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Leading crypto bank Silvergate was slammed by a class-action lawsuit from investors who invested in the collapsed FTX. Joewy Gonzalez filed the Dec. 14 lawsuit for himself and others affected by the FTX’s failure. Gonzalez accused…

Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building after his arrest in the BahamasNot crypto crimes, just alleged crimes committed with crypto.The arrest of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried on a variety of fraud charges has…

US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, announces that Karl Greenwood pleads guilty to the charges against him. Karl Greenwood founded the collapsed cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, OneCoin, alongside Ruja…

At first glance, Sam Bankman-Fried bears little resemblance to Bernie Madoff. One is a smartly-suited, grey-haired financial titan with a 40-year career on Wall Street, and the other a 30-year-old millennial king of crypto in shorts and…

When the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried this week, it ended a nearly 2-month-long drama. Bankman-Fried’s unethical business setup between his hedge fund Alameda Research and crypto…

Grayscale recently filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing “unfair” and “harsh treatment” towards spot ETF. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed its reply brief claiming lack of…

OneCoin founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has been found guilty of multiple charges, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 16.Greenwood pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count…

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A dual citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to U.S. fraud and money laundering charges on Friday for selling a fake cryptocurrency alongside one of the United States' most-wanted fugitives, a…

Dec 16 (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was swiftly indicted after the collapse of his crypto empire, but a trial in New York is likely more than a year away as prosecutors build out their case and both sides spar over evidence.The…