Crime

Marlon Ferro, a 20-year-old from California, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for helping steal over $250 million in cryptocurrency through hacking, scams, and home break-ins. US prosecutors said the group targeted wealthy crypto holders, stole hardware wallets, and spent the stolen money on luxury goods, travel, and nightclub parties.

A heir to iconic luxury brand Cartier has been sentenced by the U.S courts to 8 years in prison for his role in orchestrating a sprawling $470 million money laundering operation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a public apology following revelations that the company failed to alert authorities about a ChatGPT account linked to the suspect in the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a tragedy that left eight people dead.

A US soldier is accused of using classified information about a secret mission to bet on a prediction market, making over $400,000 from about $33,000. He now faces multiple criminal charges, as authorities say insider trading laws apply even to crypto betting platforms.

Florida authorities have opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI after claims that ChatGPT gave advice to a gunman involved in a deadly Florida State University shooting. OpenAI denies responsibility, saying the chatbot only gave general information and did not encourage or support the attack.

France is rapidly emerging as the global hotspot for violent crypto-related “wrench attacks,” after an armed intruder posing as a delivery driver attempted to extort a crypto industry worker inside his home near Montpellier.

South Korean prosecutors have charged a 39-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to kill his business partner by poisoning his coffee, following a bitter fallout over a failed cryptocurrency investment.

A cybercrime behind a $100 million fraud went to extraordinary lengths to destroy his former life—allegedly faking his own death and starting over a new leaf in a foreign country under a new identity—thinking he will never be discovered.

A French artist Pascal Boyart is publicly challenging authorities—arguing that the French government is failing its job to protect its crypto users by implementing ineffective policies and regulatory frameworks may be worsening the very crisis they aim to prevent.

The arrest of a fugitive linked to the kidnapping of David Balland marks a key breakthrough in a case that has come to symbolize a broader surge in crypto-related abductions across France.