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Leaders of $190M Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Over 170 Years in Prison
18.4.2025
The alleged crypto Ponzi scheme lured some 20,000 investors with false promises and raised over $190 million from them
Operator of Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to 128 Years in Prison
18.4.2025
The Brazilian justice system sentenced Joel Ferreira de Souza to 128 years, 5 months, and 28 days in prison. Souza was identified as the main operator of Braiscompany, a Brazilian crypto scheme that raised over $100 million from nearly 20,000 investors. Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Operators...
Sam Bankman-Fried's latest California prison once housed Al Capone
16.4.2025
Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried has moved from a transit facility to a California prison that once housed infamous gangster Al Capone.According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, officials moved Bankman-Fried from the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City briefly to...
NFT trader faces prison for $13M tax fraud on CryptoPunk profits
13.4.2025
A non-fungible token (NFT) trader could face up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to underreporting nearly $13 million in profits from trading CryptoPunks, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.Waylon Wilcox, 45, admitted to filing false...
Ethereum Researcher Virgil Griffith released from prison
9.4.2025
Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith was released from prison custody on April 9, the Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials confirmed to Cointelegraph.According to crypto developer Brantly Millegan, Griffith will remain in a halfway house for several weeks while waiting to complete the next steps in...
Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Leaves Prison, Seeks Pardon
9.4.2025
Griffith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions after giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019
South Korea’s Court Sentences Three Cryptocurrency Scammers to Prison for $416K Fraud
31.3.2025
South Korea’s district court has sentenced three men for orchestrating a $416K crypto fraud scheme. South Korea’s 610…
Ex-FTX CEO moved to transit facility after interview
27.3.2025
Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to a transit facility days after right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed him.As of March 27, the Federal Bureau of Prisons website showed Bankman-Fried was being housed...
Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Market Manipulation
20.3.2025
Prosecutors are recommending that Andriunin, 26, spends no more than 24 months in a U.S. prison
The Man Who Stabbed CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Could Face Decade in Prison
19.3.2025
The CEO of South Korea’s Haru Invest was stabbed in court during his fraud trial in August 2024
Crypto influencer sentenced to 45 months in prison for wire fraud
14.3.2025
Thomas John Sfraga, also known as “TJ Stone,” received 45 months in prison for wire fraud and was ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in forfeiture as part of a scheme targeting crypto investors.In a March 14 notice, the US Justice Department said Sfraga was sentenced in the...
Crypto influencer sentenced to 45 months in prison for wire fraud
14.3.2025
Thomas John Sfraga, also known as “TJ Stone,” received 45 months in prison for wire fraud and was ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in forfeiture as part of a scheme targeting crypto investors.In a March 14 notice, the US Justice Department said Sfraga was sentenced in the...
Sam Bankman-Fried Continues to Push for Pardon from Trump Amid Prison Sentence
11.3.2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is making a last-ditch attempt to secure a…
Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison
6.3.2025
The former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX said he could be in his “late 50s” by the time he is released
Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison
6.3.2025
The former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX said he could be in his “late 50s” by the time he is released
Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison
6.3.2025
The former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX said he could be in his “late 50s” by the time he is released
Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison
6.3.2025
The former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX said he could be in his “late 50s” by the time he is released
Feds Take Down 73-Year-Old in $2.4M Crypto Conspiracy—Prison Time Looms
1.3.2025
A federal jury in Texas has convicted Randall V. Rule, 73, of laundering cryptocurrency linked to various fraud schemes, including romance scams and real estate fraud. Prosecutors revealed that Rule and co-conspirator Gregory C. Nysewander converted illicit funds into cryptocurrency and funneled...
FTT Briefly Spikes After Sam Bankman-Fried Tweets for First Time in 2 Years
25.2.2025
Bankman-Fried is currently in the Metropolitan Detention Center, serving a 25-year prison sentence
Bybit Payroll Heist: Nearly 10 Years in Prison for $5.7M Crypto Theft
22.2.2025
A Bybit payroll fraud scheme funneled $5.7 million into a worker’s personal wallets, funding luxury splurges before authorities uncovered the deception and issued a prison sentence. Bybit Crypto Payroll Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence A former payroll employee has been sentenced to nine years...