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USA v. $1.1M: Forfeiture Complaint (‘North Korean Hacking & Crypto Theft’)

June 4, 2024
Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft of virtual currency by the North Korean military hacking group known as, among other names, the Lazarus Group and Advanced Persistent Threat" in USA v. $1,168,679 in funds associated with two Stablecoin addresses on the Ethereum Network at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

USA v. 97.33604121 Bitcoin et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Fraud & Crypto Laundering’)

November 15, 2023
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "an investment fraud scam, commonly referred to as 'pig butchering', perpetrated on victims throughout the United States" that were seized from an account at Binance in the name of Wanpadet Sae-Heng, of Thailand, in USA v. 97.33604121 Bitcoin, 2,560,435.71078314 Dogecoin, 884.33368015 Ethereum, 85,843.844344 Cardano, and 884.13243271 EthereumPoW at the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

USA v. 12,324.84 USDT et al: Forfeiture Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

September 29, 2023
Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a cryptocurrency fraud scheme operating out of Southeast Asia and China" in USA v. Crypto seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Duean Phikunkaew, a citizen of Thailand; Varat Vitthayanuwat, a citizen of Thailand; Jiang Changsen, a citizen of China, and Wang Xuewen, a citizen of China, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Joel Dietz v. Consensys Inc. et al: Complaint (‘MetaMask Crypto Dispute’)

August 1, 2023
Complaint alleging "betrayal and deceit in a partnership formed to develop a browser-based cryptocurrency wallet" in Joel Dietz v. Consensys Inc., Consensys Software Inc., Consensys AG, of Switzerland; Joseph Lubin, Aaron Davis, and Daniel Finlay at the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

Hodl Law PC v. SEC: Complaint (‘Are Cryptos Securities or Investment Contracts?’)

November 21, 2022
Complaint "For Declaratory Relief That The Ethereum Network And Ether Digital Currency Unit Are Not Securities Or Investment Contracts Under The Federal Securities Act Of 1933" in Hodl Law PC, described as "a law firm that focuses on legal and regulatory issues regarding digital assets" v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Brent Jay v. Brock Pierce et al: Complaint (‘Crypto Fraud’)

August 1, 2022
Complaint alleging a cryptocurrency fraud involving "Ethereum, Everpedia IQ Token, and Wax Tokens" in Brent Jay v. Scott Walker, Distributed Network Advisors LLC, Brian Sands, April Sands, Brock Pierce, and James Glasscock at the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

USA v. 40.997711 Ethereum: Forfeiture Complaint

May 12, 2022
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 40.997711 Ethereum digital currency in an account at Binance cryptocurrency exchange that is believed to be the proceeds of a fraud against the operator of "an investment vehicle which invests in digital currencies, including Ethereum" who had an account at another cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Jose Flores v. Coinbase Global Inc. et al: Complaint

December 16, 2021
Complaint alleging a cryptocurrency exchange did not allow a client to realize "big gains" from trading in a "stable-coin running on Ethereum" known as GYEN, in Jose Flores v. Coinbase Global Inc. and Coinbase Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of California.

USA v. Danil Potekhin et al: Forfeiture Complaint

September 16, 2020
Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Cryptocurrency and Cash allegedly derived from "a large scale, sophisticated 'phishing' campaign" by Russian nationals Danil Potekhin and Dimitrii Karasavidi that targeted cryptocurrency exchanges, including Poloniex, based in San Francisco, domiciled in Delaware; Binance, based in Hong Kong, domiciled in the Cayman Islands, and Gemini Trust Company LLC, based in New York, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Matthew Script et al v. iFinex Inc. et al: Amended Class Action Complaint

June 3, 2020
Consolidated Class Action Amended Complaint alleging "a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently inflate the price of cryptocurrencies ..., causing the price of these cryptocommodities to spike far above their legitimate value in the largest bubble in human history, and ultimately resulting in billions of dollars of damage to innocent cryptocommodity purchasers" in Matthew Script, Benjamin Leibowitz, Jason Leibowitz, Aaron Leibowitz, and Pinchas Goldshtein v. iFinex Inc., a.k.a. Bitfinex; BFXNA Inc., BFXWW Inc., Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Operations Limited, Tether International Limited, DigFinex Inc., all of the British Virgin Islands; Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Philip G. Potter, of New York; Giancarlo Devasini, described as a citizen of Italy; Ludovicus Jan van der Velde, described as a citizen of the Netherlands; Reginald Fowler, of Arizona; Crypto Capital Corp., of Panama; Bittrex, Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Seattle, Washington, and Poloniex, LLC, described as a Delaware company based in Boston, Massachusetts, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Steven Seagal: Financial Penalties

February 27, 2020
Administrative Order Imposing disgorgement of $157,000 and a fine of $157,000 - to be paid over 330 days under a payment plan - for promoting an Initial Coin Offering by Bitcoiin2Gen "without disclosing that the issuer was paying him for the promotions" against "well-known Hollywood actor and producer" Steven Seagal, a United States citizen residing in Russia, before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

USA v. Danil Potekhin et al: Superseding Indictment

February 18, 2020
Superseding Indictment alleging computer hacking, fraud, identity theft, and money laundering involving "a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting users of Poloniex, Binance, and Gemini's digital currency exchanges" in USA v. Danil Potekhin and Dmitrii Karasavidi, both residents of Russia, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

USA v. Danil Potekhin et al: Criminal Indictment

October 29, 2019
Indictment alleging computer hacking, fraud, identity theft, and money laundering in USA v. Danil Potekhin and Dmitrii Karasavidi, both residents of Russia, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.