The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three individuals for their roles in a Bitcoin-related scam that defrauded investors of $2.9 million. In a separate case, BIT Mining's CEO was indicted for violations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), with the company agreeing to pay $10 million to settle charges from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and SEC. Additionally, a California court has ordered five individuals to collectively pay over $5 million for their involvement in an $8.4 million fraud scheme that misled 190 investors with false promises of high returns on Bitcoin and other digital assets through a fraudulent mining and trading platform. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) also reported that a federal court in Los Angeles ordered five individuals to pay over $5 million for a digital asset fraud and misappropriation scheme, while another North Carolina-based company and its owners were ordered to pay over $5.3 million for forex fraud.