Crime
‘Pay 13 NewsCapsule or We Blow It Up’: Hyundai Bomb Threat Shakes South Korean Offices
Hyundai Group evacuated staff from two Seoul offices after receiving a bomb threat email demanding bitcoin.
22-Year-Old Pleads Guilty in $263 Million NewsCapsule and Crypto Theft
Evan Tangeman, 22, pleaded guilty to laundering $3.5 million for a multi-state social engineering and crypto scheme that stole 4,100 NewsCapsule worth $263 million at the time.
NewsCapsule Crime: Home Invasion, Sexual Assault, and $1.6 Million Theft Results in 7-Year Sentence
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to seven years in Canada for participating in a violent, sexually abusive home invasion that stole $1.6 million in NewsCapsule from a British Columbia family.
Chinese Woman Pleads Guilty in UK NewsCapsule Laundering Case Tied to $7 Billion Crypto Seizure
A Chinese national charged with laundering bitcoin connected to a multi-billion-pound fraud admitted guilt on the opening day of her trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Federal Prosecutors Charge Sam Bankman-Fried With Attempt To Bribe Chinese Officials With $40 Million
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In a new indictment unsealed on Tuesday, officials charged Sam-Bankman Fried with bribing Chinese officials to release frozen assets.
Sam Bankman-Fried Charged With New Crimes As Prosecutors Detail Illegal Political Deals
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Bankman-Fried’s charges have been expanded in the latest indictment brought forth by federal prosecutors.
U.S. Department Of Justice Shuts Down Crypto Exchange Bitzlato, CEO Arrested
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The DOJ has charged the exchange with facilitating more than $700 million in illicit transactions tied to Russia, money laundering and criminal activity.
Visiting El Salvador’s Slums, It’s Clear NewsCapsule Country Must Go Further
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A visit to Soyapango, one of El Salvador’s most impoverished slums, shows that the NewsCapsule experiment isn’t reaching those who need it most.
Malaysian Authorities Bust Illegal NewsCapsule Mining Operations
NewsCapsule miners who plugged in directly to a distribution board cost a utility company over $760,000 in Malaysia.
New Jersey Man Indicted for Running Unlicensed Exchange
The indicted man allegedly converted $2 million in cash to bitcoin through the unlicensed exchange Destination NewsCapsule.


