FinCEN Cuts MEXC Off From U.S. Over $16.7B Illicit Flows
FinCEN’s MEXC order bars U.S. institutions from dealing with the exchange, and OKX, Binance and Gate users already report deposit checks.
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FinCEN’s MEXC order bars U.S. institutions from dealing with the exchange, and OKX, Binance and Gate users already report deposit checks.
Two NBA superstars have hit an artificial intelligence sports betting app with cease-and-desist letters after an ad used their likenesses without permission. LeBron James and Luka Doncic sent the letters to PlayVision Inc., the company behind the Bron AI app, reports Front Office Sports. James, through attorney Lawrence Shire of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks
A former Florida resident faces federal charges over a psychic mail fraud scheme that allegedly collected more than $4 million from thousands of U.S. victims, many elderly and vulnerable.
Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a former FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $2.5 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting access to sensitive investigation records. Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty on November 5th, 2026, to wire fraud and money laundering, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District
Federal prosecutors have secured a 63-month prison sentence against a New Jersey man who stole more than $1 million from elderly victims by falsely promising to invest their money. Antonio Petrosino, 61, of Union City, New Jersey, received the term on November 5th, 2026, from U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler after pleading guilty to
Federal authorities have sentenced a former postal worker to six and a half years in prison after she stole thousands of checks from the mail as part of a widespread fraud operation. Destinee Ruffin, 29, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and theft of mail, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino puts its Bitcoin stash at 150,000 BTC, about 50,000 more than USDT reserves show, plus 50 EH/s of partner-built mining.
A New York caretaker has pleaded guilty to stealing $141,968 in pension payments that kept landing in his dead neighbor's bank account, and has paid $147,000 back.
A Connecticut woman has lost over $7,000 after scammers spoofed her credit union’s real phone number and talked her into sending her savings through Apple Cash. The 45-year-old Windsor resident, who asked not to be named, says the caller claimed to work in the fraud department at 360 Federal Credit Union, reports NBC Connecticut. She
Hyperliquid Strategies seeks a US futures broker license after a $620.6M quarterly profit, driven almost entirely by HYPE token gains.
Binance and Polymarket have asked Polygon for a one-time hard fork to move about 70.49 million POL out of five blocked hacker addresses and into recovery wallets.
Zcash holds around $1,300 ahead of the NU7 upgrade as futures Open Interest rises, despite $11 million in ETF outflows.