WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Crypto crime this week: Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026
390 stories this week · most active: Hacks & Exploits (170), Scams & Consumer Fraud (58), Law Enforcement Actions (52) · 5 official releases
Official actions
- Israeli National Extradited to Face Charges for Stealing Nearly $3M in Virtual Currency Heist
- Justice Department Unveils Indictments in Nationwide ‘Ghost Student’ Fraud Scam Linked to Kenyan Network
- Chinese National Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Material Support to Terrorism
- Jason R. Anderson; Blox Lending, LLC; Digital Licensing, Inc.; Schad Brannon; Roydon Nelson; and Business Funding Solutions, LLC, Relief Defendant.
- Two Entities Charged in $130 Million Fraud Scheme That Used False SEC Filings to Boost Investor Confidence
Hacks & Exploits 170 stories
- Binance Inside Job Theories Explode Ahead of Monday’s Reserve Reports
- Inside the largest crypto hack on record: How attackers breached Binance for $6.3 billion
- The Binance hack explained: How much cryptocurrency was stolen, who’s behind the attack, and was a single compromised laptop to blame?
- Inside the $5.8B Binance Hack: What’s Confirmed and What Isn’t
Scams & Consumer Fraud 58 stories
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Law Enforcement Actions 52 stories
- HMRC secures two convictions for crypto-related tax fraud
- Texas brothers sentenced to 15 years for holding Minnesota family at gunpoint in $8 million crypto heist
- Q&A: Courts reporter Betsy Powell answers your ‘Crypto King’ trial questions
- Ontario ‘Crypto king’ is found guilty of fraud. Jury takes just hour and a half to reach verdict
Nation-State Threats 26 stories
- OneKey founder warns BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF could be a North Korean target
- $6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded
- How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
- North Korean hackers launder $242 million of Binance loot via Tron as FBI presses THORChain: analyst
Policy, Regulation & Compliance 17 stories
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