Enforcement Actions

According to @WuBlockchain on Twitter, Chilean crypto exchange Orionx, backed by Tether, has permanently shut down following a forensic audit that revealed over $7 million in customer assets were transferred to unauthorized wallets. Withdrawals have been suspended as the platform filed criminal

Orionx, a Chile-based cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 with over 100,000 registered users, halted withdrawals and is shutting down operations after a forensic audit revealed a $7 million financial shortfall. The audit detected transactions moving funds to wallets outside the company's

According to ChainCatcher, Chile-based crypto exchange Orionx announced it has halted operations and suspended user withdrawals following a forensic audit that uncovered over $7 million in custodial assets transferred to wallets outside company control. Orionx has accused two co-founders, Joaquín

According to ChainCatcher, the FBI seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency on March 25, June 25, and October 10 following court-authorized operations against Hamas fundraising infrastructure. The agency took control of domains and servers used by the group to solicit donations and recruit

According to ChainCatcher, Balancer sent on-chain messages to wallets linked to the August 31 protocol exploit, offering a bounty for returning the stolen $234,000. The team pledged not to pursue legal action if the funds are returned by September 9 at 5 UTC. If no response is received by the

Robinhood Chain's AMC-linked token briefly surged to $18.04 early Friday, more than six times the underlying stock price of $2.54, before rapidly declining back to around $2.67, according to The Defiant. The deepest AMC/USDG liquidity pool recorded $10.2 million in trading volume during the spike,

Polish lawmakers failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki's veto of crypto oversight legislation on Friday, with the Sejm voting 241-198 in favor of overriding the veto—25 votes short of the 266 needed for the three-fifths majority. The vote marked another unsuccessful attempt to advance Poland's

According to FinCEN analysis released Thursday, U.S. authorities linked approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious financial activity to crypto investment scams operated from Southeast Asian compounds. About 1,300 institutions submitted 33,904 suspicious activity reports covering the period from

According to Bitcoin.com News, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron demanded Friday that Robinhood cease trading AMC Stock Tokens, calling the product "contemptible, outrageous, inexcusable" and arguing the company never authorized it. In an X post, Aron questioned how such a product could trade

Kalshi has not filed its Supreme Court opposition brief as of this writing, but the prediction market company's executives have publicly outlined their legal strategy following New Jersey's Sept. 2 certiorari petition. CEO Tarek Mansour stated that a new CFTC rule clarifying Rule 40.11 is expected w

According to FinCEN, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network identified approximately $12.7 billion in financial activity suspected of being connected to digital asset investment fraud during an analysis period spanning September 8, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The determination was based o

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez issued a consumer alert Sept. 3 after a Connecticut resident lost $200,000 deposited into an unregulated decentralized finance cryptocurrency exchange. The resident was deceived by someone claiming to know them, and

A 43-year-old cryptocurrency investment company operator was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and 5 years disqualification by Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 21 (Judge Jo Sun-pyo) for espionage activities under the National Security Act. A received approximately 660 million won in cr

According to Seoul Central District Court, a 43-year-old virtual asset investment company operator was recently sentenced to five years in prison for violating the National Security Act on charges of espionage. The court found that the man received approximately 666 million won in cryptocurrency

According to Odaily, Connecticut's Attorney General William Tong and Bank Commissioner Jorge Perez issued a consumer alert on September 3 after a resident deposited $200,000 on an unregulated offshore DeFi platform with no recovery. The alert listed seven platforms: GMX, Gains Network, dYdX, Aevo, D

Federal prosecutors and British authorities established a joint framework on Sept. 3 to pursue transnational networks operating cryptocurrency and cyber-enabled investment scams. The cooperation agreement joins the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia with the Crown Prosecution

According to Justice Department officials, the U.S. and U.K. established a joint framework on Sept. 3 to pursue transnational networks operating cryptocurrency and cyber-enabled investment scams. The agreement links the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia with the Crown Prosecution S