According to reports, two Texas men were sentenced to prison for 2025 kidnapping a victim at gunpoint in Minnesota and forcing the victim to transfer more than 8000000 USD in cryptocurrency; they were sentenced to 180 months and 186 months in prison, respectively.
Thailand’s Supreme Court reportedly held that Bitcoin has market value, can be held, traded, and exchanged for cash, and can constitute the object of a property crime. The judgment does not mean that Bitcoin has legal tender status like the Thai baht.
The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly announced that Colombian crypto broker Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque was sentenced to 160 months in prison for assisting in laundering drug-trafficking proceeds and participating in a cocaine importation scheme.