DOJ Enforcement: NFT Rug Pull, Insider Trading, Crypto Fraud And Theft - Fin Tech
The U.S. Department of Justice published four recent press releases related to cryptocurrency enforcement actions.
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The U.S. Department of Justice published four recent press releases related to cryptocurrency enforcement actions.
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to stealing over 712 bitcoin that was seized by the U.S. government in another criminal case.
Gary Harmon told a federal judge that he used his brother's credentials to recreate eight Bitcoin wallets stored on a device in an IRS evidence locker.
From Bloomberg: Gary Harmon, 31, told a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that he used his brother's credentials to re-create eight Bitcoin wallets stored on a device in an Internal Revenue Service evidence locker in April 2020. As authorities watched helplessly, Harmon swiped 713 digital tokens valued at about $4.9 million. They're now worth more than twice that amount.
Gary Harmon was charged after 713 digital tokens, then worth almost $5 million, disappeared from a hardware wallet in an IRS evidence locker as authorities watched helplessly.