In a significant development, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced criminal charges against two individuals. It secured a guilty plea from a third person involved in a global crypto Ponzi fraud scheme known as HyperFund, among other aliases. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also filed a related civil action, charging two individuals involved […]
The Government of Estonia has approved the extradition of Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of the defunct Bitcoin mining company HashFlare, to the United States to face charges of cryptocurrency fraud, among other criminal activities. According to a report by local media postimees, this represents the second time the government of the Northeastern European […]