Category: Mastermind
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Mastermind loses Sh517m tax fight, financial woes up
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Troubled Mastermind Tobacco (K) Ltd, currently under administration by I&M Bank over undisclosed debts, has lost a bid to quash a Sh517.75 million tax claim by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over an export cigarette consignment suspected of being smuggled. Dumped in Kenya. High Court Judge Alfred Mabia said the…
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Fake Coinbase Website Mastermind Receives 5-Year Sentence
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An Indian man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for a multi-million dollar scam via a fake Coinbase website. The two-year scheme took more than $20 million in cryptocurrency from hundreds of victims, which was used to fund the scammer’s lavish lifestyle. An Indian citizen is serving a…
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US Prosecutors Crack Down On Bitfinex Hack Mastermind
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The man behind Notorious Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex hacked A person who stole billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies could spend the next five years in a state prison once he is sentenced in November. Because of his role in the robbery, state attorneys urged the federal court in Washington to…