A Tennessee couple who exploited their real estate connections to bilk investors out of millions through a fake crypto trading scheme has been ordered to pay over $6.8 million in restitution and penalties. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee entered a consent order against Michael and Amanda Griffis, Clarksville real estate agents who operated the fraudulent "Blessings of God Thru Crypto" commodity pool from 2021 to 20 ...

A pan-European crypto scam worth over €100M ($118M) has been broken up, according to Eurojust. Fraudsters lured investors through subtle, nefarious platforms, rerouted their money to Lithuanian accounts, and vanished once withdrawals were requested. “The alleged mastermind is suspected of large-scale fraud and money laundering,” Eurojust said in its Sept. 22 announcement. My plan at the start of 2025 was to flee to Central Europe, what could go wrong? Apparently, this is one of the many things that could ...

Celsius Network事件 - Celsius Network前CEO Alexander Mashinsky因两项欺诈罪名被判12年监禁，涉及商品欺诈和操纵Celsius代币 [1][2] - 公司曾与联邦贸易委员会达成47亿美元和解协议，需在破产程序中返还客户剩余资产 [3] - Mashinsky被指控误导投资者关于平台安全性和盈利性，同时秘密抛售数千万美元个人持仓 [4] - 案件涉及SEC和CFTC指控，与FTX创始人Sam Bankman-Fried等加密高管命运相似 [5] FTX事件 - FTX创始人Sam Bankman-Fried因欺诈和共谋被判25年监禁，涉及挪用客户资金支持Alameda Research [6] - Alameda Research前负责人Caroline Ellison因配合调查获2年轻判，FTX前高管Ryan Salame被判90个月 [7][8] - FTX工程主管Nishad Singh和CTO Gary Wang免于监禁，仅获3年监督释放 [9] - FTX破产财产宣布几乎全部客户将获赔，针对推广FTX的名人诉讼大部分被驳回 [10] Binance事件 - 创始人赵长鹏("CZ")因洗钱指控被判4个月监禁，辞去CEO但保留大量股权 [11][12] - 公司在新管理层下进行战略调整，与特朗普政府的亲加密政策保持一致 [13] Terraform Labs事件 - 创始人Do Kwon因算法稳定币UST崩溃导致400亿美元市值蒸发，引发行业连锁反应 [14][15][16] - 事件导致三箭资本、Voyager Digital、BlockFi等机构连环破产 [16][19] - Terraform Labs与SEC达成45亿美元和解，Kwon于2025年1月被引渡至美国 [17] 行业连锁反应 - 三箭资本、Voyager Digital和Celsius的破产均可追溯至UST崩溃事件 [19] - Celsius于2025年1月完成破产重组，三箭资本联合创始人Kyle Davies未受刑事追究 [20]