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Former Coinbase Employee Guilty of Insider Trading; Will Be Sentenced in May
Not that long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about how the brother of a former Coinbase employee was found guilty of insider trading in what was arguably the first-ever insider tr...
Missouri Citizen Sentenced to 5 Years of Probation After Shooting a Bitcoin ATM: Report
Matthew Klinger – a 51-year-old Jefferson City, Missouri resident – received five years of supervised probation after admitting to shooting a bitcoin ATM with a handgun. It remains unclear whether the...
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison On L.A. Sexual Assault Charges
Topline Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison after being convicted in Los Angeles in December of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault, ad...
Nipsey Hussle’s Killer Eric R. Holder Jr. Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison
Topline Eric R. Holder Jr., the 32-year-old man who killed rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Wednesday, nearly four years after the Grammy-nominated artist was sho...
‘Cryptoqueen’ Boyfriend Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Laundering $300,000,000 in Crypto
The ex-boyfriend of the infamous “Cryptoqueen” has been sentenced to five years in prison for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars. A new report by Bloomberg Law says that Gilbert Armenta, the f...
Randall Crater, Founder of “My Big Coin” Sentenced
Randall Crater, the person responsible for operating the fraudulent scheme known as “My Big Coin,” was given a sentence of one hundred months in prison and was ordered to make restitution ...
My Big Coin founder sentenced to 8 years in prison for fraud
My Big Coin founder Randall Crater has been found guilty of committing wired fraud and unlawful monetary transactions. He is sentenced to 100 months in jail and $7.6 million in fines. My Big Coin frau...
My Big Coin founder sentenced to 8 years for defrauding investors
U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper sentenced the founder of a multi-million fraudulent crypto scheme to eight years. The team amassed $7.6 million and spent it on a house, cars, and other luxurio...
Ex-Coinbase Manager’s Brother Sentenced to Prison in Crypto Insider Trading Case – Regulation Bitcoin News
A former Coinbase employee’s brother has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in what the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) called a “groundbreaking cryptocurrency insider trading case.” ‘Groundbreaki...
Brother of Former Coinbase Manager Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison
Nikhil Wahi – brother to former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi – has been sentenced to 10 months in prison following his guilty plea to leveraging his familial connection for insider trading of c...
Coinbase: Man sentenced to prison over first crypto insider trading case
The brother of a former Coinbase manager has been sentenced to prison for cryptocurrency insider trading The individual was charged with committing the crime in July 2022 alongside two other individua...
‘Real Housewives’ Star Jen Shah Sentenced To 6.5 Years In Prison For Wire Fraud
Topline Jen Shah, one of the stars of Bravo’s Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City, was sentenced Friday to 6.5 years in prison and five years of supervised release for her role in a telemarketing scheme...
College Admissions Scandal Mastermind Rick Singer Sentenced To 3.5 Years In Prison
Topline Rick Singer—the mastermind behind the so-called Varsity Blues college admissions cheating scandal—was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to 42 months in prison, the latest jail sentence i...
V Global Exchange Scam Executives Sentenced Upto Eight Years in Jail
Exchange News V Global was in business from July 2020 to April 2021. It attracted over 50,000 investors by offering returns of 300% and large bonuses. A total of six executives were sentenced to up to...
Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Co-Conspirator Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years In Prison
Topline A federal judge sentenced a leader of the failed plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 19 years and seven months in prison on Wednesday, the longest sentence imposed in the investig...
South Korean Crypto Exchange Fraudsters Sentenced
Six executives who were involved in the $1.5 billion (2 trillion won) South Korean cryptocurrency exchange fraud perpetrated by V Global have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to eight...
Minneapolis Officer Who Kneeled On George Floyd’s Back Sentenced To 3.5 Years In Prison
Topline Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng, who kneeled on George Floyd’s back as then-Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck, was sentenced Friday to three-and-a-half years in st...
Elizabeth Holmes’ Business Partner Sunny Balwani Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison
Topline Disgraced Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday over his role in helping founder and then-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes mislead investors about ...
Michael Avenatti Sentenced To Another 14 Years In Prison For Fraud
Topline A federal judge sentenced former attorney and Trump foe Michael Avenatti to 14 years in prison Monday for embezzling clients’ money and violating tax laws, on top of five years of prison time ...
SIM swapper sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a $22 million cryptocurrency heist
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Nicholas Truglia, of Florida, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in th...
Crypto scammer Nicholas Truglia sentenced to 18 months in prison
United States Attorney Damian Williams announced Thursday that Nicholas Truglia, a 25-year-old hacker, has been sentenced to prison for 18 months. Truglia was sentenced to jail by United States Federa...
Former Matt Gaetz Associate Joel Greenberg Sentenced To 11 Years For Child Sex Trafficking
Topline Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday for sex trafficking of a minor and five other federal cha...
Former Silicon Valley Star Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to Prison
Failed startup founder Elizabeth Holmes received a sentence of over 11 years for the fraud she perpetrated when she duped investors about the effectiveness of a blood testing company. Holmes was sente...
Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Fraud
Topline Failed Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to 11.25 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of defrauding investors in her famed blood testing company that t...
Bitcoin Ponzi Agent Sentenced by The U.S. Judge, Find Here Why
The U.S. Judge orders the Bitcoin Ponzi Agent to be put behind the bars. As the agent is accused of refusing court orders for paying $40 Million to the SEC. The District Judge of Texas, Judge Amos L. ...
Where’s the beef? Rancher sentenced to 11 years for ripping off Tyson Foods of nearly $250 million in ‘ghost cattle’ scam.
A Washington state rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a nearly quarter-billion-dollar ripoff of Tyson Foods Inc. TSN, -1.22% in which it sold the meat processor more than 260,000 hea...
Hacker Forfeits $21,849,087 Worth of Bitcoin to Feds, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
A Canadian hacker is forfeiting millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to the U.S. government while facing a multi-decade prison sentence. According to a new press release from the Department of J...
Canadian hacker found with over 700 bitcoin sentenced to 20 years
Canadian citizen Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins netted at least $21 million in bitcoin from ransomware attacks on hospitals, schools, and the police. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced...
Man sentenced for UN crypto scam backed by Nancy Pelosi’s son
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced this week after robbing investors of $600,000 via a crypto investment scam backed by the son of Nancy Pelosi and sponsored by a hoax United Nations partner. Asa Sa...