| 30 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sued BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto trading signals fraud that used false SEC filings. | Civil action | $130.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Oct 2026 | DOJ | Two Texas brothers were sentenced to 180 and 186 months for kidnapping a Minnesota family and forcing transfer of $8M in crypto. | Sentence | $8.0m stolen |
| 30 Oct 2026 | DOJ | An Israeli national was extradited and charged with exploiting the Nomad Bridge smart contract to steal about $2.89 million in crypto. | Criminal charge | $2.9m stolen |
| 29 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sues DEBT Box joint venture partners and principals over an alleged $200 million crypto offering fraud; some defendants settle. | Civil action | $200.0m alleged fraud |
| 28 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Missouri man was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a kidnapping and attempted Bitcoin robbery in Danbury, Connecticut. | Sentence | — |
| 27 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A St. Louis, Missouri man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery in a plot to steal Bitcoin via a home invasion in Connecticut. | Guilty plea | — |
| 23 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Chinese national was extradited from the Netherlands on charges tied to a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam targeting Americans. | Criminal charge | $36.9m laundering |
| 21 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Colombia-based crypto broker was sentenced to 160 months for laundering about $14.5 million in Tether drug proceeds and a cocaine import plot. | Sentence | $14.8m forfeiture |
| 19 Oct 2026 | DOJ | An Uzbekistan man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for a fake crypto wallet app used to steal about $11.8 million in EOS. | Guilty plea | $11.8m stolen |
| 19 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and false statements in a crypto investment scam that lost victims $1.16 million. | Guilty plea | $1.2m alleged fraud |
| 07 Oct 2026 | DOJ | A Maryland man was convicted by a jury of computer fraud and money laundering for hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange of over $50 million. | Conviction | $53.3m stolen |
| 07 Oct 2026 | DOJ | The creator of the Kishu Inu digital asset was indicted for allegedly running a $9 million rug pull fraud scheme. | Criminal charge | $9.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained final judgments against three BitConnect promoters for selling unregistered lending program securities and acting as unregistered brokers. | Civil action | $2.7m penalty |
| 30 Sept 2026 | CFTC | Court enters default judgment ordering a Louisiana man and Arkansas woman to pay over $31 million for a Fundsz digital asset and metals fraud. | Civil action | — |
| 29 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued four entities over alleged WhatsApp investment confidence scams using fake AI trading platforms that took at least $15 million. | Civil action | $15.0m alleged fraud |
| 28 Sept 2026 | DOJ | Prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly stolen from a Massachusetts victim's Coinbase account. | Seizure or forfeiture | $47,000 forfeiture |
| 28 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 21 months for violating rights on behalf of a crypto businessman and tax fraud. | Sentence | $90,984 restitution |
| 25 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering for allegedly moving crypto proceeds from pig butchering scams. | Criminal charge | $53.3m laundering |
| 21 Sept 2026 | DOJ | An Irvine woman was sentenced to 18 months for failing to report $2.6 million in income from a crypto fraudster's schemes. | Sentence | $2.6m |
| 14 Sept 2026 | DOJ | Prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $61 million in crypto allegedly from sanctioned Iranian oil sales. | Seizure or forfeiture | $61.0m forfeiture |
| 14 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 21 months for civil rights conspiracy and tax fraud while guarding a crypto businessman. | Sentence | $25,000 restitution |
| 11 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a former Maryland resident over an alleged $1.5 million offering fraud; funds were allegedly used to buy cryptocurrency and lost. | Civil action | $1.5m alleged fraud |
| 09 Sept 2026 | DOJ | DOJ's Scam Center Strike Force seized Telegram channels and wallets of Xinbi Guarantee marketplace and restrained $52 million in crypto. | Seizure or forfeiture | $52.0m laundering |
| 09 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A California man was sentenced to 15 years for his role in a Danbury kidnapping and attempted Bitcoin robbery scheme. | Sentence | — |
| 08 Sept 2026 | DOJ | A Singaporean ringleader pleaded guilty to a RICO conspiracy that used social engineering to steal over $245 million in crypto. | Guilty plea | $245.0m stolen |
| 01 Sept 2026 | DOJ | DOJ seized about $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas's military wing and disrupted its fundraising websites. | Seizure or forfeiture | $560,000 forfeiture |
| 24 Aug 2026 | DOJ | A San Francisco man was convicted by a jury of wire fraud for defrauding investors in the Block Bits Capital crypto trading fund. | Conviction | $1.0m alleged fraud |
| 24 Aug 2026 | DOJ | A jury convicted a Las Vegas business owner of a $24 million crypto mining Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 400 investors. | Conviction | $24.0m alleged fraud |
| 17 Aug 2026 | DOJ | A Georgia man deported from Fiji faces wire fraud and money laundering charges over an alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme. | Criminal charge | $165.0m alleged fraud |
| 13 Aug 2026 | DOJ | A Washington State man pleaded guilty to hijacking a Niagara Falls bitcoin mining company's computers to divert bitcoin to himself. | Guilty plea | $53,316 stolen |
| 11 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC charges Goliath Ventures and its CEO over an alleged $425 million crypto liquidity pool Ponzi scheme; the CEO agreed to a bifurcated settlement. | Civil action | $425.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Aug 2026 | CFTC | CFTC filed a civil complaint alleging Goliath Ventures and its CEO ran a $397 million crypto trading Ponzi scheme. | Civil action | $397.0m alleged fraud |
| 06 Aug 2026 | DOJ | Founder of crypto market maker MyTrade sentenced to a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud via wash trading. | Sentence | $10,000 penalty |
| 04 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC settles with a former New Jersey corrections officer over Blazar Token crypto offering and investment fraud schemes. | Settlement | $681,105 penalty |
| 04 Aug 2026 | DOJ | Three Missouri men were charged with Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy in an alleged plot to force a Connecticut target to hand over stolen Bitcoin. | Criminal charge | — |
| 03 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a proposed settlement of crypto wash-trading manipulation claims against Gotbit Consulting and dismissed claims against its founder. | Settlement | — |
| 31 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Boston federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly tied to a tech support scam. | Civil action | $47,000 forfeiture |
| 21 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Prosecutors filed five civil forfeiture complaints seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to investment and romance scams. | Seizure or forfeiture | $25.0m forfeiture |
| 20 Jul 2026 | SEC | SEC filed partially settled charges against a Florida man and Mining Automatic over a $22 million purported crypto mining investment scheme. | Settlement | $22.0m alleged fraud |
| 16 Jul 2026 | DOJ | A Sioux Falls man was indicted on 29 counts for an alleged $20 million investment fraud involving crypto, laundering, and bank fraud. | Criminal charge | $20.0m alleged fraud |
| 15 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Two Los Angeles residents were indicted for allegedly running a darknet fentanyl and meth vendor and laundering crypto proceeds. | Criminal charge | — |
| 13 Jul 2026 | DOJ | A former LA County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 18 months for obstructing a probe into a crypto businessman's extortion of a victim. | Sentence | $25,000 stolen |
| 09 Jul 2026 | DOJ | A Bulgarian man serving a federal sentence is charged with moving about $290,000 in forfeited cryptocurrency through exchanges and mixers. | Criminal charge | $290,000 laundering |
| 07 Jul 2026 | CFTC | CFTC sued a North Carolina commodity pool operator and Argent Capital Management, alleging a $14 million fraudulent pool including crypto. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Jun 2026 | DOJ | Goliath Ventures CEO pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in a crypto liquidity pool Ponzi scheme causing $250M+ losses. | Guilty plea | $250.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Jun 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained default final judgments against four entities and two individuals over the alleged fake NanoBit crypto trading platform scam. | Civil action | $1.2m penalty |
| 23 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A New York man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for impersonating crypto influencers in a fake crypto staking investment scam. | Sentence | $1.4m alleged fraud |
| 18 Jun 2026 | CFTC | A court entered a CFTC consent order permanently enjoining Celsius Network's founder and imposing trading and registration bans. | Settlement | $20.00bn alleged fraud |
| 18 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A jury convicted a former South Lake Tahoe man of crypto and investment fraud schemes that cost investors nearly $1 million. | Conviction | $1.0m alleged fraud |
| 18 Jun 2026 | DOJ | Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty to an armed home invasion and kidnapping in Minnesota that forced transfer of over $8 million in crypto. | Guilty plea | $8.0m stolen |
| 17 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A Miami man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business tied to the $1.8 billion HyperFund crypto scheme. | Guilty plea | $1.80bn alleged fraud |
| 12 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A middle Tennessee man was indicted on wire fraud, money laundering and tax charges over an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme. | Criminal charge | $1.9m alleged fraud |
| 11 Jun 2026 | DOJ | Two men in Georgia were arrested and charged with running AudiA6, a crypto laundering service alleged to have laundered over $389 million. | Criminal charge | $389.7m laundering |
| 09 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A Newcastle, Washington man was sentenced to five years for laundering oil-and-gas investment fraud proceeds via bank accounts and crypto. | Sentence | $97.1m laundering |
| 08 Jun 2026 | DOJ | A Missouri man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery in a plot to steal Bitcoin that led to a kidnapping in Danbury. | Guilty plea | — |
| 29 May 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a Texas resident alleging he raised about $12.3 million from investors in a fake AI crypto trading bot scheme. | Civil action | $12.3m alleged fraud |
| 18 May 2026 | DOJ | An Ohio man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that raised over $10 million from investors. | Sentence | $10.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 May 2026 | DOJ | Three Tennessee men indicted for an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping spree targeting cryptocurrency owners in California. | Criminal charge | $6.5m stolen |
| 11 May 2026 | DOJ | A Canadian man and a Miami co-conspirator were indicted in an alleged support-impersonation crypto theft scheme causing $13M+ in losses. | Criminal charge | $13.0m stolen |
| 06 May 2026 | DOJ | A 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months for burglaries and laundering in a $250M+ crypto social engineering theft ring. | Sentence | $250.0m stolen |
| 28 Apr 2026 | SEC | SEC settled with RYVYL, Inc. and its two founders over allegedly false claims of blockchain-based payment technology in public filings. | Settlement | $230,464 penalty |
| 28 Apr 2026 | DOJ | A French resident was sentenced to eight years for laundering over $470 million in drug proceeds via shell companies and a crypto OTC exchange. | Sentence | $470.0m laundering |
| 17 Apr 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a crypto token founder and two affiliated companies for allegedly defrauding investors in a $16 million SAFT offering. | Civil action | $16.0m alleged fraud |
| 17 Apr 2026 | DOJ | A Scottish man pleaded guilty to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that hacked companies and stole at least $8 million in crypto. | Guilty plea | $8.0m stolen |
| 16 Apr 2026 | DOJ | A Texas man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a Meta-1 Coin crypto scam that cost nearly 1,000 investors over $20 million. | Sentence | $20.0m alleged fraud |
| 13 Apr 2026 | DOJ | DOJ opened a remission process to compensate OneCoin fraud victims from more than $40 million in forfeited assets. | Other action | $40.0m forfeiture |
| 01 Apr 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Connecticut forfeited about $600,000 in Tether tied to a fake Ledger security letter scam that drained a victim's wallet. | Seizure or forfeiture | $600,000 forfeiture |
| 30 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Ten employees of four crypto market makers were charged with wash trading pump-and-dump schemes; three were extradited from Singapore. | Criminal charge | $1.0m forfeiture |
| 30 Mar 2026 | DOJ | A Maryland man was charged with computer fraud and money laundering over alleged hacks stealing over $50 million from Uranium Finance. | Criminal charge | $53.3m stolen |
| 18 Mar 2026 | DOJ | A Los Angeles rideshare driver was arrested on charges of obtaining over $2 million in fraudulent COVID loans and investing it in crypto. | Criminal charge | $2.0m alleged fraud |
| 16 Mar 2026 | DOJ | A former L.A. County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 63 months for extorting and falsely arresting rivals of a crypto fraudster. | Sentence | $127,000 restitution |
| 13 Mar 2026 | DOJ | DOJ will return about $470,735 in forfeited Tether to two Maine victims of a cryptocurrency investment scheme. | Other action | $470,735 restitution |
| 10 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $3.4 million in USDT allegedly tied to an investment scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $3.4m forfeiture |
| 05 Mar 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a proposed settlement with Rainberry over TRX wash trading, with a $10 million penalty, and dismissed all remaining claims. | Settlement | $10.0m penalty |
| 02 Mar 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action for about $327,829 in USDT allegedly laundered from a romance scam. | Civil action | $327,829 forfeiture |
| 26 Feb 2026 | DOJ | DOJ's Scam Center Strike Force says freezes and seizures of crypto tied to Southeast Asian pig-butchering scams top $580 million. | Seizure or forfeiture | $580.0m forfeiture |
| 24 Feb 2026 | DOJ | Federal agents in North Carolina seized over $61 million in Tether allegedly tied to laundering of pig butchering scam proceeds. | Seizure or forfeiture | $61.0m forfeiture |
| 12 Feb 2026 | DOJ | Praetorian Group International's CEO was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme defrauding 90,000 investors. | Sentence | $201.0m alleged fraud |
| 10 Feb 2026 | DOJ | The CEO of SafeMoon US LLC was sentenced to 100 months in prison and ordered to forfeit about $7.5 million for a crypto fraud scheme. | Sentence | $7.5m forfeiture |
| 09 Feb 2026 | DOJ | A dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis was sentenced in absentia to 20 years for laundering crypto scam proceeds from Cambodian scam centers. | Sentence | $73.6m laundering |
| 29 Jan 2026 | DOJ | The government obtained final forfeiture of over $400 million in crypto, real estate and other assets tied to the Helix darknet mixer. | Seizure or forfeiture | $400.0m forfeiture |
| 27 Jan 2026 | DOJ | A Chinese national was sentenced to 46 months for laundering over $36.9 million from victims of a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam. | Sentence | $36.9m laundering |
| 23 Jan 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil action against Gemini Trust Company over the Gemini Earn program. | Other action | — |
| 16 Jan 2026 | CFTC | CFTC sues an Oklahoma man and Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, alleging over $10 million fraud via an unregistered commodity pool. | Civil action | $10.0m alleged fraud |
| 12 Jan 2026 | DOJ | Federal prosecutors in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $200,000 in USDT allegedly tied to a pig-butchering scam. | Seizure or forfeiture | $200,000 forfeiture |