# money laundering News

Months after The Wall Street Journal accused them of laundering money through their exchange; Shapeshift has hit back with a March 20, 2019 report from CipherBlade. Double Take In July 2018, The Wall Street Journal published a report in which they accused crypto exchange Shapeshift of helping hackers in laundering...

Tatyana Moskalkova, the commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, has issued a letter to Michalis Kalogir, Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights of Greece, requesting for the extradition of the embattled former BTC-e crypto exchange owner, Alexander Vinnik to Russia, according to a report by Tass on February 25....

Nistor Vlad Călin, the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinflux, has been extradited to the U.S. by Romania's supreme court for a case of money laundering on his platform, reports Mediafax on January 4, 2018. U.S. Secret Service Files Charges Against CoinFlux's CEO Per sources close to the matter, Nistor...

According to the news agency Deepdotweb, Two Maryland men were arrested for selling illegally distributing Xanax pills and using bitcoin as a payment method for a multimillion-dollar laundering operation. Xanax Suspects Arrested The Department of Justice announced the arrests of over 30 suspects form dealing drugs over the Darkweb last...

In a blog post published October 1, 2018, cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift refuted a recent Wall Street Journal report claiming that approximately $9 million illegally obtained funds went through the exchange. ShapeShift’s CEO Erik Voorhees has issued a cutting rebuke of WSJ’s claims. The CEO emphasized that the authors’ claims...