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Montenegro to extradite crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to US
AFP, Published on 28/12/2024
» BELGRADE - Montenegro said Friday it will extradite to the United States the South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon, who is also wanted by Seoul for the multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy of his company, Terraform Labs.
US sports stars named in lawsuit over FTX's deceptive practices
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» NEW YORK - High-profile US sports stars and personalities have been named in a lawsuit over deceptive practices targeting investors who became victims of the stunning collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
'Life-changing' or scam? Blockchain game helps Philippines' poor earn
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» MANILA: Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game -- he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic.
Facebook's crypto project Diem sold after pushback
AFP, Published on 01/02/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: The Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem announced Monday the winding down and $182-million sale of its technology, capping a years-long initiative that drew significant concern from regulators.
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dead in prison
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the worst financial scam in history, died in jail at age 82 on Wednesday, US prison officials said.
Regulators must impose more stiff sanctions in dirty money fightback: analysts
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» LONDON - Financial regulators must impose more heavy penalties to combat money laundering, experts argue, after an international journalism investigation alleged that astronomical amounts of dirty cash has been flowing for years through some top global banks.
Major banks moved vast sums of illicit money: ICIJ
AFP, Published on 21/09/2020
» WASHINGTON: Massive sums of allegedly dirty money have flowed for years through some of the world's largest banking institutions, said an international journalism investigation published Sunday, which denounced shortcomings in sector regulations.
Fraudster Madoff is dying, wants out of prison: lawyer
AFP, Published on 06/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - Bernie Madoff, jailed in the United States for perpetrating the world's largest fraud, is terminally ill and wants to leave prison to die, his attorney said Wednesday.
'Ordinary white man'? Picture of NZ accused emerges
AFP, Published on 16/03/2019
» CHRISTCHURCH: A one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an "ordinary white man" -- until he became anything but ordinary.
Ukraine separatists hold polls in defiance of West
AFP, Published on 11/11/2018
» DONETSK (UKRAINE) - Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday hold elections after the assassination of a top rebel leader despite Western calls on Moscow not to sabotage peace talks.