Enforcement Actions

According to Chainalysis, North Korea-linked hacking groups accounted for approximately 89% of cryptocurrency theft losses in 2026 to date, up from 15% in 2021. The blockchain analysis firm reported the figure on November 1, citing on-chain evidence from multiple attacks, including the October 29 Bi

Anthropic's Claude AI has predicted a significant move for BNB by January 1, 2027, following the October 29 Binance hack that resulted in an estimated $6.3Bn impact. The AI's prediction centers on a hypothetical scenario where BNB Chain becomes the primary settlement layer for institutional real-wor

The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments resulting from Operation Ghostbusters, an investigation into a student loan fraud scheme involving stolen identities and AI technology. Fraudsters used AI to complete loan applications and simulate online class attendance, funneling proceeds to ov

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Operation Ghostbusters has resulted in the indictment of five individuals in a widespread student loan fraud scheme. Criminals used stolen identities and AI to create fake online college attendance records and fraudulently obtain federal student loans, wi

According to the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court official WeChat account, on October 26, the court disclosed a criminal case involving virtual assets valued at over 2.58 million yuan.

Two Texas brothers, Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia, were sentenced to 15 and 15.5 years in federal prison on October 29, 2026, for kidnapping a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing the transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank impo

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (fsckorea) and the Digital Asset Exchange Joint Council (DAXA) requested the blocking of domestic access to websites and apps of 2 out of 3 identified illegal virtual asset operators. The action aims to protect users and prevent money laundering activities

According to COINOTAG, on March 23, five men were charged with fraud involving 1.2 million yuan in a USDT bait-and-switch scheme in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. The men, led by a buyer surnamed Wang, met with a seller surnamed Xiao to settle an over-the-counter trade, with the offer being 1.2 million y