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Family Involved in Bitcoin Scam Plead Not Guilty

The case of the $34 million Bitcoin scam in Thailand continues as the family behind the alleged scam plead not guilty. The wheels of justice...

Stolen Bitcoin Worth $80K Leads to 11 Arrests in Turkey

Turkish police have taken 11 people into custody for allegedly stealing over $80,000 in Bitcoin via hacking. It seems that every time you load up...

Bitcoin Scam Leads Man to Threaten Attack on Miami Airport

A young man from India has been detained by local police after calling in threats to the Miami airport due to a Bitcoin scam. An...

Bitcoin Bribes Result in Arrests of Bulgarian Government Officials

Two Bulgarian officials have been arrested for accepting Bitcoin bribes as payment for issuing identity documents. Having to deal with a government bureaucracy to get...

Bitcoin Extortion Racket: Amsterdam Business Owners Threatened with Grenades if They Don’t Pay Up

In a strange string of incidents, businesses in Amsterdam have received email threats of armed attacks if they don’t shell out 50,000 euros in...

Bitcoin Ransom of $20,000 Paid by Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in Canada recently paid a ransomware hacker $20,000 in bitcoins. Computers are a tremendous boon to modern life. For...

California Bitcoin Dealer Enters Guilty Plea, Will Forfeit More than $800,000

Jacob Burrell-Campos recently pleaded guilty to charges of running an illegal money transmitting operation. This plea comes after his indictment on money laundering and...

Poland Deems DasCoin a Ponzi Scheme, Seizes $11.6 Million

In an ironic twist, the self-described "currency of trust," DasCoin, has found itself on the wrong side of Polish law. It has been reported...

Ripple Worth Over $300,000 Stolen in Australia, Suspect Arrested

A 23-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly hacking her victim's email and crypto accounts before draining the latter of 100,000 Ripple tokens. While Bitcoin...

Bitcoin Trade Followed by Murder

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in Norway a short time after completing a cash-for-Bitcoin transaction. The world of cryptocurrency is a virtual one,...

Bitcoin Account Dispute Leads to Killingly Home Invasion

Two women have been arrested for their role in a home invasion that was precipitated by the opening of a Bitcoin account. Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts...

US Marshals to Auction Off $4.3 Million in Bitcoins

The United States Marshals Service is conducting a sale of 660 bitcoins which were forfeited in various federal cases. Auction of Bitcoins by a Government...