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Liquidators of the embattled Mirror Trading International want a deeper probe of the alleged Bitcoin multi-level marketing scheme.

Despite the crypto industry experiencing a major rise in mainstream interest in 2020, the year also saw many prominent crypto personnel apprehended by regulators.

How distributed ledger technologies can help law enforcement agencies to fight crime and money laundering.

FinCEN posted vacancies for two high-profile crypto positions in a bid to get expert professional advice on the crypto industry.

“It is unacceptable that in the face of a scam like this there hasn’t been a strong reaction on the part of the judicial authorities.”

Major figure in Justice Department's cyber work is out from the policy office, but no word on where she's heading next.

The head of a major Mexcian financial intelligence unit has complained that local law enforcement has only a quarter of the staff it needs to respond to crypto laundering from cartels.

Police have charged Coinbit chairman Choi Mo and two unnamed executives with fraud and forgery related to market manipulation and prosecutors are preparing the case.

Institutions still fear Bitcoin’s criminal persona, its volatility, and other factors.

Many are calling for Donald Trump to grant clemency to the Silk Road founder before he leaves office on Jan. 20.

Cybercriminals may favor a different cryptocurrency in the coming months, however.

Court filings from Nov. 19 show that a large volume of crypto assets, including Bitcoin and Ether, was seized from seven convicts in the PlusToken case.

Governments are increasingly liquidating crypto assets seized in criminal investigations.

The Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate exchanged Bitcoin, Ether and Monero for 6.4 million euro.

Government lawyers implied that citizens could legally pass along nuclear secrets to North Korea if held to the same standards as Griffith.