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Enforcement

Crypto actions by the US Justice Department, SEC, CFTC and Treasury sanctions office, linked to the original documents.

DateAgencyAction
30 Oct 2026SECBG Wealth Sharing Ltd and DSJ Exchange Pty Ltd
30 Oct 2026DOJBrothers Sentenced to Total of 366 Months’ Imprisonment for $8 Million Armed Robbery in Cryptocurrency Kidnapping Case
29 Oct 2026SECJason R. Anderson; Blox Lending, LLC; Digital Licensing, Inc.; Schad Brannon; Roydon Nelson; and Business Funding Solutions, LLC, Relief Defendant.
29 Oct 2026SECTwo Entities Charged in $130 Million Fraud Scheme That Used False SEC Filings to Boost Investor Confidence
28 Oct 2026DOJMissouri Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Cryptocurrency Robbery Scheme
27 Oct 2026DOJMissouri Man Admits Role in Cryptocurrency Robbery Scheme
23 Oct 2026DOJChinese National Extradited for Alleged Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting U.S. Citizens
23 Oct 2026DOJChinese National Extradited for Alleged Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting U.S. Citizens
21 Oct 2026DOJColombian National Sentenced To Over Thirteen Years For International Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Scheme Of Drug Trafficking Proceeds
19 Oct 2026DOJUzbekistan man pleads guilty to his role in cryptocurrency scheme
19 Oct 2026DOJWolcott Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
07 Oct 2026DOJJonathan Spalletta Convicted For Defrauding Crypto Exchange Of Over $50 Million In Hacks
05 Oct 2026CFTCCFTC Seeks Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets
01 Oct 2026SECSEC Proposal Would Address How Investment Advisers and Funds Can Custody Crypto Assets Under the Federal Securities Laws
30 Sept 2026SECTrevon Brown, Craig Grant, and Michael Noble
29 Sept 2026SECSEC Charges Multiple Entities in Fraud Schemes Totaling at Least $15 Million That Used WhatsApp and Other Platforms to Lure Investors
28 Sept 2026DOJUnited States Attorney's Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Cryptocurrency Involved in an Account Takeover Fraud Scheme
28 Sept 2026DOJFormer L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Nearly 2 Years in Prison for Violating Rights on Crypto-Criminal’s Behalf, Cheating on Taxes
25 Sept 2026DOJVietnamese National Charged for Role in Massive “Pig Butchering” Cryptocurrency Scam
21 Sept 2026DOJIrvine Woman Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Not Reporting $2.6 Million in Income She Obtained via Crypto Criminal
14 Sept 2026DOJU.S. Attorney Seeks Forfeiture Of $61 Million In Cryptocurrency From The Iranian Military’s Black-Market Oil Sales
14 Sept 2026DOJFormer L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced to Nearly 2 Years in Prison for Violating Civil Rights While Providing Off-Duty Security for Crypto Criminal
09 Sept 2026DOJScam Center Strike Force Conducts Seizures of Chinese-Run Illicit Scammer Marketplace, and Restrains $52 Million in Laundered Crypto Scammer Funds In One Day
09 Sept 2026DOJCalifornia Man Involved in Danbury Kidnapping and Bitcoin Robbery Scheme Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
08 Sept 2026DOJSingaporean Ringleader of $245 Million Cryptocurrency Racketeering Enterprise Pleads Guilty in Washington D.C.
01 Sept 2026DOJJustice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet Infrastructure
01 Sept 2026DOJJustice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet Infrastructure
24 Aug 2026DOJFounder Of Cryptocurrency Trading Fund Convicted Of Defrauding Investors
24 Aug 2026DOJJury Convicts Las Vegas Business Owner of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
17 Aug 2026DOJAlleged Mastermind of $165 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Facing Federal Charges after Deportation from Fiji
13 Aug 2026DOJWashington State man pleads guilty to charge involving bitcoin scheme
06 Aug 2026DOJFounder of Cryptocurrency Financial Services Firm “MyTrade” Sentenced for Market Manipulation and Fraud Conspiracy
04 Aug 2026DOJThree Missouri Men Charged in Cryptocurrency Robbery Scheme
31 Jul 2026DOJUnited States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Crypto Involved in Online Fraud Scheme
21 Jul 2026DOJInvestigations into Cryptocurrency Scams Result in Seizure of More Than $25 Million
16 Jul 2026DOJSioux Falls Crypto Investor Indicted for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft
15 Jul 2026DOJCalifornia Duo Charged with Operating Nationwide Darknet Drug Trafficking Operation, Laundering Cryptocurrency Proceeds
13 Jul 2026DOJFormer L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Obstructing Federal Probe into Crypto ‘Mogul’ Threats Against Victim
09 Jul 2026DOJMan Serving Federal Prison Sentence Charged with Theft of Forfeited Cryptocurrency
09 Jul 2026DOJMan Serving Federal Prison Sentence Charged with Theft of Forfeited Cryptocurrency
30 Jun 2026DOJGoliath Ventures CEO Pleads Guilty to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme Conspiracy
23 Jun 2026DOJNew York Man Sentenced to Prison for Impersonating Crypto Influencers In Investment Scam
18 Jun 2026DOJJury Finds Former South Lake Tahoe Man Guilty of Multiple Cryptocurrency and Investment Fraud Schemes That Defrauded Investors of Nearly $1 Million
18 Jun 2026DOJBrothers Plead Guilty in $8 Million Armed Cryptocurrency Kidnapping Case
17 Jun 2026DOJMiami Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge Connected to Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
12 Jun 2026DOJMiddle Tennessee Man Indicted for Crypto Ponzi Scheme
11 Jun 2026DOJTwo Charged in Connection With Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Service That Allegedly Laundered Over $389 Million in Unlawful Transactions
09 Jun 2026DOJNewcastle, Washington man sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping overseas fraudsters smuggle their proceeds via money transfers and bitcoin
08 Jun 2026DOJMissouri Man Admits Role in Cryptocurrency Robbery Scheme
18 May 2026DOJOhio Investment Manager Sentenced to Nine Years for $10M Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
11 May 2026DOJThree Tennessee Men Indicted On Robbery, Kidnapping, And Conspiracy Charges Related To $6 Million Cryptocurrency Robbery Spree Throughout Bay Area And Los Angeles
11 May 2026DOJCanadian Illegal Alien and Co-Conspirator Charged in $13 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
06 May 2026DOJ‘GothFerrari’ Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Role in Massive Cryptocurrency Heist
29 Apr 2026DOJLas Vegas Homeland Security Task Force Hosts Cryptocurrency Panel
28 Apr 2026DOJFrench National Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Laundering Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Using Shell Companies And Crypto Accounts
16 Apr 2026DOJTexas Man Who Orchestrated $20 Million Cryptocurrency Scam Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
01 Apr 2026DOJU.S. Attorney’s Office Recovers and Forfeits More Than $600K in Cryptocurrency from Fraud Scheme
30 Mar 2026DOJTen Foreign Nationals Charged In An International Operation Targeting Cryptocurrency Market Manipulation
30 Mar 2026DOJMaryland Man Charged With Defrauding Crypto Exchange Of Over $50 Million In Hacks
18 Mar 2026DOJKoreatown Man Arrested on Charges that He Obtained More Than $2 Million in COVID Business Loans That He Invested in Cryptocurrency
13 Mar 2026DOJDepartment of Justice to Return $470,735 to Victims of Cryptocurrency Investment Scheme
10 Mar 2026DOJUnited States Attorney's Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover $3.4 Million in Cryptocurrency Involved in an Online Investment Fraud Scheme
02 Mar 2026DOJUnited States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Cryptocurrency Involved in Money Laundering Scheme
26 Feb 2026DOJD.C. Scam Center Strike Force Seizures of Cryptocurrency from Chinese Transnational Criminals Tops $580 Million
24 Feb 2026DOJU.S. Attorney’s Office EDNC Announces Seizure of $61 Million Dollars’ Worth of Cryptocurrency
12 Feb 2026DOJWolcott Man Indicted for Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme
12 Feb 2026DOJPraetorian Group International CEO sentenced to 20 years in prison for $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme
09 Feb 2026DOJDual National of China and St. Kitts and Nevis Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam
09 Feb 2026DOJMan Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $73 Million Global Cryptocurrency Investment Scam
29 Jan 2026DOJGovernment Forfeits Over $400M in Assets Tied to Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer
29 Jan 2026DOJU.S. Obtains Legal Title to $400 Million in Assets Tied to Helix Cryptocurrency Mixer
27 Jan 2026DOJChinese National Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting U.S. Victims
12 Jan 2026DOJUnited States Attorney’s Office Files Civil Forfeiture Action to Recover Proceeds of Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Scheme
14 Oct 2025DOJEarly Cryptocurrency Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Admits to Misconduct and Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement
17 Sept 2025DOJPraetorian Group International CEO pleads guilty to $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme
09 Sept 2025DOJJustice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Over $5 Million in Bitcoin Stolen in SIM Swapping Scams
29 Jul 2025DOJFounder And CEO Of AML Bitcoin Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme
16 May 2025DOJAlabama Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Connection with Securities and Exchange Commission X Hack that Spiked Bitcoin Prices
16 May 2025DOJAlabama Man Sentenced in Hack of SEC X Account that Spiked the Value of Bitcoin
12 Mar 2025DOJCryptocurrency Founder And CEO Convicted Of Wire Fraud And Money Laundering In Connection With Marketing And Sale Of AML Bitcoin
10 Feb 2025DOJGuilty Plea in Hacking of the SEC’s X Account That Caused Bitcoin Value Spike
12 Dec 2024DOJEarly Bitcoin Investor Sentenced for Filing Tax Returns that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency Gains
25 Nov 2024DOJLancaster Man Convicted of Money Laundering and Operating an Unlawful Money Transmission Business for Converting Cash to Bitcoin
08 Nov 2024DOJBitcoin Fog Operator Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy
08 Nov 2024DOJOperator of ‘Bitcoin Fog’ Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Running Notorious Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer
17 Oct 2024DOJFBI Arrests Alabama Man in the January 2024 SEC X Hack that Spiked the Value of Bitcoin
12 Sept 2024DOJEarly Bitcoin Investor Pleads Guilty to Filing Tax Return that Falsely Reported His Cryptocurrency Gains
30 Apr 2024DOJEarly Bitcoin Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Indicted for Allegedly Committing Tax Fraud and Causing $48 Million Loss to IRS
30 Apr 2024DOJEarly Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud
18 Apr 2024DOJMan Charged in $1.49 Million Scam Involving Bitcoin ATM Deposits and Bulk Gold Purchases; Victim is Retiree who Lost Life Savings
15 Mar 2024DOJQueens Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Laundering Bitcoin and Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
12 Mar 2024DOJJury Finds Russian-Swedish Operator of ‘Bitcoin Fog’ Guilty of Running the Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer
12 Mar 2024DOJBitcoin Fog Operator Convicted of Money Laundering Conspiracy
13 Feb 2024DOJIan Freeman Ordered to Pay More Than $3.5 Million in Restitution to Victims and to Forfeit Proceeds of His Bitcoin Money Laundering Scheme
29 Jan 2024DOJGuam Cryptocurrency Broker Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for $5.5 Million Bitcoin Scheme
08 Jan 2024DOJFather and Son Sentenced for Laundering Drug Trafficking Bitcoin Proceeds Intended for Federal Forfeiture
16 Oct 2023DOJFormer Navy IT Manager Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Hacking a Computer Database, Stealing over 9,000 People’s Identities, and Selling the Information for $160,000 in Bitcoin
02 Oct 2023DOJIan Freeman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Operating a Bitcoin Money Laundering Scheme
12 Sept 2023DOJBitcoin ATM Company Forfeited Over $1 Million for Conspiring to Violate the Bank Secrecy Act
05 Sept 2023DOJBitcoin-for-Cash Exchange Business Owner Agrees to Plead Guilty to Failing to Maintain an Effective Anti-Money Laundering Program
31 May 2023DOJFormer Operator of Payza.com Charged with Laundering 450 Bitcoin
27 Apr 2023DOJOhio Man Sentenced for Stealing Over 712 Bitcoin Subjected to Forfeiture
27 Apr 2023DOJMan Sentenced for Stealing Over 712 Bitcoin Subject to Forfeiture
27 Apr 2023DOJMan Sentenced for Stealing Over 712 Bitcoin Subject to Forfeiture
24 Jan 2023DOJFormer Spokane Doctor Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison After Paying Dark Web Hitmen $60,000 in Bitcoin to Kidnap Estranged Wife and Assault Former Colleague
06 Jan 2023DOJOhio Man Pleads Guilty for Unlawfully Stealing Over 712 Seized Bitcoin Subject to Forfeiture in Brother’s Pending Criminal Case
22 Dec 2022DOJIan Freeman Convicted On All Counts Relating To Bitcoin Money Laundering Scheme
11 Oct 2022DOJQueens Man Convicted of Laundering Bitcoin and Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business
13 Jul 2022DOJDark Web Vendor of Illegal Narcotics Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine in Exchange for Bitcoin
24 Jun 2022DOJTwo Men Charged With Plan To Commit Home Invasion Robbery For Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Bitcoin
11 Mar 2022DOJLeader of Dark Web Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison and 59 Bitcoin in Forfeiture
28 Feb 2022DOJThree Defendants Sentenced For Illegal Bitcoin Business
21 Jan 2022DOJNew Orleans Man Sentenced for Defrauding Customers Through Unlicensed Bitcoin Business
20 Jan 2022DOJID thief who bought personal information with Bitcoin sent to prison
19 Jan 2022DOJEx-Pro Skateboarder Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine and Laundering Bitcoin Drug Proceeds
27 Dec 2021DOJJapanese Language Version - United States Files Civil Action to Return $150 Million in Embezzled Funds to Sony; FBI Tracks Money to Bitcoin
20 Dec 2021DOJUnited States Files Civil Action to Return $150 Million in Embezzled Funds to Sony; FBI Tracks Money to Bitcoin
18 Nov 2021DOJOntario Man Who Ran Multimillion-Dollar Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange Business Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison
18 Oct 2021DOJBitcoin Money Transmitters And Launderers Plead Guilty

Tracking began in November 2026, so earlier years are incomplete and these counts aren’t annual totals. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction or settlement is stated.