Category U.S. Department of Justice

Mexican Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Using Crypto To Launder $5,500,000 in Illicit Drug Money
A Mexican national has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison as a major player in a drug money laundering conspiracy that used cr...
Jun, 27, 2025
2 min read
by The Daily Hodl

US DOJ Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against $225,300,000 in Digital Assets Allegedly Obtained Through Crypto Confidence Scam
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is filing a civil forfeiture complaint against over $225 million in crypto. According to a new DOJ press relea...
Jun, 19, 2025
2 min read
by The Daily Hodl

DOJ Seizes Illicit Crypto Exchanges in Charging of Two Russians With $1,000,000,000 Money Laundering Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has teamed up with other federal and international law enforcement agencies to charge two Russian nationals wi...
Sep, 27, 2024
2 min read
by The Daily Hodl

Former FTX and Alameda Executive Ryan Salame Handed 90-Month Prison Sentence, Ordered To Pay Over $11,000,000
A US judge has sentenced Ryan Salame, one of the top executives of the collapsed crypto empire FTX, to 7.5 years in prison. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan i...
May, 30, 2024
2 min read
by The Daily Hodl