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World’s biggest darknet marketplace, Russia-linked Hydra Market, seized and shut down, DOJ says
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the press at the Justice Department after all three defendants were found guilty of federal hate crimes for murder of a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbrey in Washington, DC, U.S., February 22, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | Reuters Hydra Market, which was considered to be the world’s largest and […]
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How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams
A gift card display stands at a Walmart Inc. store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Technology developed by Walmart helped the retail giant identify and freeze nearly $4 million in gift cards that had been bought by thousands of primarily elderly victims at the direction of con artists who […]
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U.S. authorities accuse Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of bank fraud, money laundering as his yacht is seized
The yacht called “Tango” owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who was sanctioned by the U.S. on March 11, is seen at Palma de Mallorca Yacht Club in the Spanish island of Mallorca, Spain March 15, 2022. Juan Medina | Reuters U.S. authorities accused Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of conspiring to commit bank fraud and […]
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Putin critic Alexei Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian court
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link during the verdict in his embezzlement and contempt of court trial at the IK-2 prison colony in the town of Pokrov in Vladimir Region on March 22, 2022. – A Russian court on March 22 sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny […]
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Accused bitcoin launderers in plea talks with prosecutors, court documents say
Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. Federal prosecutors on Monday said they were in plea negotiations with a New York couple recently arrested on charges of trying to launder $4.5 billion worth of stolen bitcoin cryptocurrency. The talks were cited in a request by prosecutors asking a judge […]
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