Saturday, March 21, 2020
Volume:
36
Issue:
3
Abstract:
On March 2, 2020, the United Department of Justice unsealed a two-count indictment in the District of Columbia, charging two Chinese nationals with laundering more than $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hack of a cryptocurrency exchange.[1] A civil forfeiture complaint also unsealed on March 3 alleges that North Korean actors stole the funds in 2018.[2]