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Not too long ago, Live Bitcoin News reported that quite a bit of digital money associated with a Silk Road crypto account was moved around. More information has come in about the situation and we now have details that the money was seized by members of the U.S. government. Specifically, the Department of Justice.More Details Regarding Silk Road Money MovingThe money was in the control of a hacker that the department is simply referring to as “Individual X.” While the agency is refusing to...

Law enforcement officials from both the United States and Brazil have seized more than $20 million in crypto funds from an online scam that is alleged to have defrauded thousands of investors. The joint project between both nations went under the name Operation Egypto, and a primary suspect is now in custody and awaiting further legal action.Brazil and the U.S. Recover More Than $20 MillionThe man allegedly in charge of the scam is known as Marcos Antonio Fagundes, who is now being charged...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is once again attacking bitcoin and cryptocurrency, claiming that they are agents of numerous financial crimes throughout the United States and abroad.DOJ: BTC Is a Threat to America’s FutureThe DOJ is going so far as to claim that bitcoin and other digital currencies qualify as threats to national security, with US Attorney General William Barr referring to crypto as “the first raindrops of an oncoming storm.”The idea behind bitcoin was that it would...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled its new 80+ page plan to combat illegal cryptocurrency activities such as terrorist funding, money laundering and outright theft.Department of Justice: We Will Stop Crypto Crime Once and For AllThe crypto scene has come a long way in the last ten years. Unfortunately, it is still marred, to a certain degree, by a lack of regulation. Many times, criminal activity either goes unnoticed or slips through the cracks of even some of the largest trading...

A Singaporean has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of stealing cloud computing power on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google to mine cryptocurrency. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Washington, Ho Jun Jia used the stolen identity and credit card information of a video game developer based in California and a Texan resident to open cloud services accounts with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Services. Ho also impersonated the founder of a tech firm...