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Fugitive cyber-gambling kingpin caught after decade on the run, flaunting luxury goods on SNS
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Crime & Collapses at a glance
The 10 latest articles on Crime & Collapses come from 9 sources, published between Oct 13 and Nov 9. Most come from Coinfomania (2).
People in these stories: Chainalysis (3), Solana (3), Elon Musk (2)
Places: Binance (3), North Korea (3)
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Chainalysis Reports Unprecedented Laundering Patterns from
Chainalysis reports unique laundering patterns from the Binance exploit. This could reshape...in crypto. Read more. Chainalysis reveals new laundering patterns linked to Binance hack. Investigators
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Crypto gang guilty of laundering drug cash hidden in shop ceiling
six-strong group were effectively involved in laundering cash for a now-convicted drug trafficker - Gary Morris. Some of the illicit...Asim Afzal, 34, and Imad Younis, 37, were today convicted of a charge under the Proceeds of Crime Act following...receive a…
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Crooks steal $150million in computer hardware in brazen heists across America as gangs loot trucks full of data center equipment
America's latest crime wave sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller, as organized gangs steal millions of dollars' worth of data center equipment from trucks crisscrossing the country. More than $100 million in data center equipment has reportedly been stolen…
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Binance hack launderers mint homemade Elon Musk, animal memecoins to move stolen funds: Elliptic
Get The Block’s latest crypto news and price alerts for the coins you follow, right in Chrome. Add our free extension here. Six throwaway tokens helped obfuscate stolen NEAR as trading proceeds, repeating a tactic used after the 2025 Bybit hack.
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Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash
The attacker moved $744,000 in ETH and BNB to Tornado Cash after exploiting Cysic’s bridge to mint 10 million...exploit sent about $744,000 in cryptocurrencies to Tornado Cash on Friday after the Cysic Foundation offered...roughly 90% of the identified Ether proceeds. Tornado Cash…
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Spanish police on the prowl for an illegal marijuana plantation find a cryptocurrency mining farm in its place
Authorities in the Spanish town of Santiponce busted upon a cryptocurrency mining operation and seized €50,000 worth of equipment. It was initially suspected to be a marijuana farm due to its high energy consumption. The miners were found to be stealing…
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Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
use for the internet’s favorite joke tokens: laundering a slice of the record $6.4 billion stolen from
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Stolen Ethereum laundering resumes as 25,700 ETH flow into Tornado Cash mixer
Wallets linked to the Drift Protocol hack resumed laundering stolen Ethereum on October 20, 2026, after roughly...13,400 ETH, worth about $32 million, entering Tornado Cash; a later Lookonchain update put deposits across...The October 20 transfers mark the second major laundering attempt involving assets…
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Chainalysis Reveals $61.5M Movement to Tornado Cash from
Chainalysis reports $61.5M moved to Tornado Cash from a Drift exploiter's wallet. Here's...attention. Chainalysis reports a $61.5M transfer to Tornado Cash today. The funds originated from a Drift exploiter's...substantial movement of $61.5 million transferred to Tornado Cash from a wallet linked…
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Courts, thefts and bankruptcies: laundering cases, physical attacks on holders, the collapses of FTX, Celsius and Terra, and the trials that followed.
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Money Laundering Cases Laundering through crypto: mixers, cross-chain laundering, cartel and ransomware proceeds, Chainalysis and TRM reports, and the arrests.
Wrench Attacks & Kidnappings Physical attacks on crypto holders: kidnappings and home invasions, extortion of founders, and the doxxing and data leaks that enable them.
Collapses & Bankruptcies The failures of FTX, Celsius, Terra, Mt. Gox and Genesis: creditor distributions, estate lawsuits, clawbacks and revivals.
Trials & Sentences Crypto trials and sentencing: Sam Bankman-Fried, Do Kwon, Roman Storm, Alex Mashinsky, the Samourai developers, pardons and appeals.
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