Jury Selection Delayed in Bitcoin Exchange Trial
A federal trial tied to the now-defunct Florida bitcoin exchange Coin.mx has been delayed. Yesterday, the court was set to begin jury selection for the trial of Yuri Lebedev – one of the co-operators of Coin.mx alongside Anthony Murgio, who plead guilty to three charges early last month – and Trevon Gross, a pastor who was accused of helping Coin.mx and its backers to take control of a New Jersey credit union in exchange for bribes. Gross was originally charged last March. Now, according to reports, Judge Alison Nathan has delayed jury selection by a day after the prosecution introduced a....
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