More than 300 reported incidents across at least 15 countries have targeted Bitcoin traders, founders, investors, and crypto users over the past decade. Data suggests ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six US senators have challenged Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s decision to order the closure of the DOJ-specific unit ...

For years, cryptocurrency crime was framed as a problem of hackers, scammers and shadowy online marketplaces. In 2025, that picture changed, as nation-states are now among the most consequential ...

According to the latest data from Chainanalysis, cryptocurrency crime hit a new milestone in 2025, with the dollar volume of illicit crypto activity rising 162%, to $154 billion. This figure may at ...

In the unpredictable ecosystem of cryptocurrency-facilitated crime, significant updates highlight both the adaptability of underground markets and the intensifying efforts by authorities to dismantle ...

Bitcoin’s speed, global reach and public ledger have made it a frequent demand in ransom cases. Here’s why criminals ask for crypto and how investigators track it.

The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) criminalizes any serious crime, including fraud, that is transnational, committed by an organized crime group and punishable by a ...

The Manhattan district attorney is calling on state lawmakers to pass the CRYPTO Act, which would criminalize businesses exchanging, transmitting or trading cryptocurrency without a virtual currency ...

In the ecosystem of digital finance, cryptocurrencies are increasingly entangled with serious crimes. According to a recent report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, transactions tied to ...

The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have apprehended a key accused in a matrimonial and investment fraud case at Chennai airport on February 24 after he arrived from Cambodia.