The lead academic in that (in)famous study postulating that Bitcoin prices were manipulated by Tether updated it with this added doozey: a single “whale” was behind most of it, trading large amounts of bitcoin against tether on Bitfinex, Tether’s sister company.
Crypto Capital crony Oz Yosef indicted
Another shadow banker has been charged in connection with the theft of $880 million from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
Federal prosecutors have indicted Oz Yosef, a principal of Crypto Capital Corp., on three counts of bank fraud and conspiracy in cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex's $880 million loss.
Crypto Capital key character caught, cuffed, and carted off to clink
The man Bitfinex and Tether claimed caused them nearly $1 billion in trouble is now being interrogated by authorities in Poland
A key person in Bitfinex and Tether’s “missing” $880 million is now sitting in a Polish jail and is getting grilled by investigators.
Bitfinex, Tether parent seeking court help with seized $880 million
The company that owns cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex wants a California federal court’s assistance in retrieving money taken by the U.S., U.K., Poland, and Portugal
The parent of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin-issuer Tether has asked a federal court to help it get back $880 million lost to an alleged con man.
