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Polish police have arrested a Russian national linked to the now-collapsed WEX exchange on charges of fraud and money laundering. US authorities have requested his extradition for his cryptocurrency-related crimes and are currently…

Police and electricity authorities in Thailand have launched a series of crackdowns targeting illegal cryptocurrency mining operations accused of stealing massive amounts of electricity. Raids in Chachoengsao and Surat Thani…

“The police are definitely corrupt.” A quote from Frank Herbert's novel The Emperor of Divine Dunes may be true in the case of a group of policemen in Thailand who allegedly preyed on foreign nationals to extort money. A Chinese…

Israeli businessman Benny Steinmetz was arrested yesterday at Athens Airport on a warrant issued in Romania where he was convicted of land fraud. Steinmetz was released from detention but banned from leaving Greece.…

A Nevada man was arrested with a rifle, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his car at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump rally Saturday night Sunday in the Southern California desert, authorities said. He was released on Saturday on…

By Gram Slattery and David Ljungren (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump survived an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday after the FBI foiled an apparent assassination attempt while he was playing golf at his…

Cryptocurrency community heavyweights took to social media on Sunday to express their support for billionaire Pavel Durov after French authorities arrested the Telegram founder at an airport near Paris. According to French authorities, an…

French authorities have arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov on a search warrant for alleged breach of the encrypted messaging system. French media, including Le Monde, Reported Le Monde newspaper reported, citing informed…

Police in Italy and France have arrested several people in connection with a $14 million attack on the Holograph cryptocurrency protocol. In a detailed post on X on August 14, the multi-chain token platform reported that law enforcement…

Hong Kong police have arrested three individuals on suspicion of defrauding a businessman of HK$3.11 million, equivalent to about US$399,000, in crypto assets by offering him three bundles of counterfeit HK$1,000 banknotes.…