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/crypto

Gemini sues DCG

Crypto exchange Gemini Trust has filed a lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and its CEO Barry Silbert over a failed partnership between the companies.

/payments

Payments Association warns UK govt on APP fraud plans

The Payments Association has written to the UK government warning of the “unintended consequences” of new policies designed to reduce Authorised Push Payments (APP) fraud.

/wholesale

Credit Suisse investors sue bank’s NY execs over ‘toxic culture’

A group of creditors for failed Swiss bank Credit Suisse have launched legal action against a number of executives in its US operations, alleging that a “toxic culture” that “valued short-term gain over long-term trust” had been allowed to prevail.

/regulation

Singapore fines banks for AML breaches in Wirecard affair

Singapore has slapped three banks and an insurer with fines for anti-money laundering breaches connected with the Wirecard scandal.

/wholesale

PrivatBank accuses former owners of "fraud on an epic scale"

Ukraine's Privatbank has accused its former owners of "fraud on an epic scale" at the opening of a London trial over the alleged siphoning of nearly $2 billion in bogus loans linked to ficticious commodity trades.

/security

Spoofing site fraudster gets 13-year prison sentence

The man behind an international one stop spoofing shop, which enabled criminals to appear as if they were calling from banks, tax offices and other official bodies, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.

/retail

JPMorgan ordered to pay Frank founder's legal fees

JPMorgan Chase has been ordered by a judge to pay Frank founder Charlie Javice’s defence costs in the bank's suit accusing her of defrauding it in its $175 million acquisition of her college financial planning site.

/regulation

Coinbase sues SEC to force response to rulemaking petition

Coinbase has filed a suit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking a court to make the regulator respond to a petition from last year on the "rules to govern the regulation" of digital assets.

/crypto

Gemini and Arrington join auction for failed crypto lender Celsius

The Winklevoss twins and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington are among the names involved in a three-way auction for bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network.

/crime

Bank fraudster jailed

An online fraudster who conned hundreds of thousands of pounds out of UK banking customers has been jailed for more than three years.

/payments

Judge upholds $5.6bn interchange settlement

A US federal appeals court has upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement between 12 million retailers and Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees.

/regulation

First lawsuits roll in for SVB bosses

The first law suits have started arriving for Silicon Valley Bank and its top executives as the collapse of the high-tech lender continues to roil global markets.

/people

Bankman-Fried faces new criminal charges

Sam Bankman-Fried has been hit with four new criminal charges accusing the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder of conspiring to commit bank fraud and to make unlawful political contributions.

/crypto

Crypto trade group criticises SEC insider trading case

A US-based trade association representing crypto firms has called for the dismissal of an insider trading case brought by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) arguing that the regulator has unfairly labelled crypto assets as securities.

/payments

Mastercard and Visa to face another card interchange class action suit

Mastercard and Visa are set to face another multibillion-pound UK lawsuit over Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIFs), according to Sky News.

/markets

US jury convicts Russian in $90m hack-to-trade conspiracy

A Russian businessman has been convicted in the US for his part in a scheme that netted $90 million through securities trades based on non-public information stolen from computer networks.

/markets

UK provides legal clarity on issuance of digital securities via blockchain

LawtechUK, a government-backed and industry-led group tasked with promoting the use of English law and the UK’s jurisdictions in the context of novel technologies, has determined that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose in relation to the issue of digital securities.

/people

Ex-Wirecard chief Braun denies charges in fraud trial

Former Wirecard boss Marcus Braun has rejected all charges at his trial connected to the collapse of the German payments giant.

/regulation

SEC WhatsApp crackdown expands to hedge funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is widening its probe into Wall Street's use of WhatsApp for conducting business to include major hedge funds, according to Bloomberg.

/crime

Swiss prosecutors investigate 2022 Credit Suisse data leak

Swiss prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings aimed at those responsible for the 2022 leak at Credit Suisse which exposed the details of accounts held by wealthy clients allegedly involved in a host of illegal activity.