Evening Wrap: DOJ Indicts 14 in North Korean Remote IT Scheme

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DOJ Indicts 14 in North Korean Remote IT Fraud

The DOJ charged 14 people following a scheme where North Korean remote IT workers defrauded more than 70 US companies of $3 million between 2019 and July 2025 .

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UK High Court Reviews £4.1B Chinese Ponzi Scheme Forfeiture

The English High Court will decide whether English or Chinese law applies to Section 281 claims over billions of pounds in seized $BTC .

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DC Circuit Approves Chainalysis Reactor Under Daubert Standard

A federal appeals court affirmed the admissibility of Chainalysis Reactor evidence under the federal Daubert standard in September 2026 .

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Global Physical Crypto Attacks Surge to $124M in H1 2026

CertiK recorded 52 physical crypto coercion incidents globally in the first half of 2026, marking a 33.3% increase from the prior year .

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BIS Tests Retail Digital Cash Privacy Technologies

The Bank for International Settlements released Project Aurum Phase 2, demonstrating a prototype that uses privacy-enhancing technologies for retail digital cash .

The numbers

Bitcoin trades at $83,353 and Ether at $2,509, with total market capitalization reaching $2.77 trillion while Ethereum gas fees sit at 1 gwei.

What to watch

• The UK High Court's impending decision on whether English or Chinese conflict-of-laws principles will govern restitution claims for seized…
• Corporate implementation of FBI mitigation indicators and future Ohio federal court appearances for two arrested US facilitators.
• Full-year 2026 incident statistics from security researchers to determine if physical crypto attack volumes continue their upward trend.

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