Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein — the Russian-born U.S. citizen who admitted involvement in laundering billions tied to the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack — announced on January 2, 2026, that he was released from U.S. federal custody after serving only ~14 months of a five-year sentence. He publicly credited “President Trump’s First Step Act,” fueling a fresh narrative that crypto-era crime is now colliding with crypto-era politics.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to walk free from federal custody around 21 January 2026, after serving roughly 14 months of a two‑year sentence for her central role in the FTX/Alameda fraud complex. Her early release is a direct consequence of extensive cooperation with prosecutors against FTX founder Sam Bankman‑Fried and other insiders.

Vienna's judicial peculiarities have struck again. After nearly twelve years of legal wrangling, Austrian courts have now ordered the repayment of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash's record €125 million bail—a belated Christmas present that raises uncomfortable questions about the integrity of Austria's extradition procedures.

The compliance intelligence platform FinTelegram is requesting information on the payment processor GammaG (www.gammag.ge), discovered as a hidden gateway in the "Vegadreams" casino scheme. According to their investigations the offshore casino Vegadreams, operated by Starscream Limited (St. Lucia), is using a previously unknown Georgian payment interface named GammaG to process cryptocurrency deposits.

Argentina’s economic-crime prosecutors have reportedly imputed U.S. magnate Foster Gillett and businessman Guillermo Tofoni in a suspected money-laundering case linked to football transfers and promised “private investment” structures around clubs. Investigators are now lifting secrecy protections and tracing the origin, routing, and end-use of funds tied to the transfer market.