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Cryptocurrency exchange theft losses could rise to $1.5B this year

Theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges soared in the first half of this year to three times the level seen for the whole of 2017, leading to a three-fold increase in associated money laundering, according to a report from U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CipherTrace released on Tuesday.

Written by Reuters • 04 July 18 10:12
AUSTRAC sniffs out new analytics system

Australian government financial intelligence unit AUSTRAC will pilot a real-time analysis technology in April, in hopes of provided greater intelligence to other agencies.

Written by Hamish Barwick • 25 Jan. 11 12:08
Two sentenced to prison for online money laundering

Two Bulgarians have been sentenced for their roles in an online money-laundering scheme that collected about US$1.2 million from U.S. residents and sent it to a criminal group in Eastern Europe, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Written by Grant Gross • 04 Dec. 09 08:01

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