Enforcement Actions

According to Foresight News, a former BNB Chain employee retained unauthorized access to a wallet seed phrase after departure on Aug 1 and used it to generate the ASTEROID token. BNB Chain said it neither created, authorized, promoted, nor controls the token, and has no connection to the

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts filed a civil forfeiture action seeking 47,461.73111 USDT, worth approximately $47,000, in a case announced July 31. Prosecutors allege scammers obtained the cryptocurrency by directing victims to withdraw bank funds and deposit cash through crypto

According to BlockBeats, Huaxiaowei (also known as Hu Shi, Chen Xiao'er), a core figure of Taizi Group and alleged mastermind of Chen Zhi's criminal network, was deported from Japan to the United States on July 29, 2026. The FBI has initiated contact with him, with investigations expected to

According to Hong Kong 01, Vietnam-based investment scheme Fun Coffee collapsed in late July 2026 as a virtual currency fraud after entering the Hong Kong market in late 2025. The company, which presented itself as a coffee investment business, defrauded over 4,000 investors across multiple groups w

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the agency filed a civil forfeiture action on July 31 seeking to recover 47,461.73 USDT (approximately $47,000) from a cryptocurrency ATM fraud scheme involving five victims. Prosecutors alleged that scammers induced victims to withdraw cash from

According to BlockBeats, on August 1, BNB Chain's official statement clarified that a former employee used an unauthorized wallet address to issue the Meme coin ASTEROID on the network. The employee retained access to the wallet's seed phrase after departing and generated new private keys to

According to ChainCatcher, a former BNB Chain employee deployed a meme token using an unauthorized test wallet. The company has initiated legal proceedings in response to the unauthorized use.

According to U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announcement on Friday (July 31), the U.S. sanctioned Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company (PGMIC) and HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority for operating an Iran-backed scheme that accepts Bitcoin and other digital assets as

On July 24, 2026, India's Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) issued a notice directing GitHub to restrict access to three Bitchat repositories within three hours, citing the application's ability to function during network restrictions and internet shutdowns. According to market data from Sensor

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Moneyflip LLC CEO Marcos Arturo Kleiman was arrested in Miami on July 30 for an alleged murder-for-hire scheme involving cryptocurrency payments. Court documents allege Kleiman agreed to pay $40,000 to undercover Homeland Security Investigations agents

According to PANews, Kalshi filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on August 1, arguing that a lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general would "force the company into bankruptcy" and "halt its nationwide operations." The prediction market platform is

According to New York Attorney General Letitia James, the state filed a lawsuit against Kalshi in Manhattan State Court on July 31, seeking $360 billion in damages. New York alleges that Kalshi operated an illegal gambling business by accepting bets without registering with the state's gaming

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a civil forfeiture suit in March 2026 to recover 47,461.73111 USDT stemming from an online fraud scheme. Scammers defrauded victims by instructing them to deposit funds into cryptocurrency ATMs, then stealing the assets. Authorities

More than 40 former Pump.fun employees say the Solana launchpad dismissed them in early April, roughly two months before their PUMP token allocations were scheduled to vest. An anonymous X account claiming to represent the ex-staff began publishing termination emails this week, according to a

Italy's financial markets regulator CONSOB ordered internet service providers to block six more unauthorized investment websites, raising the total number of restricted domains since July 2019 to 1,799. The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa said the websites were allegedly offering inv

According to CONSOB, Italy's financial markets regulator ordered internet service providers to block six more unauthorized investment websites on July 31, bringing the total restricted domains to 1,799 since July 2019. The newly blocked sites include AONCFD, Wallex Markets BV, Valore Capital,