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Ministry of Justice Seizes $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin and Arrests Marrieds

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department said on Tuesday it has confiscated over $3.6 billion in stolen Bitcoin and arrested a married couple accused of laundering cryptocurrency stolen by hackers six years ago. The couple, 34-year-old Ilya Lichtenstein and 31-year-old Heather Morgan, were previously accused of conspiring to launder 119,754 Bitcoins stolen. stolen in 2016 …

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FBI Arrests Person Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts

[ad_1] They were confusing thefts for no obvious reason or payoff, and they took place out of politeness, not particularly in the lucrative publishing world. stealing unpublished book manuscripts. The thefts and theft attempts were made primarily by email, by a scammer impersonating publishing professionals and targeting authors, editors, agents, and literary researchers who might …

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China Arrests Top Executives at a Debt-Loaded Company

[ad_1] BEIJING — Authorities in China have detained two of the top executives of a conglomerate that buys businesses around the world before they quickly collapse under heavy debt in the latest move to discipline the country’s corporate leaders. The holding, a shipping and logistics company called HNA Group, said late Friday that police on …

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