Trung Nguyen Van, 37, was arrested at LAX on September 24 while attempting to board a flight to Taiwan, days after entering the US through the San Ysidro border crossing. Prosecutors say a victim wired about $16 million in cryptocurrency to Van's wallet between June and August 2024, believing they were investing in a platform called 'Triangle', and that Van moved the funds to an unhosted wallet off the centralized blockchain.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-29
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation prohibiting California's elected officials from issuing memecoins, a cryptocurrency category built around jokes, trends or celebrity personas. The law also bars any company from creating a memecoin using an official's likeness or image, regardless of the official's involvement. Newsom's office cited reports that roughly one million investors lost about $3.8 billion buying the memecoin President Trump launched in 2025 as reasoning for the measure.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-28
Polymarket's aggressive push for growth reportedly outpaced its fraud controls, creating vulnerabilities that bad actors were able to exploit. The prediction market platform's scaling priorities appear to have left compliance and security measures lagging behind user growth.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-21
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