News of the day: crime in the crypto sphere!

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Fraudster fined $ 1.9 million for fraud with bitcoins and binary options the police receive cryptocurrency and discovered a new type of denial of service attacks extortion.

The head of the exchange pleads guilty
John E. Montroll, a 37-year-old Texas resident who was arrested by the FBI for trying to hide major customer losses after his exchange was hacked, also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. And obstruction of justice and charged with securities fraud in which Montell confessed earlier, and obstruction of justice to the accused faces imprisonment for 20 years.

Montroll managed the Weexchange exchange, which functioned as a Depository for bitcoin and Bitfunder crypto exchanges, which facilitated the purchase and sale of shares of companies listed on the platform.

In the summer of 2013, hackers stole about 6,000 bitcoins from Weexchange, and as a result, both Montroll companies lacked the assets needed to cover users ' funds, which the defendant tried to hide.

Attorney Jeffrey S. Berman said, " Montroll tricked his investors and then tried to Scam the SEC. He repeatedly lied during the testimony and misled SEC employees not to take responsibility for the loss of thousands of bitcoins of his clients."

Scammer "punished" 1.9 million dollars
The Federal court ordered Dillon Michael Dean from Colorado and it was in the UK the Entrepreneurs company Headquarters Limited (TEH) is guilty of fraud and ordered to pay more than 1.9 million U.S. dollars in the form of civil monetary penalties.

The judge found that Dean was engaged in a Scam to get bitcoins from the General public, promising that customer funds would be invested in products, including binary options. He also failed to register with CFTC as a pool of goods Operator.

According to the court's findings, from around April 2017 to January 18, 2018, Dean received at least $499'264.04 in bitcoins from at least 127 people. He promised to convert the funds into Fiat and invest them on behalf of clients through binary options and crypto-exchanges.

Dean lured her victims with false statements about their experience in the trade and promises of high profits in Youtube videos and Facebook messages. But he has never done trading on behalf of clients and his supposed trading profit was bogus.

New Ransomeware?
The Israeli police announced that its cyber police had revealed a new type of attack with cryptocurrency scams targeting online porn fans. The public warning explained that in recent weeks, many complaints about the ransom demand in the cryptocurrency have been sent to law enforcement agencies via email.

The reports said that computers had malware that activated the camera when visiting sites with adult content. In order to avoid the distribution of allegedly filmed videos to all contacts, the recipient had to pay a ransom in bitcoins.

The message included the recipient's email and password to place victims in trust. However, the researchers found that the threats were not really backed up by the video and that the email addresses and passwords were taken from old sites containing hacked email addresses.

London police took up learning crypto
A spokesman for the London police confirmed the launch of a new course on working with cryptocurrency in its Academy of economic crimes. She explained what caused this step as follows:

"The course is designed to provide delegates with the skills and knowledge necessary to recognize and manage cryptocurrencies in an investigation. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will understand how to identify, process and investigate the use of cryptocurrency in the context of investigation. The cadets would be the first experts of their kind, as the course had been developed in response to feedback from police officers at the national level, who felt that they did not have enough training in that area."

Also, the press Secretary added that the launch of the course has already been held, and the next training is scheduled for August.

Link to the official source of the publication - https://altstake.io/news/novosti-dnya-prestupnosty-v-kriptosfere (Russia)