Police

One of the biggest thefts ever recently happened on the Icelandic cryptocurrency market. 600 powerful computers that mined Bitcoins and some other digital currencies were stolen. 11 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with this nefarious incident.

Austrian law officers have asked Interpol for help in tracking down the perpetrators of a Bitcoin scam that happened last year. The notorious scam dubbed “Optioment” has allegedly damaged over ten thousand cryptocurrency investors in the country and across Europe and stolen as many as 12,000 Bitcoins.

Ukraine’s national police has arrested a group of scammers who collected about $500,000 in cash promising the development of the SwisCoin cryptocurrency project and super profits to token buyers.

A young British model, who was kidnapped in Milan by two men who tried to sell her via auction for more than $300,000 in Bitcoin, told her story almost a month after she was released.

FinCEN and Greek police have revealed new details about the case of $4 billion money laundering via BTC-e exchange. BTC-e appeared to be connected with 300,000 BTC stolen from Mt. Gox.

The authorities of Iran are concerned about the wide spread of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, and plan to define its regulation in the next four months.

Blockchain-based systems for firearms tracking could come in handy for the police as they potentially help prevent gang violence and child mortality. However, some state governments think it is unfair to force people to use that technology.

A Serbian's blackmail attempt on a Hollywood studio draws attention to the fact that, in the Balkans, cryptocurrency is still a mystery.

Czech police have arrested a hacker who may be involved in the attack on BitMarket.eu.