corruption
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Ex-OpenSea Manager’s Trial Begins in First Alleged NFT Insider Trading Scheme
The trial against ex-OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain is set to begin later this week, nearly a year since he was arrested in New York City for wire fraud. Chastain’s arrest came on the tail-end of an FBI investigation into his non-fungible tokens (NFT) dealings, which alleged he had secretly bought NFTs and resold them…
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FTX’s Own Executive Tipped Off Bahamian Regulators to Possible Fraud
As the news of FTX’s collapse keeps rolling in, the twists keep coming. We’re now learning that one of the once wildly popular cryptocurrency exchange’s executives — Ryan Salame — turned on the company by tipping off Bahamian regulators about the potential of fraud according to recently unsealed court documents.
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U.S. Charges Greek Man Known as ‘The Bull’ for Selling Inside Information on the Dark Web
A cybercriminal known as “The Bull” was stopped in its tracks by U.S. authorities for selling insider information on publicly traded companies on the dark web.
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Chinese Scientist Who Created CRISPR Babies Could Face The Death Penalty, Fellow Geneticist Warns
A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified human twins — could face the death penalty for corruption and bribery charges.