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The Indonesian National Police says that they have arrested Russ Medlin, an American fugitive wanted at home in connection with a $700 million cryptocurrency scam, on local teenage sex charges.
2020-06-16

Venezuelan officials are accused of using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in order to circumvent United States sanctions.
2019-07-29

The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, has been battling a ransomware attack that has blocked government email accounts and disabled online payments to city departments. The hackers breached the city's servers on May 7 and demanded $100,000 (£79,000) worth of Bitcoin.
2019-05-23

Fake bomb threats are sent to dozens of businesses around Canada and the U.S., demanding ransoms in bitcoin. Some of the threats forced evacuations.
2018-12-13

In a landmark bankruptcy case the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal in Moscow rules cryptocurrencies are property and demands access to a party's Bitcoin reserves.
2018-05-7

The South Korean Ministry of Justice announces that it is a preparing a bill to ban cryptocurrency trading through exchanges.
2018-01-11

The digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin loses a third of its value within 24 hours.
2017-12-22

A ransomware cyberattack continues to infect computers of private and public organisations around the world, and demand payment in bitcoin. The method used by the program, EternalBlue, was originally developed by the National Security Agency to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, and was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in April.
2017-05-13

Mark Karpelès, the CEO of defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is charged with embezzlement in Japan. Karpeles asserts his own innocence. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150911-japan-charges-bitcoin-exchange-ceo-with-embezzlement-jiji-press?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-09-11&dlvrit=66745 (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2015-09-11

China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%.
2013-12-18