Enforcement Actions

According to its Thursday report, the Financial Action Task Force warned that criminals are increasingly exploiting stablecoins for illicit finance, with 83% of surveyed jurisdictions now having adopted the Travel Rule, up from 73% a year earlier. The FATF Travel Rule requires financial

According to Decrypt, U.S. federal agents arrested 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins of North Lauderdale, Florida on July 16, charging him with concealing cryptocurrency-stealing malware in online video games. Between May 2024 and February 2026, the scheme compromised approximately 8,000 devices and

Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins, 21, of North Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges of conspiracy to obtain information by computer for private financial gain, accused of helping operate a scheme that embedded crypto-stealing malware into online video games. According to a

According to Magzter, India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 19 locations across Tamil Nadu (16), Kerala (2), and Srinagar (1) on July 10-11 as part of a money laundering investigation linked to online investment fraud and work-from-home scams. The operation recovered approximately 335

According to Senate Press Gallery, senators Cynthia Lummis and Ruben Gallego secured unanimous Senate approval on Wednesday for a resolution declaring that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive executive clemency, including presidential pardon or commutation. The bipartisan resolution

According to FBI reports, 21-year-old Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins of North Lauderdale, Florida, is accused of conspiracy to obtain financial information by computer and running a malware campaign that drained at least $220,000 in cryptocurrency from victims. The FBI says Wilkins and his co-

Cryptocurrency exchange Luno launched a formal challenge in 2026 against South Africa's proposed foreign exchange law overhaul, arguing the National Treasury's plan to bring digital assets under capital flow regulations is unconstitutional because it bypasses Parliament. The challenge was detailed i

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on July 16 opposing any form of presidential pardon or sentence commutation for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The resolution, co-introduced by crypto advocate Cynthia Lummis and Arizona Democratic Senator

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control added four Tron wallet addresses to the Central Bank of Iran's sanctions listing on July 14, and Tether froze approximately $131 million in USDT held in those wallets, the Treasury's latest enforcement action in what it describes as Iran's illicit use of

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control added four Tron wallet addresses to the Central Bank of Iran's sanctions listing on July 14, and Tether froze approximately $131 million in USDT held in the wallets. The designation ties the addresses to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force an

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) suspended an emergency rule filed by derivatives platform Kalshi on Tuesday, blocking the forced liquidation of sports event contract positions held by Michigan residents and requiring Kalshi to follow normal procedures. Kalshi submitted the emerg

Nicholas Aguilar and Jessica Marcolina, a California duo, were indicted on charges of operating a nationwide darknet drug trafficking operation and laundering cryptocurrency proceeds from fentanyl and methamphetamine sales, according to a Wednesday statement from the Department of Justice. The

According to Cryptopolitan, U.K. barrister Jonathan Fisher KC recommended in a government-commissioned fraud review released on July 14 that authorities offer financial bounties to whistleblowers and train judges to handle cryptocurrency laundering and AI fraud cases. The report noted that fraud

Czech Republic's Finance Ministry has added Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform, to its blacklist of unauthorized online gambling websites. Internet service providers have been directed to block access to the platform within 15

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), under the U.S. Treasury Department, added cryptocurrency wallet addresses to its sanctions list as part of sanctions against Cuba. The wallets are associated with foundation funds and digital asset accounts considered linked to the Cuban government.

According to OFAC statements, the U.S. Treasury Department has recently added cryptocurrency wallet addresses to its Cuba sanctions list across multiple blockchain networks, including Tron (TRX), Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), Dash (DASH), Zcash (ZEC), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum