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The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency that prosecutors allege represents proceeds from the black-market sale of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, targets cryptocurrency held across a network of addresses and alleges that the funds were ultimately intended to benefit the Government of Iran and Iranian militar

A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the United States to his role in one of the largest single-victim cryptocurrency thefts in the country, admitting to participating in a scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $245 million worth of Bitcoin. Malone Lam, 22, pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge in Washington, D.C., after prosecutors accused him of helping organise a network that used sophisticated social-engineering techniques to gain access t

Two employees of cryptocurrency exchange Binance were detained by authorities in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks as part of inquiries into possible financial crimes connected to the movement of funds through the platform. The employees were reportedly stopped at airports in the UAE during separate incidents. The circumstances surrounding the detentions initially remained unclear, including the precise nature of the financial activity being examined by authorities. Bi

Brazil is introducing a new safeguard for cryptocurrency transactions that will require regulated institutions to delay certain outbound virtual asset transfers for 24 hours before allowing them to proceed. The measure, adopted by the Central Bank of Brazil, is designed to give financial institutions additional time to identify potentially fraudulent or illicit transactions before digital assets leave their control and are transferred to foreign platforms or privately control

A British teenager has been formally sanctioned and subjected to an entry ban by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after leading an extensive open-source investigation that uncovered a sophisticated cryptocurrency laundering network allegedly used to facilitate illicit financial flows for sanctioned states. The research has attracted significant attention from global law enforcement agencies, financial intelligence units, and compliance authorities, all of which are n

The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on four of Iran's most significant cryptocurrency trading platforms, accusing them of enabling illicit financial activity, supporting terrorism-related financing, and assisting in the circumvention of international economic restrictions. The action specifically names Nobitex, the country's largest digital asset exchange by market share, along with Wallex, Bitpin, and R

Italy’s financial police have carried out a search operation targeting the offices of Triestina Calcio, a third-tier football club currently owned by U.S.-based cryptocurrency firm House of Doge. Investigators are examining allegations involving money laundering, falsified accounting records, and the use of fake invoices. The operation included searches at the club’s headquarters in Trieste, a city in northeastern Italy, as well as inspections at the private residences of 15