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Payza founders sentenced to prison for breaking federal money transmission laws
MH Pillars (doing business as Payza) founders, Canadian brothers Firoz and Ferhan Patel are going to spend time in prison for quite some time for committing financial crimes. Payza was an international…
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SEC sues former Wells Fargo execs for deceiving investors over key performance metrics
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against two former top executives of Wells Fargo & Company…
By Marivic Cabural SummersSEC Enforcement Division collected $1.26B penalties from unregistered ICOs in 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recorded an unprecedented achievement this 2020 after its Enforcement Division seized…
By Dee DulfoScammers are impersonating the IRS in phishing emails
Scammers are continuing to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with phishing emails designed to trick people into…
By Jackie AllenEx-Microsoft employee gets 9 years in prison in first Bitcoin case with tax fraud component
A former Microsoft engineer is facing nine years in prison for stealing more than $10 million in digital…
By Dee DulfoDOJ seizes $1 billion tied to Silk Road in largest crypto seizure ever
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $1 billion in bitcoin tied to an early darknet player,…
By Jackie AllenDid Dan Bilzerian paid marketing firm to boost his Instagram following?
A marketing firm is claiming that social media influencer Dan Bilzerian, the CEO of Ignite International Brands (CN:…
By Colby McCoyRussian cybercriminal gets eight years prison sentence for role in $100M botnet conspiracy
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Russian cybercriminal received a prison sentence of eight years…
By Marivic Cabural SummersDan Bilzerian stepping in with $25 million share acquisition to save Ignite
Dan Bilzerian and Ignite International Ltd. have been in the spotlight as of late following rumors and financial…
By Colby McCoySEC charges Tradenet for Selling Unregistered Security-Based Swaps
Tradenet Capital Markets Ltd., an Israeli day-trading education firm is accused of violating U.S. federal securities laws in…
By Marivic Cabural SummersGoldman Sachs settles probes into1MDB bribery scheme for over $2.9 billion
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion to settle investigations into its…
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