A&D Forensics Brief, April 29, 2022
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced two former top shots of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, Mohammed Adamu and Eunice Okoro Udokamma to five years imprisonment each for forging Income Tax Clearance Certificate for unsuspecting taxpayers.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tuesday, arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state.
A wire fraud (locally known as Yahoo Yahoo) suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited by the Federal Government of Nigeria, to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
In a new interview on the All-in Podcast, Armstrong says that the crypto industry will likely not be regulated solely by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) because not all digital assets can be considered a security.
On Monday, April, 25, 2022, two solution providers VerifyVASP and CODE integrated their services to offer seamless access to exchanges for investors, a month after South Korea approved the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) travel regulation.
Rug pulls have grown to become a menace in the space of decentralized finance and have resulted in hundreds of millions stolen from users. Being among the most common types of scams, some US politicians have taken aim and want to outlaw them.
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has added three ethereum addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN). OFAC alleges the ether addresses are controlled by the Lazarus Group, a cybercrime group that is associated with North Korea.
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