Crime

More than $13.5 million sitting in a Premier League bank account has been frozen by the UK’s National Crime Agency as investigators examine whether the funds could be linked to alleged third-party criminality.

Apate.AI has raised US$8.15 million to expand its AI scam-fighting platform into Europe and North America. Its AI agents pose as fake victims to keep scammers talking and collect intelligence, with Commonwealth Bank already using the platform for more than 2.5 million conversations.

Polish prosecutors have charged Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), in an investigation into the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, adding a major new figure to a case that has already ensnared the exchange’s former chief executive.

ZachXBT traced $667,000 stolen in two violent home invasions in France to wallets he linked to the M1llionz alias. His investigation helped Tether freeze 93,507.51 USDT, while no arrests or charges have been announced.

Trezor has disclosed a data breach at its shipping and logistics partner ShipMonk that exposed the personal information of nearly 14,000 hardware-wallet customers, raising concerns that attackers could use the leaked data for targeted phishing campaigns — or potentially identify crypto holders for physical attacks.

A South Korean court has sentenced Delio CEO Jeong Sang-ho to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling roughly $50 million in customer crypto assets — but acquitting him of a much larger fraud charge involving more than $175 million.

Two men have been sentenced in France after taking part in a series of break-ins targeting a rural property that criminals allegedly believed was still home to crypto millionaires

Harry Chun Tak Yeh, founder and managing partner of crypto investment firm Quantum Fintech Group, was found dead in Asunción, Paraguay, after falling from his luxury high-rise apartment, with authorities investigating whether the death was an accident, suicide or homicide.

Australia has switched off 96 Bitcoin ATMs operated by Cryptolink after the country’s financial-crime regulator found the company had failed to meet basic anti-money laundering reporting obligations, in the latest sign that authorities are preparing to take a harder line on the country’s rapidly expanding crypto-ATM industry.

Scammers are using AI deepfakes to impersonate OnlyFans creators, tricking fans into paying for fake exclusive content before blocking them and disappearing. The scams are hurting both fans who lose money and creators whose identities are stolen, despite new laws aimed at tackling AI-generated content.