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JOHNSTOWN — A Martinsburg man will spend the next decade, and possibly more, in prison for his part in an illegal firearms and manufacturing business that operated in the Altoona area from May 2022 until April 2023, according to a sentence handed down Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Stephanie L. Haines. Harry Miller, 48, has […]

Most of the questions we got for crypto guru Bruce Schneier earlier this week were pretty deep, and so are his answers. But even if youre not a crypto expert, youll find them easy to understand, and many of Bruces thoughts (especially on privacy and the increasing lack thereof) make interesting r...

An Ohio man was sentenced recently to 51 months in prison for stealing over 712 bitcoin that were the proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending criminal case.

An Ohio man was sentenced recently to 51 months in prison for stealing over 712 bitcoin that were the proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending criminal case.

. . . Particularly the Immaculate Conception / Has Present-Day Protestantism Maintained the Classical “Reformational” Heritage of Mariology? This is a Exchange on the topic of Martin Luther's Mariology, with anti-Catholic Reformed Protestant Luther defender James Swan. I run rings around him, content-wise.

The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments charging four defendants, all Russian nationals working for the Russian government, in hacking campaigns.

Two individuals were arrested on 8 February in Manhattan, New York for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex,...

Less than a week after over 94,000 bitcoins linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack were noticed in a suspicious transfer, the United States Department of Justice has announced the seizure of those bitcoins and the arrest of two individuals linked to the hack. The DOJ seized the bitcoins, currently valued at roughly US$3.6 billion, and will work with Bitfinex to return the crypto to victims of the 2016 hack.

A dual Russian-Swedish national was arrested Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged operation of the longest-running bitcoin money laundering service on the darknet. According to court documents, Roman Sterlingov operated Bitcoin Fog since 2011. Bitcoin Fog was the longest-running cryptocurrency "mixer," gaining notoriety as a go-to money laundering service for criminals seeking to hide their illicit proceeds from law enforcement. Over the course...