Klein also informed Judge Castel of a recent psychological assessment of Griffith, done in prison, which apparently found him to be suffering from two personality disorders, Narcissistic Personality D...
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Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison
Key Takeaways Ex-Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith was sentenced to between 63 and 78 months in prison today. In 2019, Griffith was charged with conspiring to violate the U.S. Internation...
Ex-USC Coach Convicted Of Fraud, Test-Taker Gets Four Months In Prison
Topline A former University of Southern California water polo coach who received $250,000 in bribes for placing unqualified students as water polo recruits was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy on ...
Prosecutor Seeks Thousands of Years of Prison for Missing CEO of Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Members of the team of the now defunct Turkish crypto exchange Thodex may receive thousands of years in prison, if the court backs the prosecutor’s plea in the case. The trading platform’s CEO has bee...
Thodex Indictment Seeks Over 40,000 Years Prison Time; Ozer Missing
A Turkish prosecutor is pursuing jail time of up to 40,000 years for 21 defendants associated with Thodex crypto exchange, according to the indictment filed on Thursday. Thodex, a crypto firm based in...
Man With Molotov Cocktails On Jan. 6 Gets Nearly 4 Year Prison Sentence. Here’s How That Compares With Others.
Topline Lonnie Coffman, a man who drove to Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, with molotov cocktails, weapons and other ammunition— making him one of the most heavily armed protesters — was sentenced on...
Thodex indictment demands 40,564 years prison time for CEO
TL;DR Breakdown The Turkish prosecutor has called for a 40,000-year sentence for Thodex Rugpull’s founder. Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of Thodex, is still missing and wanted by Interpol. Last April,...
Darknet dealer sentenced to 8 years prison, forfeits $2.3m in Bitcoin
Bitcoin worth $2.3m has been forfeited by darknet dealer Binh Thanh Le He lives in Brockton, Massachusetts, and started the EastSideHIgh darknet market The sentence was a clear message to all the dea...
Japan Asks Crypto Exchanges to Comply With Sanctions Restrictions — Penalty Includes 3 Years in Prison – Regulation Bitcoin News
Japan’s top financial regulator has asked cryptocurrency exchanges in the country not to process transactions subject to asset-freeze sanctions. The penalty for unauthorized payments to sanctioned per...
Three people sentenced to prison for involvement in unlicensed bitcoin exchange
Three people associated with a now-closed company called The Geek Group were sentenced to prison after authorities discovered they traded bitcoins and laundered money via an unlicensed money transmitt...
Space Convicts NFT Drops March 15: Join the Prison Riots
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Deep Space – February 22, 2099 A mass arrest was recently conducted amongst Punks and Apes after careful police investigation. The culprits, known as the “Spac...
China Made Cryptocurrency Fundraising Illegal, And Those Who Break It May Face Prison Time
The court defined substantial amount fundraising as over 100,000 yuan ($15,800). If the fundraiser involves a large sum of 50 million yuan, a loss of at least 25 million yuan, or 5,000 people, it is c...
South Korean Crypto Exchange Chief Gets 22 Years in Prison For $1.7B Fraud
The seven executive employees of the South Korean V Global exchange were found guilty on Friday for the crypto fraud of 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion), authorities sentenced them to jail with hefty fin...
Federal Prison System On Lockdown Following Deadly Gang Fight
Topline The U.S. federal prison system imposed a nationwide lockdown Monday following a purported gang-related altercation that left two inmates dead and another two injured—the latest incident in the...
‘No one is above the law’: Oil tycoon tried to stiff his ex-wife in a bitter divorce — now he’s going to prison for tax evasion
Todd Kozel made his riches in the oil fields of Kurdistan and now will have to pay the price. The once-jet-setting co-founder and chief executive of Gulf Keystone Petroleum is headed to prison for fiv...
Founder of nationwide tax-prep firm sentenced to prison for skimming $70 million in exorbitant fees over a 5-year period
Talk about a tax burden. The founder of a nationwide tax preparation chain has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for running a tax refund advance scheme that fleeced customers with $70 mill...
Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced To Life In Prison
Topline A Georgia judge on Friday sentenced three white men to life in prison for murdering Ahmaud Arbery, after their vigilante-style killing of the unarmed Black man in 2020 prompted national outrag...
How Many Years Could Elizabeth Holmes Face in Prison? Decades, in Theory
Elizabeth Holmes’s potential prison term for defrauding investors, like her company’s blood-testing technology, will likely fall short of what is advertised, according to an analysis of federal data b...