BTC-e

Aliaksandr Klimenka, a central figure in the dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, has been apprehended and indicted by U.S. authorities for his supposed role in several illegal activities. What Happened: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has detained and charged Belarusian-Latvian entrepreneur...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges against two Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko, age 43, and Aleksandr Verner, age 29, for their alleged involvement in the infamous 2011 hack of the Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange and the subsequent operation of the shadowy cryptocurrency...

A wallet linked to the defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has suddenly awakened after lying dormant for over five years. What Happened: Over 10,000 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) worth $167 million were sent from the BTC-e exchange to two unknown addresses that received 3,500 and 6,500 BTC,...

A Russian criminal mastermind used his bitcoin currency exchange to launder $4 billion from a vast network of interlocking syndicates engaged in public corruption, identity theft, ransomware extortion, dark web drug deals and a raft of other global cybercrimes, federal prosecutors allege. A grand...