| 22 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC sued three purported crypto trading platforms and four investment clubs for allegedly misappropriating $14 million from retail investors. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 19 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC filed proposed final consent judgments against two former FTX executives and a former Alameda executive with injunctions and officer bars. | Settlement | $1.80bn alleged fraud |
| 19 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $1.2 million in crypto tied to a wrong-number investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.2m forfeiture |
| 18 Dec 2025 | DOJ | A federal judge ordered forfeiture of over $200,000 in bitcoin and USDT tied to an emergency scam targeting elderly victims. | Seizure or forfeiture | $200,000 forfeiture |
| 18 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal agents seized nearly $8.5 million in Tether traced to proceeds of pig butchering cryptocurrency investment scams. | Seizure or forfeiture | $8.5m forfeiture |
| 18 Dec 2025 | DOJ | A senior promoter of the IcomTech crypto Ponzi scheme was sentenced to 71 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture. | Sentence | $1.5m forfeiture |
| 11 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Terraform Labs co-founder sentenced to 15 years for crypto fraud tied to the UST and LUNA collapse causing $40 billion in losses. | Sentence | $40.00bn alleged fraud |
| 08 Dec 2025 | DOJ | A California man pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for laundering funds in a social engineering scheme that stole $263M in crypto; three more charged. | Guilty plea | $263.0m stolen |
| 05 Dec 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Virginia recovered nearly $1.7M in USDT and BUSD via civil forfeiture for victims of a crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | — |
| 03 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC charged Shima Capital and its owner with misleading investors in raising $169.9 million for crypto funds; both consented to settlements. | Settlement | $169.9m alleged fraud |
| 24 Nov 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors forfeited stolen cryptocurrency and returned about $84,327 to a Richmond Hill, Georgia theft victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $84,328 forfeiture |
| 20 Nov 2025 | DOJ | A federal jury convicted a Texas man of mail fraud for a Meta-1 Coin crypto scheme that cost nearly 1,000 investors at least $14 million. | Conviction | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 19 Nov 2025 | DOJ | Two co-founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto mixer were sentenced to five and four years in prison for laundering over $237 million. | Sentence | $237.8m laundering |
| 19 Nov 2025 | DOJ | A North Texas crypto mining company founder was convicted by a jury of wire fraud and conspiracy in a $4.5 million mining investment scheme. | Conviction | $4.5m alleged fraud |
| 18 Nov 2025 | DOJ | The founder of a Chicago crypto ATM company and the company were indicted in an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy. | Criminal charge | $10.0m laundering |
| 18 Nov 2025 | DOJ | A California man pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for laundering at least $25 million from a social engineering crypto theft ring. | Guilty plea | $25.0m laundering |
| 14 Nov 2025 | DOJ | An Oklahoma crypto trading firm founder was sentenced to five years in prison for a $9.4 million investment fraud conspiracy. | Sentence | $9.4m alleged fraud |
| 13 Nov 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Georgia announced civil forfeiture of about $1.19 million in crypto tied to a real estate agent fraud and laundering network. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.2m forfeiture |
| 13 Nov 2025 | DOJ | A Detroit man was sentenced to 9 years in prison for concealing Bitcoin donations he intended to provide to ISIS. | Sentence | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | DOJ | DOJ launched a Scam Center Strike Force targeting Southeast Asian pig-butchering scams, announcing crypto seizures and forfeiture filings. | Seizure or forfeiture | $401.7m forfeiture |
| 03 Nov 2025 | DOJ | A Houston man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for running a fraudulent crypto investment Ponzi scheme through JASTBITME. | Sentence | — |
| 14 Oct 2025 | DOJ | An early bitcoin investor entered a deferred prosecution agreement and paid nearly $50 million over unreported bitcoin gains on expatriation. | Settlement | $50.0m penalty |
| 14 Oct 2025 | DOJ | Chairman of Cambodia's Prince Group indicted for alleged forced-labor crypto scam compounds; $15B in bitcoin targeted for forfeiture. | Criminal charge | $15.00bn forfeiture |
| 30 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A New York man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for impersonating crypto influencers on Telegram in a fake crypto staking investment scam. | Guilty plea | $1.8m alleged fraud |
| 29 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A former LA County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to conspiring with a crypto businessman to extort a rival and falsely arrest another. | Guilty plea | $127,000 stolen |
| 26 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A UK citizen who ran an online drug market paid in crypto was sentenced to nine years and ordered to forfeit over $28 million in crypto. | Sentence | $28.0m forfeiture |
| 25 Sept 2025 | CFTC | A Tennessee couple agreed to a consent order to pay $5.5M restitution and a $1.36M penalty over the "Blessings Thru Crypto" commodity pool fraud. | Settlement | $5.5m restitution |
| 25 Sept 2025 | DOJ | Two Texas brothers charged federally with kidnapping for allegedly holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and stealing $8M in crypto. | Criminal charge | $8.0m stolen |
| 22 Sept 2025 | SEC | An Alabama investment adviser settled SEC charges that he defrauded at least 15 clients of over $430,000 through Infinity Wealth Management. | Settlement | $430,000 alleged fraud |
| 18 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A Montana man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a conspiracy that laundered over $2.4 million in scam proceeds through cryptocurrency. | Sentence | $2.4m laundering |
| 17 Sept 2025 | CFTC | Court orders Systematic Alpha Management and its owner to pay $2.8M via consent order for unfairly allocating crypto and FX futures trades. | Settlement | — |
| 17 Sept 2025 | DOJ | Praetorian Group International's CEO pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering over a $201M bitcoin Ponzi scheme. | Guilty plea | $201.0m alleged fraud |
| 15 Sept 2025 | CFTC | A court entered a consent order requiring a former Voyager Digital CEO to pay $750,000 in disgorgement to customers and accept a trading ban. | Settlement | $750,000 forfeiture |
| 11 Sept 2025 | DOJ | US filed civil forfeiture action for about $584,741 in USDT allegedly owned by an Iranian drone navigation firm founder tied to the IRGC. | Seizure or forfeiture | $584,741 forfeiture |
| 09 Sept 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $5 million in bitcoin allegedly stolen from five victims via SIM swap attacks. | Seizure or forfeiture | $5.0m forfeiture |
| 09 Sept 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $12 million in Tether tied to a fake ShakepayEX crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $12.0m forfeiture |
| 08 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A California man was sentenced to 51 months for laundering over $36.9M from victims of a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam. | Sentence | $36.9m laundering |
| 02 Sept 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against Tether (USDT) allegedly tied to cryptocurrency confidence scams targeting victims in four states. | Seizure or forfeiture | $868,247 forfeiture |
| 29 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Former CEO and CFO of crypto lender Cred LLC were sentenced to 52 and 36 months in prison for wire fraud conspiracy. | Sentence | $140.0m alleged fraud |
| 27 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Ohio filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $325,060 in USDT tied to an investment scam on two siblings. | Civil action | $325,060 forfeiture |
| 25 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Virginia obtained civil forfeiture of about $1.97M in crypto scam proceeds to return to a victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.0m forfeiture |
| 15 Aug 2025 | DOJ | A crypto influencer was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for defrauding cloud providers of $3.5 million in computing to mine crypto. | Sentence | $3.5m stolen |
| 14 Aug 2025 | DOJ | DOJ unsealed warrants seizing over $2.8 million in crypto, cash and a vehicle tied to an alleged Zeppelin ransomware operator. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.8m forfeiture |
| 06 Aug 2025 | DOJ | Co-founders of Samourai Wallet crypto mixer pleaded guilty to conspiring to run an unlicensed money transmitter moving crime proceeds. | Guilty plea | $237.8m forfeiture |
| 06 Aug 2025 | DOJ | A Tornado Cash co-founder was convicted by a jury of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business moving over $1B. | Conviction | $1.00bn laundering |
| 04 Aug 2025 | DOJ | A Houston man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for running a crypto investment Ponzi scheme through his company JASTBITME. | Guilty plea | — |
| 29 Jul 2025 | DOJ | Founder and CEO of AML Bitcoin sentenced to 84 months in prison for a roughly $10 million crypto investment fraud and money laundering. | Sentence | $10.0m alleged fraud |
| 28 Jul 2025 | DOJ | US filed a civil forfeiture complaint for over $1.7 million in bitcoin seized from a Chaos ransomware group member's address. | Civil action | $1.7m forfeiture |
| 23 Jul 2025 | DOJ | DOJ obtained a restraining order against operators of the fake Triangular crypto platform and filed to forfeit $325,000 in seized crypto. | Seizure or forfeiture | $325,000 forfeiture |
| 22 Jul 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Seattle filed a civil action to forfeit about $7.1 million in crypto tied to an oil storage investment fraud. | Seizure or forfeiture | $7.1m forfeiture |
| 17 Jul 2025 | DOJ | A former semi-pro rugby player was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a fake cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme. | Sentence | — |
| 15 Jul 2025 | SEC | Court denied a former controlling shareholder's motion to dismiss SEC insider trading claims tied to Long Island Iced Tea's blockchain pivot. | Other action | $160,000 alleged fraud |
| 08 Jul 2025 | DOJ | A Detroit man pleaded guilty to concealing Bitcoin donations he intended for ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. | Guilty plea | — |
| 08 Jul 2025 | DOJ | A founder and a promoter of OmegaPro were charged over an alleged $650M forex and crypto investment scheme paid in virtual currency. | Criminal charge | $650.0m alleged fraud |
| 02 Jul 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint to recover $40,300 in USDT stolen by scammers impersonating the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. | Seizure or forfeiture | $40,300 forfeiture |
| 30 Jun 2025 | DOJ | Four North Korean nationals charged with posing as remote IT workers to steal and launder over $900,000 in virtual currency. | Criminal charge | $900,000 stolen |
| 27 Jun 2025 | DOJ | A co-owner of virtual currency companies was sentenced to 97 months in prison for running crypto Ponzi schemes that raised over $40 million. | Sentence | $40.0m alleged fraud |
| 18 Jun 2025 | DOJ | DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $225.3 million in crypto tied to laundering of crypto confidence scam proceeds. | Seizure or forfeiture | $225.3m forfeiture |
| 13 Jun 2025 | DOJ | Crypto market maker Gotbit and its founder were sentenced for wash trading; founder gets 8 months and the firm forfeits about $23 million. | Sentence | $23.0m forfeiture |
| 12 Jun 2025 | DOJ | DOJ used civil forfeiture to recover over $680,000 in crypto stolen from SafeMoon via an exploit and front-running bot, returning it to the victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $680,468 forfeiture |
| 11 Jun 2025 | CFTC | A federal court ordered a Michigan man, a California man, and two My Big Coin companies to pay over $25 million for digital asset fraud. | Civil action | $19.3m penalty |
| 09 Jun 2025 | DOJ | A Russian national in New York was charged with using his crypto payment company Evita to move about $530 million for sanctioned Russian banks. | Criminal charge | $530.0m laundering |
| 09 Jun 2025 | DOJ | Five men pleaded guilty to laundering over $36.9 million from victims of a Cambodia-based digital asset investment scam. | Guilty plea | $36.9m laundering |
| 03 Jun 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $680,000 in USDT tied to an alleged crypto investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $679,981 forfeiture |
| 27 May 2025 | SEC | SEC charged Unicoin and four executives with alleged fraud in an offering of crypto token rights certificates that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 23 May 2025 | DOJ | The US seized over $868,247 in cryptocurrency alleged to be proceeds of a cryptocurrency confidence investment scheme. | Seizure or forfeiture | $868,247 forfeiture |
| 23 May 2025 | DOJ | A federal judge ordered forfeiture of about $2.5 million in cryptocurrency tied to confidence scams, to be used to compensate victims. | Seizure or forfeiture | $2.5m forfeiture |
| 22 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued a start-up CEO for allegedly misleading a venture firm into a $500,000 investment in a claimed blockchain payment platform. | Civil action | $500,000 alleged fraud |
| 21 May 2025 | DOJ | A jury convicted the CEO of SafeMoon LLC of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy for diverting liquidity pool funds. | Conviction | $9.0m alleged fraud |
| 20 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Unicoin and three top executives, alleging false claims in crypto rights certificate offerings that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 16 May 2025 | DOJ | An Alabama man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for a SIM swap that enabled a hack of the SEC's X account with a false Bitcoin ETF post. | Sentence | — |
| 16 May 2025 | DOJ | An Alabama man was sentenced to 14 months for a SIM swap that hijacked the SEC's X account to post a fake Bitcoin ETF approval. | Sentence | $50,000 forfeiture |
| 15 May 2025 | DOJ | A superseding indictment charges 12 more people in an alleged RICO conspiracy behind over $263 million in crypto thefts and laundering. | Criminal charge | $263.0m stolen |
| 08 May 2025 | SEC | SEC filed a settlement agreement with Ripple and two executives to resolve its civil case, cutting the $125M penalty to $50M paid to the SEC. | Settlement | $50.0m penalty |
| 08 May 2025 | DOJ | A Springfield, Virginia man was sentenced to 364 months for sending over $185,000 in cryptocurrency to support ISIS. | Sentence | $185,000 laundering |
| 08 May 2025 | DOJ | Celsius Network founder and former CEO sentenced to 12 years in prison for commodities and securities fraud and CEL token manipulation. | Sentence | $48.4m forfeiture |
| 02 May 2025 | SEC | SEC dismissed with prejudice its civil enforcement action against a crypto promoter, citing its reformed approach to crypto regulation. | Other action | — |
| 30 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC dismissed with prejudice its civil enforcement action against Dragonchain entities and its founder via joint stipulation. | Other action | — |
| 29 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued PGI Global's founder, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex Ponzi-like fraud with $57 million misappropriated. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 24 Apr 2025 | SEC | Nova Labs, creator of the Helium Network, consented to a final judgment and $200,000 penalty over misrepresentations to equity investors. | Settlement | $200,000 penalty |
| 23 Apr 2025 | DOJ | A Long Island man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a crypto investment and loan fraud scheme that cost victims over $12 million. | Sentence | $12.7m restitution |
| 22 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued the founder of PGI Global, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex fraud scheme that misappropriated over $57 million. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 17 Apr 2025 | SEC | UAE crypto market maker CLS Global consented to a final judgment with a $425,000 penalty over alleged manipulation of NexFundAI. | Settlement | $425,000 penalty |
| 08 Apr 2025 | DOJ | Secret Service seized a second web domain, NFT-UNI.com, used in a crypto pig butchering scheme that defrauded a Warren County victim. | Seizure or forfeiture | $4.6m alleged fraud |
| 02 Apr 2025 | DOJ | Crypto market maker CLS Global sentenced to pay $428,059 and three years' probation for wash trading the NexFundAI token. | Sentence | $428,059 penalty |
| 02 Apr 2025 | DOJ | A Minnesota man pleaded guilty to computer fraud for using his former employer's AWS account to mine Ethereum, causing over $45,000 in costs. | Guilty plea | $45,000 stolen |
| 28 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC obtained a consent final judgment against a Latvian national over the fraudulent Denaro ICO and Innovamine crypto mining offerings. | Settlement | $412,201 penalty |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation with Kraken to dismiss, with prejudice, its civil enforcement action against the exchange. | Other action | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil enforcement action against Consensys Software Inc. | Other action | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil enforcement action against crypto firm Cumberland DRW LLC. | Other action | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | DOJ | DOJ seized about $201,400 in cryptocurrency from wallets and accounts allegedly used to fund and launder money for Hamas. | Seizure or forfeiture | $201,400 forfeiture |
| 27 Mar 2025 | DOJ | US filed civil forfeiture action to recover about $23 million in stablecoins seized from market maker Gotbit after its guilty plea. | Seizure or forfeiture | $23.0m forfeiture |
| 21 Mar 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered a default judgment against Debiex ordering over $2.2M restitution and a penalty for a crypto romance scam. | Civil action | $2.2m restitution |
| 21 Mar 2025 | DOJ | Crypto market maker Gotbit and its founder pleaded guilty to wash trading fraud; the firm agreed to forfeit about $23 million in crypto. | Guilty plea | $23.0m forfeiture |
| 14 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC filed settled fraud charges against a Massachusetts man who raised $1.7 million for Forex trading via crypto; he will pay about $400,000. | Settlement | $398,369 penalty |
| 14 Mar 2025 | DOJ | A Brooklyn podcaster and crypto event emcee was sentenced to 45 months for wire fraud over sham real estate and crypto investments. | Sentence | $1.3m forfeiture |
| 13 Mar 2025 | DOJ | A San Francisco man was sentenced to 87 months for laundering darknet drug sale proceeds through cryptocurrency. | Sentence | — |
| 12 Mar 2025 | DOJ | A Texas cryptocurrency founder was convicted by a jury of wire fraud and money laundering over the marketing and sale of AML Bitcoin. | Conviction | $2.0m alleged fraud |
| 10 Mar 2025 | DOJ | Two Tulsa men were sentenced for running a dark web pharmacy selling misbranded drugs from China for cryptocurrency. | Sentence | — |
| 07 Mar 2025 | DOJ | DOJ and partners took down Garantex exchange infrastructure, seized domains, froze $26M, and unsealed charges against two operators. | Seizure or forfeiture | $96.00bn laundering |
| 07 Mar 2025 | DOJ | DOJ took down Garantex exchange domains, froze over $26M, and unsealed charges against two operators for alleged laundering and sanctions evasion. | Criminal charge | $96.00bn laundering |
| 04 Mar 2025 | DOJ | An Irvine woman agreed to plead guilty to filing a false tax return, failing to report over $2.6 million tied to a fraudster's crimes. | Criminal charge | $2.6m |
| 28 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $8.2 million in USDT tied to a crypto investment trust scam. | Civil action | $8.2m forfeiture |
| 27 Feb 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss its civil enforcement action against Coinbase Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. | Other action | — |
| 27 Feb 2025 | DOJ | A Montana man was convicted by a jury of laundering over $2.4 million in scam proceeds through cryptocurrency. | Conviction | $2.4m laundering |
| 26 Feb 2025 | SEC | A court entered a consented final judgment against a blockchain company founder and Opporty International over an unregistered, misleading ICO. | Settlement | $100,000 penalty |
| 26 Feb 2025 | DOJ | The founder of crypto market maker Gotbit was extradited from Portugal to face charges of wash-trading market manipulation and wire fraud. | Criminal charge | — |
| 21 Feb 2025 | DOJ | A Brazilian man was extradited from Switzerland to face charges over an alleged $290M+ bitcoin Ponzi scheme run through Trade Coin Club. | Criminal charge | $290.0m alleged fraud |
| 19 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover over $1 million in crypto allegedly from a pig-butchering scheme. | Seizure or forfeiture | $1.0m forfeiture |
| 14 Feb 2025 | DOJ | A Las Vegas business owner is charged with running an alleged $24 million crypto mining Ponzi scheme through Profit Connect. | Criminal charge | $24.0m alleged fraud |
| 13 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Two Estonian nationals pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy over the HashFlare crypto mining Ponzi scheme with $577M in sales. | Guilty plea | $577.0m alleged fraud |
| 10 Feb 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered a consent order requiring a Florida man to pay over $7.6 million in restitution for the My Big Coin digital asset fraud. | Settlement | $7.6m restitution |
| 10 Feb 2025 | CFTC | A federal court ordered a New York resident to pay over $1.5 million in restitution in a CFTC digital asset trading fraud case. | Civil action | $1.5m restitution |
| 10 Feb 2025 | DOJ | An Alabama man pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a SIM swap hack of the SEC's X account that posted a fake Bitcoin ETF approval. | Guilty plea | $50,000 |
| 07 Feb 2025 | DOJ | An Indiana man was sentenced to 20 years for a cyber intrusion that stole $37 million in crypto from nearly 600 investment firm clients. | Sentence | $37.0m stolen |
| 03 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Two Chinese chemical company executives were convicted of fentanyl precursor importation and money laundering; $900,000 in crypto seized. | Conviction | $900,000 forfeiture |
| 03 Feb 2025 | DOJ | A Canadian man was charged with exploiting KyberSwap and Indexed Finance DeFi protocols to allegedly obtain about $65 million. | Criminal charge | $65.0m stolen |
| 27 Jan 2025 | DOJ | KuCoin operator Peken Global pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and agreed to pay over $297 million. | Guilty plea | $297.0m penalty |
| 21 Jan 2025 | DOJ | CLS Global agreed to plead guilty to crypto wash trading charges, pay $428,059, and exit U.S. crypto markets. | Guilty plea | $428,059 penalty |
| 18 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Nova Labs alleging unregistered crypto asset offerings and false claims about companies using its wireless network. | Civil action | — |
| 17 Jan 2025 | SEC | Digital Currency Group and a former Genesis CEO agreed to pay $38.5 million combined to settle SEC charges of misleading investors. | Settlement | $38.5m penalty |
| 17 Jan 2025 | DOJ | A self-styled crypto 'Godfather' and an LASD deputy agreed to plead guilty to civil rights conspiracy, fraud and tax crimes. | Guilty plea | $37.0m stolen |
| 17 Jan 2025 | DOJ | An Indian national who ran a crypto-to-cash laundering service on dark net markets was sentenced to 121 months in prison. | Sentence | $20.0m laundering |
| 16 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC charged a New York blockchain engineer with a rug pull of the Game Coin token; he agreed to settle without admitting the allegations. | Settlement | $553,000 stolen |
| 15 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC obtained a final judgment ordering Abra to pay a $1.65 million penalty over its unregistered crypto lending product Abra Earn. | Settlement | $1.6m penalty |
| 15 Jan 2025 | DOJ | Crypto exchange BitMEX was sentenced to a $100 million fine and two years' probation for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act. | Sentence | $100.0m penalty |
| 13 Jan 2025 | CFTC | A federal court entered default judgments ordering Mosaic Exchange Ltd. and its CEO to pay over $1.1 million for a fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme. | Civil action | — |
| 13 Jan 2025 | CFTC | Gemini Trust agreed to a consent order to pay a $5 million penalty for false or misleading statements to the CFTC about a bitcoin futures contract. | Settlement | $5.0m penalty |
| 10 Jan 2025 | DOJ | Three Russian nationals were charged with money laundering for allegedly operating the crypto mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io. | Criminal charge | — |
| 10 Jan 2025 | DOJ | An Oklahoma man who led Wolf Capital pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in a $9.4M crypto investment scheme. | Guilty plea | $9.4m alleged fraud |
| 09 Jan 2025 | DOJ | A former Washington pastor was indicted on 26 fraud counts for an alleged multi-million dollar crypto staking scheme called Solano Fi. | Criminal charge | — |