Two Face Trial over Bitcoin Exchange Linked to JPMorgan Hack Probe
A Florida software engineer and a New Jersey pastor are expected to face trial connected to the Coin.mx bitcoin exchange investigation and a security breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co, reports Reuters. According to the report, jury selection is set to start in Manhattan federal court for Yuri Lebedev, the suspected planner behind Coin.mx’s platform, and Trevon Gross, a pastor and ex-chairman of a now-defunct credit union. Lebedev is suspected of misleading financial institutions into processing transactions for bitcoin exchange Coin.mx, which was unlicensed. He is also alleged to have....
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