May 15, 2024
Crypto

Indian pleads guilty in US to selling drugs on dark web, forfeits $150 million in cryptocurrency

A 40-year-old Indian national from Haldwani, Uttarakhand, has pleaded guilty in an Ohio court to charges related to operating an extensive dark web drug trafficking network. Banmeet Singh, who ran a global drug distribution network, was extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom last year. Banmeet Singh, who sold controlled substances on platforms

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Crypto

Crypto miners are shaking Texans down like they’re the Mafia (Opinion)

Cryptocurrency miners should not be rewarded at all by Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas for creating a crisis with our energy grid, a Chronicle letter writer argues.  Dreamstime/TNS Crypto con Regarding “Mega-cartoon: How crypto miners raised Texans’ electric bill (Opinion),” (Dec. 30): Crypto miners are getting a sweetheart deal from the state

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