French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in ...
Hundreds of thousands of euros may have been supplied through a secret network benefiting al-Qaida-linked extremists in northwestern Syria.
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For the first time in European history, the French Police arrested three individuals suspected to run an illegal Bitcoin exchange. This marks the first bitcoins obtained by the French Government. In a recent press release, France's National Gendarmerie, a branch of the French Armed Forces, announced that they made three arrests during raids in Cannes, Nice, Toulouse and Brussels. The arrested people are suspected of running an illegal Bitcoin exchange. They were targeted due to the lack of certification from the ACPR, as outlined in a report: "The site used to trade without any approval of....
Japanese authorities have arrested a suspected drug importer who allegedly used bitcoin to pay his Mexican suppliers. According to Channel News Asia, the case is the first of its kind in the country - an arrest for a crime involving both drugs and digital currency. The suspect has been named as 38-year-old Ayumu Teramoto and his arrest was carried out by police forces in Tokyo and Fukuoka. Teramoto is suspected of buying and importing illegal stimulants - terms usually used in the Japanese media to describe cocaine and methamphetamines. Bitcoin payment. The suspect allegedly used ¥3.5m....
U.S. Congress subcommittee says that bank reporting methods led to Capitol attack arrests but worries that Bitcoin might have helped fund the insurrection. A U.S. Congress subcommittee is investigating if domestic extremists are turning to cryptocurrency as a source of funds for their activities.On Feb. 25, the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy will hold a hearing titled “Dollars Against Democracy: Domestic Terrorist Financing in the Aftermath of Insurrection.” A committee memorandum ahead of the hearing stated that “as scrutiny by....
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