
China Claims US Hacked Bitcoin Worth $13 Billion
China's cybersecurity agency has accused the US government of orchestrating the 2020 theft of $13 billion in Bitcoin, linking the hack to a major US criminal case.
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China's cybersecurity agency has accused the US government of orchestrating the 2020 theft of $13 billion in Bitcoin, linking the hack to a major US criminal case.

Global authorities are escalating their crackdown on illicit crypto activities, targeting North Korean hackers, non-compliant exchanges, and privacy tool developers.

British police have seized 61,000 Bitcoin, valued at over $7 billion, from a Chinese national who pleaded guilty to laundering funds from a massive Ponzi scheme.

Zhimin Qian has pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds from a major fraud scheme after UK police seized 61,000 bitcoins, currently valued at over £5 billion.

Global financial regulators are escalating enforcement actions against crypto-related crime, including U.S. sanctions and a guilty plea in a $7 billion Bitcoin fraud case.

A court in Dhaka has ordered the Philippines' Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation to forfeit $81 million related to the 2016 Bangladesh Bank cyber heist.