On Friday, March 15, 2024, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a consent order against Empires Consulting Corp. for defrauding participants in two commodity pools known as EmpiresX Pools. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission had filed a complaint against Empires Consulting and several individuals in 2022 alleging multiple violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
On Friday, March 15, 2024, government watchdog Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over public records requests related to digital currencies.
According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
On Friday, March 15, 2024, Stephen Shaya, a family practice physician in Michigan, filed a class action lawsuit alleging a complex cryptocurrency scheme that stole millions from investors.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against several individuals involved in what’s known as a “pig butchering”
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Andrew Hester, a resident of San Diego County, California, filed a civil lawsuit against Eric Jacorian Antwoine Norris also of San Diego County. The complaint alleges five causes of action including intentional misrepresentation and concealment, breach of contract, conversion, unfair business practices,
On Thursday, March 14, 2024, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York partially granted and denied a motion for summary judgment in a case involving disputed bonus compensation at a cryptocurrency trading company.
The case originated in 2017 when Robert Adler was hired by Payward,
On Friday, March 15, 2024, game development studio Drifter Entertainment filed its first amended answer and affirmative defenses to counterclaims filed by Blockchain Game Partners (BGP), also known as Gala Games, in an ongoing lawsuit.
Drifter Entertainment, a Delaware-based company, and Gala Games,
On Friday, March 15, 2024, bitcoin mining and hosting platform Compass Mining, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Missouri-based bitcoin mining hosting companies Mo Pow 2, LLC and related entities, as well as their owner Thomas Guel.
The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri,
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, David Scotese pled guilty in a federal court in Long Island, New York to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Scotese, a 54-year-old man from California, admitted to running the business between 2016 and 2023 without registering as required by law.
On Friday, March 15, 2024, Hemanthkumar Jambulingam filed a lawsuit against two individuals known as Defendant 1 and Defendant 2, as well as 20 unnamed individuals, business entities, and associations. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida,
On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, United States District Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed against technology company Apple. The suit was brought forward by customers of popular payment apps Venmo and Cash App.
In his ruling, Judge Chhabria outlined several issues with the plaintiff’s arguments against Apple.
