FundsNCA recovers £780,000 in the first UK forfeiture of sanctioned fundsJuly 29, 2024107For the first time in the UK, the National Crime Agency has secured the forfeiture of sanctioned funds under the...
CryptocurrencyBinance founder sentenced to 4 months in prison for allowing money launderingMay 1, 202443SEATTLE (AP) — Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison...
CryptocurrencyInternational investigation disrupts the world’s most harmful cyber crime groupFebruary 20, 202491The National Crime Agency is today, Tuesday 20 February, revealing details of an international disruption campaign targeting LockBit, the world’s...
Cryptocurrency$150m cryptocurrency seizure following US-UK cooperationJanuary 26, 202470The head of a multi-million-dollar drug enterprise has pleaded guilty to supplying hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs on a...
CryptocurrencyMember of steroid smuggling organised crime group told to hand over £9.8m proceeds of crimeNovember 17, 202348The final member of a global anabolic steroid manufacture and distribution network has today been ordered to hand over assets...
CryptocurrencyNational Strategic Assessment for Serious and Organised CrimeSeptember 15, 202379I am delighted to be here for my first public speech as Director General of the National Crime Agency. Thank...
CryptocurrencyQakbot: cyber crime service taken out in international operationAugust 29, 202367An international operation involving the National Crime Agency has led to the takedown of Qakbot malware, which facilitated ransomware attacks...
CryptocurrencyCrypto prison scams pose a ‘serious and imminent public threat’, Interpol warnsJune 8, 202386Law enforcement is complicated by the transnational nature of the crime, with gangs operating across multiple jurisdictions and often out...
FundsFormer Cambridge don who defrauded Government energy grants repays more that £1mApril 12, 202367An ex-Cambridge University academic and convicted fraudster has paid £1m back to the taxpayer after a National Crime Agency investigation...