One of Iran's most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It's used by the IRGC to move millionsIran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, is controlled by the sons of the influential Kharrazi family, who concealed their ties for...
02 May, 2026, 06.49 AM IST
Nancy Guthrie case update: Legal commentator demands death penalty for kidnappers as search enters ninth weekLegal commentator Nancy Grace has called for the death penalty for those responsible for the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mo...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraudA US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped o...
12 Dec, 2025, 07.50 AM IST
ED raids in Rs 600 crore crypto conversion caseThe Enforcement Directorate has frozen over Rs 2 crore in bank deposits after conducting multi-state searches on an individual accused of c...
24 Feb, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Who is Ross Ulbricht, founder of darknet market site Silk Road, pardoned by Trump?Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, was convicted in 2015 for operating the online black market and sentenced to life imprisonment. He rec...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
Crocodile of Wall Street: Crypto hacker's wife sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping husband in $10 billion bitcoin heistHeather Morgan who is pretty famously known as Razzlekhan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein eventually gets sentenced to prison for near ab...
19 Nov, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Who is Sean Diddy Combs' roommate at Brooklyn jail? Crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-FriedSean Diddy Combs and cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried are sharing a dormitory at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center. Diddy ...
25 Sep, 2024, 07.30 PM IST
Binance's Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison over money laundering violationsFormer Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao ('CZ'), 47, sentenced to four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle, becoming ...
01 May, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Binance CEO Zhao faces sentencing over money laundering violationsEx-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao may receive an extended sentence for violating U.S. money-laundering laws. Prosecutors seek deterrence. Legal...
30 Apr, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
Disgraced entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for $8 bn fraud caseU.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan court hearing after rejecting Bankman-Fried's claim that FTX custo...
28 Mar, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for multi-billion dollar FTX fraudSam Bankman-Fried, 32, sentenced to 25 years for stealing $8 billion from FTX customers. Judge Kaplan rejected his no losses claim. Found g...
28 Mar, 2024, 09.47 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried urges lenient sentence, citing FTX fund recoveryBankman-Fried pleaded not guilty and is expected to appeal his conviction and sentence. He acknowledged making mistakes running FTX, but te...
28 Feb, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried says 63-78 months should guide sentencing for FTX fraudLawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday suggested to a U.S. judge that sentence ranging between 63 and 78 months would be an a...
28 Feb, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
Indian pleads guilty in US for dark web drug enterprise, forfeits $ 150 million in cryptocurrencyAccording to court documents, Banmeet Singh from Haldwani in Uttarakhand created vendor marketing sites on dark web marketplaces to sell co...
29 Jan, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Ex-Coinbase manager Ishan Wahi sentenced to prison in insider trading caseUS District Judge Loretta Preska sentenced Ishan Wahi, 32, in Manhattan federal court after the defendant pleaded guilty in February to two...
09 May, 2023, 09.53 PM IST
Two Indian brothers, their Indian-American friend charged in first-ever cryptocurrency insider trading caseThe Wahi brothers and Ramani were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to commit insider trading i...
22 Jul, 2022, 11.43 AM IST
Bitcoin tops $12,000 for the first time January 2018On a year-to-date basis, bitcoin has risen 216 per cent to $12,155 on June 26 against $3843.52 on January 1.
26 Jun, 2019, 10.10 AM IST