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IRS Criminal Investigation is counting down the agency’s top 10 cases for 2023. The cases include the agency’s most prominent and high-profile investigations of the past year.

Amir Bruno Elmaani, famously known in the cryptocurrency world as “Bruno Block” and the founder of the Oyster Protocol has been sentenced to four years in…

Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of fraud, other crimes; PayPal receives subpoena from the U.S. SEC, and Invesco Galaxy’s spot Bitcoin ETF joins DTCC website.

Amir Bruno Elmaani, the 31-year-old founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency scheme Oyster Protocol has been handed the maximum sentence of four years in…

The court has sentenced Amir Bruno Elmaani, the founder of the defunct crypto firm Oyster Protocol, to four years in prison for evading taxes. According to…

Pearl jam; that's a whole lot of shingles; rocking their world; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Amir “Bruno Block” Elmaani, the 31-year-old Founder of the Oyster Protocol that powers Pearl (PRL) tokens, has pleaded guilty to allegations of tax evasion to…

Weekly Focus: Digital Asset ‘Stacks’ Plans 2.0 Launch as Non-Security Secretary Mnuchin Emphasizes G7 Coordination on Digital Currencies CFTC and SEC Leaders to Step Down DOJ Indicts ICO Promoter for Tax Fraud, SEC Files Civil Suit France Strengthens Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Requirements for Digital Asset Companies Thailand Plans to Incorporate Blockchain into Tax Revenue Collection Systems U.S. Developments Members of Congress Request SEC Clarity On Digital Securities Custody On Decembe...

This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of December 14, 2020) The exit continues at the Commission. This week Director of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian announced her departure from the agency at the end of the year. She has been preceded by the Director of Corporation Finance and the General Counsel. The Chairman previously announced his departure at year end. Last week Enforcement filed a series of cases. Two were based on false statements tied to financial issues, one against GE and another ...

SEC Charges Amir Bruno Elmaani, aka Bruno Block, for Unregistered ICO in Sale of Pearl Tokens The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Amir Bruno Elmaani, aka “Bruno Block,” for conducting an illegal securities offering in an initial coin offering (ICO) and for a plan to profit by issuing millions of unauthorized tokens for himself at no cost and selling them into the secondary market. In the complaint, the SEC alleges that in 2017 Elmaani sold “Pearl tokens” that was ...