Former law enforcement officer Shaun W. Bridges will plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin from Silk Road by resetting passwords and transferring funds to his own account during the investigation which signaled the end for the online anonymous marketplace
Read MoreJulian Rifat sentenced to 19 months in jail for insider trading
In a case brought by the FCA, Julian Rifat has today been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 19 months imprisonment; Mr Rifat has also been fined £100,000 for the same offences and ordered to pay costs of £159,402
Read More7 years in jail for perpetrators of Australia’s largest ever FX insider trading case
Two men were sentenced in Australia’s Victoria Supreme Court today to 7 years imprisonment for conducting a $7 million FX insider trading scheme
Read More‘Bitcoin Jesus’ denied US visa, despite having been born in America
Maverick Bitcoin proponent Rover Ver has been denied access to the United States, having renounced his citizenship last year, and subsequently encouraging others to do the same by buying citizenship of a Carribean island with Bitcoin
Read MoreThere’s nowhere to run! Australia extradites CFD traders from Hong Kong for possible 10 year jail sentence
Australia’s national financial industry regulator has shown its mettle by returning suspected CFD insider traders to the Antipodes from Hong Kong to face trial for offences committed in 2011
Read MoreA fair cop, mate! Australian court seeks to impose 10 year jail term
Stock trader Peter Farris allegedly avoided a loss of $123,975 by gaining prior information, for which he may spend a decade in jail.
Read MoreDiscipline down under: Australian day trader gets two years porridge
Kristoffer John Watts was sentenced to a two year jail term, with 21 months suspended for manipulation of CFDs.
Read MoreCheat on FX? Off to jail you go – UK toughens stance on FX rigging
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer prepares to announce stringent plans to criminalize foul play in the UK FX market, which will be announced this evening at the Mansion House.
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