Topic: #crime
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Self-styled 'Godfather' Adam Iza gets 78 months for $37 million Meta fraud
Adam Iza, who called himself "The Godfather," was sentenced to 78 months for defrauding Meta of over $37 million, the DOJ said, with the term running concurrently with a 15-year bitcoin robbery sentence.
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Crypto hacks top $2.68 billion in 2026 as five incidents drive 59% of losses
Crypto firms and users have lost nearly $2.7 billion to security incidents in 2026, according to CertiK data reported by CryptoSlate. September was the costliest month, and five incidents account for almost 59% of the total.
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Bitcoin cold wallet theft turns deadly in Mexico home invasion
Mexican prosecutors allege two men invaded the home of Camilo Séptimo keyboardist Jonathan Meléndez searching for a cold wallet believed to hold millions in Bitcoin, killing the musician, his pregnant wife, their young daughter, and a domestic worker. Their six-year-old son survived.
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Sality botnet disrupted, but EggJagger clipboard malware persists on infected devices
A Justice Department operation on Aug. 31 cut off the Sality botnet's ability to deploy fresh malware to 33,000+ infected machines, but CrowdStrike warns that already-installed address-swapping software continues to redirect cryptocurrency payments to attacker-controlled wallets.
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Crypto home invasions surge 20-fold in H1 2026, CertiK reports $124M losses
CertiK's H1 2026 wrench-attack report documents a 20-fold surge in crypto-related home invasions, with 52 verified incidents and $124.1 million in losses and ransom demands. Europe and France account for the majority of recorded cases.
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Wrench Attacks on Crypto Holders Surge to $124M in Six Months
CertiK documented 52 wrench attacks in the first half of 2026, a 33% increase from a year earlier, with recorded losses climbing nearly 12-fold to $124.1 million. Home invasions now account for 41% of incidents, and France represents roughly 64% of global cases.
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Sioux Falls crypto investor indicted on 29 counts in $20M fraud
Benjamin Paul Wiener was indicted on wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft charges after prosecutors say he used eight entities to move investor funds through crypto exchanges and financial institutions, repaying earlier victims with new money.
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UK sanctions A7 crypto network for processing $90 billion for Russia
The UK sanctioned the A7 network and 17 other entities on May 26, applying banking-level restrictions to crypto exchanges for the first time under its Russia sanctions regime. The A7 network claims to have moved over $90 billion in 2025 alone.