Topic

Crypto Enforcement And Prosecution

Criminal and regulatory enforcement against crypto crime, including prosecutions, asset forfeiture, victim restitution, and the agencies that bring cases.

Current stories

investConfirmed12 publishers

Federal forfeiture can cut $10 million from New York's $35 million Mashinsky settlement

New York Attorney General Letitia James settled with former Celsius chief Alex Mashinsky for up to $35 million and a ban on trading securities and crypto. His $48.4 million federal forfeiture could reduce $10 million of that, leaving $25 million as the only fixed payment to the state.

Publishers:ag.ny.gov coindesk.com cointelegraph.com crowdfundinsider.com crypto.news cryptobriefing.com cryptopolitan.com cryptoslate.com cryptotimes.io decrypt.co news.bitcoin.com unchainedcrypto.com

Perspective Coverage

12 publishers

Builder: Builder 6%
Operator: Operator 38%
Investor: Investor 56%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+45
Incentives55
Confidence60

investConfirmed2 publishers

Kishu Inu founder is charged with wire fraud over a hidden 12% insider allocation

Kishu Inu founder Alexander Sisemore faces three federal wire fraud counts over a token once worth more than $1.6 billion. Prosecutors trace about $10 million in founder sales, a small fraction of that figure, to statements that hid how much of the supply the founders kept.

Publishers:cryptotimes.io news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence65
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives70
Confidence70

investConfirmed9 publishers

Jury convicts Uranium Finance hacker with $31 million of the $53.3 million take already seized

Manhattan federal jurors convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering over the $53.3 million Uranium Finance exploit of 2021. Where the roughly $31 million in crypto seized in February 2025 ends up now turns on restitution and forfeiture rulings still to come.

Publishers:bleepingcomputer.com crypto.news cryptobriefing.com cryptopolitan.com decrypt.co dexerto.com gizmodo.com news.bitcoin.com qz.com scworld.com

Perspective Coverage

10 publishers

Builder: Builder 30%
Operator: Operator 42%
Investor: Investor 28%

Reality

Evidence85
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives40
Confidence78

investConfirmed3 publishers

Prosecutors test the Commodity Exchange Act on Robinhood engineers' $50,000 perp trades

The Justice Department says two Robinhood engineers each made more than $50,000 trading Hyperliquid perpetuals ahead of Robinhood Crypto listings. Prosecutors charged commodities fraud and wire fraud instead of securities fraud.

Publishers:crowdfundinsider.com cryptopolitan.com decrypt.co

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 10%
Operator: Operator 50%
Investor: Investor 40%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives45
Confidence65

investOne report1 publisher

Bankman-Fried's Supreme Court petition argues FTX customers were fully repaid, challenges $11 billion forfeiture as excessive

Bankman-Fried is asking the Supreme Court to treat the FTX estate's recoveries as evidence about the crime itself, an argument the Justice Department says is beside the point and one the Court almost never agrees to hear.

Publishers:decrypt.co

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives85
Confidence58