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ForkLog 26 16.10.2020

Russian resident accuses BitMEX of money laundering and market manipulation

A Moscow resident, Dmitry Dolgov, filed a suit against HDR Global Trading Limited, the founders of the BitMEX exchange Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, Samuel Reed and others. According to the plaintiff, the trading platform engaged in money laundering and manipulated the market.

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ForkLog 7 15.10.2020

Deadline for Mt.Gox creditor reimbursement plan moved to December 15

On 14 October, the Tokyo court extended the period for submitting the final civil rehabilitation plan for Mt.Gox's users to 15 December.

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ForkLog 7 13.10.2020

Bitcoin extortionist jailed for 14 years in the United Kingdom

A sheep farmer from Lincolnshire was sentenced to 14 years in prison for extorting Bitcoin worth £1.4m from the Tesco supermarket chain, according to the Daily Mail.

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ForkLog 57 12.10.2020

Investors threaten to sue the head of the yEarn.Finance project

A group of investors, EMN Investigation, opened fundraising to finance a lawsuit against yEarn Finance founder André Cronje. The contention followed the hack of the unfinished DeFi project Eminence.

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ForkLog 30 09.10.2020

BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed released on $5 million bond

BitMEX's chief technical officer Samuel Reed was released on bail of $5 million.

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ForkLog 20 06.10.2020

SEC files suit against John McAfee; he has been arrested

The SEC filed suit against entrepreneur John McAfee for promoting ICO projects on Twitter, and the DOJ charged him with tax evasion. McAfee has already been arrested in Spain and faces extradition.

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ForkLog 17 01.10.2020

Odessa Court Keeps Bitsonar Pyramid Founder in Custody

On September 30, the Odessa Regional Court of Appeal ordered the Bitsonar pyramid founder Alexander Tovstenko to be remanded in custody, as a suspect in organizing the murder-for-hire of a former colleague.

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ForkLog 12 29.09.2020

US regulator charges PaxForex, a foreign broker, with illegal crypto-futures trading

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged PaxForex, a broker, with illegal commodity trades involving digital assets and a lack of required registration. The suit was filed in the Southern District of Texas.

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ForkLog 10 29.09.2020

Owner of Bitcoin Exchange Convicted of Online-Auction Fraud

A federal jury in Frankfort, Kentucky, found the owner of the RG Coins cryptocurrency exchange guilty of a large-scale fraud scheme. Its victims numbered at least 900 Americans, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

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ForkLog 15 26.09.2020

BNY Mellon Accused of Involvement in OneCoin Cryptocurrency Pyramid

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has become one of the defendants in a class-action suit by investors against the organizers of the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, in which $4 billion disappeared.

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ForkLog 10 26.09.2020

American woman allegedly hired to kill her ex-husband for bitcoins

A Nevada woman was charged with arranging the murder of her ex-husband, which never occurred. She paid 12 BTC to scammers on the dark web for it.

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ForkLog 20 25.09.2020

Opinion: Court ruling blocking Binance is legally unfounded

The prosecutor's office did not provide a clear explanation of why the information posted on Binance's website should be deemed prohibited, and acted unilaterally, which contradicts procedural norms. GMT Legal managing partner Andrey Tugarin told ForkLog.

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