Happy Monday! It’s April 14, and we’re tracking top stories to start the week: Anchorage Digital faces scrutiny from U.S. Homeland Security, Trump and the Atomic Ayatollah, kidneys for cash, the most dangerous hackers you’ve never heard of, and much more…

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🎯 FEATURED STORY

Anchorage Digital faces scrutiny from U.S. Homeland Security. The exact nature of the probe remains unclear, though DHS’s El Dorado Task Force primarily targets international money laundering and financial crimes. Cointelegraph

🔥 TOP STORIES

Trump and the Atomic Ayatollah WSJ 

Kidneys for Cash: Inside a global organ trafficking network DW

Ransomware disrupts operations of kidney dialysis company DaVita Record

The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of Wired

Trump’s tariffs will lead to a cascade of corruption CNN 

Binance Seeks to Curb U.S. Oversight While in Deal Talks With Trump’s Crypto Company WSJ 

Chinese suppliers are offering U.S. Amazon sellers a tariff solution – but it’s not legal Fortune 

Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly Politico 

EU's Kallas says EU working on 17th package of Russia sanctions Reuters 

Recruited by Mexican Crime: ‘The four letters of Guadalajara invite you to work’ El Pais

Trump Retreats From White Collar Criminal Enforcement WSJ 

FinCEN Renews Residential Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders FinCEN

TFTC Designates Al-Shabaab Networks in Somalia U.S. Treasury

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma Reuters 

Russia Asked U.S. to Lift Sanctions From Aeroflot MT

China halts critical material exports amid escalating trade war Semafor 

Estonia Says Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker Can't Sail Without Resolving 40 Deficiencies AFP

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS Record

A tech CEO has been charged with fraud for saying his e-commerce startup was powered by AI Fortune

NFT trader faces prison for $13M tax fraud on CryptoPunk profits Cointelegraph 

Mantra Token Crashes 90% in One Hour, Team Blames 'Reckless Liquidations' Decrypt

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’ Took Down the Texas Lottery WSJ 

Fugitive Indian jeweler accused of a $1.8B bank fraud arrested in Belgium AP

What to know as Social Security anti-fraud measures take effect News Nation 

Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for British MP Tulip Siddiq BBC 

Greece: Worry as Turks buy property and 'golden visas' DW

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported Guardian 

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa reelected as cartel violence escalates Semafor 

10 more violent illegal migrants — including 5 Tren de Aragua gangbangers — deported from US to El Salvador NYP 

‘We will find you’: Massachusetts attorney and US citizen told to self-deport by DHS Independent 

Cuban woman sentenced in Miami for role in smuggling operation that left 16 dead MH

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