Israeli Police Arrest Beitar Jerusalem Owner and 7 Suspects in Multimillion-D...
Israeli police have arrested eight suspects in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud scheme after raiding their homes and seizing evidence. One of the suspects is Moshe Hogeg, a well-known owner of the premier soccer team Beitar Jerusalem Football Club. 8 People Arrested in Crypto Fraud Scheme in Israel Israeli police arrested eight suspects Thursday allegedly stealing tens of millions of shekels in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme. The arrests were made after officers from the police’s Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit raided the suspects’ homes and offices.....
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Authorities in China recently announced the arrest of ten suspects they say are behind an online pyramid platform that is thought to have stolen millions of dollars from unsuspecting users. The suspects are accused of using the promise of high returns and a regular income to lure more victims.
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Chinese authorities recently said they had arrested ten individuals behind an online platform which they believe to be a pyramid scheme, a regional report from China has said. The report suggests the scammers may have defrauded....
Japanese police charged 30 people for their alleged involvement in illegal transactions linked to the well-known $530 million Coincheck hack in 2018. Tokyo authorities traced all individuals’ transactions to different places across the nation. Illicit Transactions Are Estimated to Have Totaled Over $96 Million Initially, Nikkei reported that the suspects were either arrested or their cases have been referred to the prosecutors’ office. However, Kyodo confirmed that all 30 people were arrested and are now under police custody, citing sources familiar with the matter. Police....
Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of the now defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, has been re-arrested on charges of embezzlement. According to local media reports, Tokyo's Metropolitan Police served Karpeles with a new arrest warrant earlier today. Reports suggesting a re-arrest was a possibility first surfaced yesterday amid claims he had embezzled ¥321m ($2.6m) of customer deposits to fund other personal projects. As previously reported by CoinDesk, Karpeles has been in custody for the past three weeks - the maximum time period suspects can be detained without being formally charged. The new....
German police have detained two people suspected of hacking into computer networks and using them to mine over €700,000 worth of bitcoins. Three suspects face organised computer fraud and commercial fraud charges, according to the public prosecutor's office in Kempten. Two of the suspects were arrested Monday night in a raid by GSG-9, the German federal counter-terrorism unit. The raids were carried out in Bavaria and Lower Saxony, According to the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA). There was no arrest warrant against the third suspect, and it is somewhat unclear why federal....