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ForkLog 24 05.03.2021

John McAfee faces up to 100 years in prison on fraud and money laundering charges

Prosecutors have charged entrepreneur John McAfee with seven counts of fraud and money laundering. The case will be heard in the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 28 05.03.2021

Co-founder of Floyd Mayweather-promoted ICO project sentenced to eight years in prison

The court sentenced Sohrab Sharma, one of the founders of the Centra Tech cryptocurrency project, to eight years in prison for his leading role in organizing an investor fraud scheme worth $25 million, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 20 04.03.2021

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse calls SEC lawsuit regulatory overreach

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, and Ripple's co-founder Chris Larsen prepared court filings in response to the SEC's amended complaint. The regulator singled out individual accountability for top executives.

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ForkLog 12 04.03.2021

Nvidia wins case alleging underreporting of revenue from GPU sales to miners

A California federal court dismissed a class action against Nvidia, accused investors of misrepresenting profits from selling GPUs to miners.

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ForkLog 14 04.03.2021

Three-judge panel keeps Bitsonar pyramid founder in custody

The suspect in organising the murder-for-hire of former colleague Yaroslav Stadtchenko, founder of the Bitsonar pyramid, Alexander Tovstenko, will remain in custody during the court proceedings. The Primorsky District Court of Odessa made this decision, ForkLog's lawyers from 'Yuskutum', who are handling the case and representing Stadtchenko's interests, told ForkLog.

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ForkLog 42 04.03.2021

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has not ruled out voluntary surrender to U.S. authorities

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes is negotiating with U.S. authorities for voluntary surrender, according to a transcript of court hearings from February 9, 2021.

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ForkLog 21 02.03.2021

Experts weigh prospects for TON investors’ lawsuit

Telegram founder Pavel Durov's notice of {{AOPEN_1}}the intention to file a lawsuit against entities linked to Telegram Open Network (TON){{ACLOSE_1}} does not yet mean the case will go to court. If the process begins, the likelihood of the plaintiffs' claims being fully satisfied is small, ForkLog experts say.

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ForkLog 18 02.03.2021

Class action filed against MoneyGram over Ripple partnership claims

Rosen Law Firm lawyers filed a class action against MoneyGram over statements about its partnership with Ripple and the XRP token, as stated on the firm's site.

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ForkLog 35 26.02.2021

Former FSB officers sentenced to 9 and 12 years in prison for extorting a bribe in Bitcoin

The court sentenced two former FSB investigators Sergey Belousov and Alexey Kolbov to nine and twelve years in a strict-regime prison for extorting a large bribe in Bitcoin, according to TASS.

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ForkLog 23 25.02.2021

Ukrainian court orders blocking access to ForkLog, a GitHub subdomain and LiveJournal

The Holosiivskyi Court of Kyiv, presided by Judge E.G. Plahotnyuk, ordered to seize intellectual property rights over 426 sites and to block access to them. The ForkLog journal was included in this list, although the domain is listed with an extra space.

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ForkLog 32 19.02.2021

SEC clarifies Brad Garlinghouse’s liability in Ripple lawsuit

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an amended version of the lawsuit against Ripple. The regulator's focus was on the actions of individual defendants—the company's CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen.

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ForkLog 21 16.02.2021

Ripple and the SEC Doubt Prospects of Pre-Trial Settlement in Unregistered Securities Case

Lawyers for the California-based Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) saw no prospect of a pre-trial settlement in the case over the sale of unregistered securities.

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