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Bitcoin News
Stolen Bitcoin Worth $80K Leads to 11 Arrests in Turkey
Turkish police have taken 11 people into custody for allegedly stealing over $80,000 in Bitcoin via hacking. It seems that every time you load up a news site, another story...
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Bitcoin NewsBitcoin Scam Leads Man to Threaten Attack on Miami Airport
A young man from India has been detained by local police after calling in threats to the Miami airport due to a Bitcoin scam. An 18-year-old youth in India is...
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Bitcoin NewsBitcoin Bribes Result in Arrests of Bulgarian Government Officials
Two Bulgarian officials have been arrested for accepting Bitcoin bribes as payment for issuing identity documents. Having to deal with a government bureaucracy to get necessary paperwork completed is often...
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Bitcoin NewsBitcoin Extortion Racket: Amsterdam Business Owners Threatened with Grenades if They Don’t Pay Up
In a strange string of incidents, businesses in Amsterdam have received email threats of armed attacks if they don’t shell out 50,000 euros in Bitcoin. Businesses Receive Threatening Emails Multiple...
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Bitcoin NewsBitcoin Ransom of $20,000 Paid by Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in Canada recently paid a ransomware hacker $20,000 in bitcoins. Computers are a tremendous boon to modern life. For most local governments, they offer...
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Bitcoin NewsCalifornia Bitcoin Dealer Enters Guilty Plea, Will Forfeit More than $800,000
Jacob Burrell-Campos recently pleaded guilty to charges of running an illegal money transmitting operation. This plea comes after his indictment on money laundering and tax evasion charges relating to the...
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Altcoin NewsPoland Deems DasCoin a Ponzi Scheme, Seizes $11.6 Million
In an ironic twist, the self-described “currency of trust,” DasCoin, has found itself on the wrong side of Polish law. It has been reported that the police have seized $11.6...
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Altcoin NewsRipple Worth Over $300,000 Stolen in Australia, Suspect Arrested
A 23-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly hacking her victim’s email and crypto accounts before draining the latter of 100,000 Ripple tokens. While Bitcoin enjoyed a massive bull run...
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Bitcoin NewsBitcoin Trade Followed by Murder
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in Norway a short time after completing a cash-for-Bitcoin transaction. The world of cryptocurrency is a virtual one, but there are possible real-life...