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Among rocket launchers, grenades and bullets, Venezuelan authorities also seized an unlikely technology from criminals during a prison raid this week: Bitcoin mining machines.  In an operation to crack the South American country’s most…

Real Estate By Mary K. Jacob Published Sep. 18, 2023, 4:01 p.m. ET Anthony Garvin, a 53-year-old Jersey City resident, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on bank fraud…

A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the internet for $5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband has been sentenced to five years in prisonJuly 21, 2023, 8:40 PM ET• 2 min readRENO, Nev. -- A Nevada woman who admitted to…

On July 18, Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of EminiFX, a cryptocurrency and forex trading platform, was sentenced to nine years in prison by United States District Judge John P. Cronan.  Alexandre was found guilty of defrauding over 25,000…

Together, Ms. Wortham and Ms. Hudson used the stolen money to buy a five-bedroom home in Smyrna, just miles from the Amazon warehouse, for nearly $1 million, along with a Lamborghini, a Tesla, a Porsche Panamera, a Kawasaki motorcycle…

April 29, 2023 12:56 PM | 2 min read On Thursday, Gary Harmon, a resident of Ohio, was sentenced to a four-year prison term after he pled guilty in January to stealing more than 712 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) from a computer seized by the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 31-year-old Ohio man was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for stealing more than 712 bitcoin, proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending…

Real Estate By Mary K. Jacob April 18, 2023 | 11:55am Talk about a succession gone wrong. Anthony Zottola Sr. was sentenced to life in prison in federal court, plus 112 additional years, on Friday…

PROVIDENCE — A Burrillville man who littered his home with an arsenal of weapons and sent bullets careening off his neighbors’ house will serve 63 months in prison for failing to disclose his illegal use of drugs while purchasing…

Sam Bankman-Fried founded the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.Tom Williams/Getty ImagesDisgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is being held at the Fox Hill prison in the Bahamas.The facility is known for harsh conditions, including…