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… various websites, in addition to social media, to solicit bitcoin from members of the public for participation in … they misappropriated essentially all of the at least 29,421 bitcoin accepted from participants. The CFTC’s complaint … the largest to date charged by the CFTC involving Bitcoin. Fraudsters often take full advantage of new …
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… customers in connection with their purported purchase of Bitcoin [See CFTC Press Release No. 8023-19 ]. “Fraudulent … including the burgeoning markets for digital assets such as Bitcoin, from fraudulent schemes, and will work in parallel … from trading any commodity interests, and from trading Bitcoin for any account in which he has a direct or indirect …
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… rare and more difficult if dollars are first converted to bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), or other crypto assets. The … rare and more difficult if dollars are first converted to bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), or other crypto assets. The …
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… finding that he operated a fraudulent scheme to solicit bitcoin from members of the public and misappropriated customers’ bitcoin. This case was brought in connection with the … and email communications to solicit at least 22,190.542 bitcoin, valued at approximately $143 million at the time, …
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… such as Tether (USDT) on the Tron blockchain, or bitcoin. Meanwhile, law enforcement is getting better at … cash, using it to buy crypto-assets—sometimes at a bitcoin kiosk—and forward the crypto to another wallet. … such as Tether (USDT) on the Tron blockchain, or bitcoin. Meanwhile, law enforcement is getting better at …
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… operating a Ponzi scheme involving digital assets such as bitcoin and ether in which he fraudulently solicited more … fraudulently solicited and obtained digital assets such as bitcoin and ether worth more than $5 million from customers. … Multi-Million Dollar Digital Asset Ponzi Scheme Involving Bitcoin and Ether …
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… Prohibitions on Wash Trading and Prearranged Trading in Bitcoin Swap Washington, D.C. – The Commodity Futures … contract based on the relative value of the U.S. Dollar and Bitcoin, a virtual currency (the Bitcoin Swap). On October 8, 2014, the only two market …
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… Trading Platform and Its CEO to Pay $990,000 for Illegal Bitcoin-Related Transactions with U.S. Customers Washington, … retail commodity transactions that were margined in bitcoin, failing to register as a futures commission … the defendants to pay to all known U.S. customers the bitcoin held by defendants in U.S. customers’ accounts and …
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… Trader to Pay More than $1.1 Million for Fraudulent Bitcoin and Litecoin Scheme Washington, DC — The Commodity … Kim to pay more than $1.1 million for a fraudulent Bitcoin and Litecoin scheme. In the order, Kim admits to orchestrating a fraudulent Bitcoin and Litecoin scheme that led to more than $1 million …
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… Firm and CEO to Pay More than $2.5 Million for Fraudulent Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Washington, DC – A New York federal … what was the first anti-fraud enforcement action involving Bitcoin filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission … through its officers and agents and employees, operated a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme in which they fraudulently solicited …
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