Money Laundering News

After a New York jury found the Tornado Cash co-founder guilty of one of three charges he had been facing, US authorities still have the option of filing for a retrial.

Court documents showed there was at least one 90-year-old, and some people had “set in stone” their opinions about the Tornado Cash co-founder’s criminal charges.

Roman Storm’s trial verdict leaves the door open for US prosecutors to retry the Tornado Cash developer, attorneys said.

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys have made statements in court about a T-shirt Roman Storm wore at a 2019 Ethereum conference in Boston.

New data shows stolen crypto is laundered within minutes, often before hacks are even disclosed.

The second week of the Roman Storm trial kicked off with Judge Katherine Failla allowing a witness to testify that Tornado Cash could have been modified to prevent criminal use.

Iurii Gugnin allegedly used fake documents to bypass sanctions and launder $530 million for Russian clients. In the process, he deceived US banks.

Crypto criminals are using crosschain tools such as bridges, DEXs and coin swappers to obscure $21.8B in illicit flows across multiple blockchains.

Looking for love lost $36.9 million to crypto scammers: A story of how Axis Digital turned sweet words into stolen coins and laundered it all to Cambodia.

New Zealand banned crypto ATMs and set a $5,000 cap on overseas cash transfers in a major step to combat money laundering and financial crime.

Australian authorities busted a $123-million crypto fraud. The scheme used seemingly legit businesses for crypto money laundering.

Applying advanced tools for tracking illicit stablecoin transactions is necessary; still, it is not enough to mitigate the risks of mass adoption.

Turkey’s Finance Ministry plans new rules requiring crypto platforms to collect source and purpose data, with limits on stablecoin transfers.

ZachXBT claims over 80% of Garden Finance’s fees are tied to crypto laundering, challenging the project’s decentralization narrative.

Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department teams up with the University of Hong Kong to build a crypto tracking tool amid a rise in money laundering cases involving digital assets.