News with the tag "Bob Menendez"

Staunch crypto skeptic and disgraced former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday on charges of bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt, the Associated Press reported . Menendez was a Democrat from New Jersey and famous for taking shots at crypto. He once called...

In a shocking turn of events, United States Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey and a known critic of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, has been convicted in a major bribery scandal. Menendez is accused of collecting payments in return for using his influence to support the interests of for...

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Dem) from New Jersey, a staunch crypto critic, was found guilty of accepting bribes, including gold bars and a luxury car, in exchange for his political clout by a jury on Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a prominent critic of Bitcoin’s adoption in El Salvador, finds himself amid a federal bribery scandal. The New Jersey Democrat and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, a powerhouse position in the Senate, now faces allegations of questionable relationships with loc...

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Bob Menendez have reintroduced the “Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act,” known as the “ACES Act,” for discussion in the Senate. The piece of legislation seeks to examine the level of adoption of bitcoin as a legal tender in El Salvador and how this might...