Judge Judy Takes on Bitcoin Case in New TV Episode
Long-running arbitration reality TV show Judge Judy featured a case earlier this week involving a bitcoin trader and allegations of payment fraud. The episode, dated 12th November, concerns a man named Dan Haahr who claimed to have been defrauded while trying to purchase a truck over eBay. Haahr, who sought $2,000 in damages, alleged Marlon Koland of being part of a scheme to steal his money - a charge Koland, a bitcoin trader from Oregon, denied. Haahr claimed that those behind the scam created a fictitious eBay front through which a bank account number tied to Koland was provided. He....
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