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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is joining the investigation into one of the largest alleged crypto scams of 2020.
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The FBI, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is a department of the United States Department of Justice. FBI is the domestic organ of the US’s national intelligence apparatus and, at the same time, the top law enforcement agency. It was founded in 1908 and the FBI headquarters is currently in Washington D.C. Though many activities of the FBI are unique, the functions of the agency are frequently compared with British and Russian organizations concerned with national security. In addition, the main difference between the FBI and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) is that the CIA specializes on operations abroad while the FBI works predominantly within the country. The president of the United States appoints the FBI director to the position.
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Any ransom payments made in cryptocurrency are taxed as property rather than currency, so be aware of the U.S. tax implications.
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Fear mounted as the FBI announced that it helped Colonial Pipeline retrieve a portion of its BTC ransom payment, but can the government actually take over Bitcoin and the network?
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Coinbase CSO says ‘good ol’ fashioned police work’ landed the FBI the private keys.
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The Department of Justice has seized half a million dollars in crypto from NetWalker, in an operation that also involved Bulgarian authorities.
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Arrested by the FBI earlier today, 24-year-old Spence also faces civil charges of fraud that look to bar him from future trading.
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The trader was both lying to investors and using an unregistered derivatives strategy on BitMEX.
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The DoJ thinks the FBI needs to shape up when it comes to its cryptocurrency support teams.
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Robert Farkas will face the lightest felony sentence possible for his role in Centra Tech's 2017 ICO.
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The FBI have arrested one of the conspirators in a planned ransomware attack against electric car maker Tesla.
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New muscle from law enforcement investigating crypto suggests that government innovation may be slow but the government gets what it wants.
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One of the main operators of the now-shuttered streaming site movie2k.to has forfeited over $30 million worth of crypto to German police.
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Nigerian scammers converted millions of dollars into Bitcoin via Gemini exchange according to an FBI criminal complaint.
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Telegram founder says that the United States is no longer an attractive place for tech entrepreneurs.
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The FBI is seeking individuals who held crypto assets on CoinGather who appeared to conduct an exit scam in November 2017.
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