German authorities have seized almost 250,000 euros ($279,000) in cash in a nationwide operation targeting cryptocurrency ATMs, the country’s financial regulator BaFin said in a statement on Tuesday. Authorities seized 13 machines that had been operating without the necessary permits, posing a risk of money laundering, according to the regulator.

China is "strongly dissatisfied" and "firmly opposed" to fresh U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over ties to Russia's war in Ukraine, the commerce ministry said Sunday (August 25). "China urges the U.S. to immediately stop its wrong practices and will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies," a ministry spokesperson said.

The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.

Pavel Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was taken into custody at Paris-Le Bourget Airport.

In January, when a scandal was brewing in Germany over its domestic carbon market, oil and gas giant Shell received a message on its online whistleblower portal: a Chinese emissions-reduction heating project on an oilfield it was involved in was actually a chicken farm.

Australia’s financial regulator announced today that it has removed 615 cryptocurrency investment scams over the past year as part of a broader crackdown on investment fraud schemes. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission said on Monday that it has taken down over 7,300 scam websites since July 2023, 615 of which were associated with cryptocurrency.