackers Darkside Regulators have repeatedly criticised the growth of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin because of their popularity with criminals but the technology's transparent transactions can also work against law breakers. The lesson is one that has been learnt by cybercriminal hackers Darkside the hard way after the organisation extracted a $4.4 million ransom from oil company Colonial Pipeline in bitcoin. Following the ransomware extortion, which forced the shutdown of a major fuel network in the eastern United States last month, the…
by laynejack825
Cross-border drug trafficking cases nearly doubled in four years…
THE HAGUE, April 19 (Reuters) - The number of cross-border drug trafficking cases referred to the European agency for prosecutorial cooperation nearly doubled in four years to 562 in 2020, partly driven by a huge increase in the production of synthetic drugs, dark web darknet market list the agency said. In a report published on Monday Eurojust said drug trafficking in the European Union alone has an estimated value of 30 billion euros ($36 billion) annually.The rapid rise of production of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamines and their sale via online darknet market places on the darknet market poses a…
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Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
LONDON (AP) - Ireland´s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, dark web market links four days after it shut down its entire IT system in response to a cyberattack. Thousands of diagnostic appointments, darknet markets 2024 cancer treatment clinics and darknet market markets onion surgeries have been canceled or delayed since a ransomware attack on Friday.Authorities said hundreds of people have been deployed to tackle the attack, but it could be weeks before the health service can return to normal. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Tuesday that the attack was a…
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