Here’s How This Short Seller Who Is a Crypto Critic Hit a Legal Snag with the...
Andrew Left, a controversial figure behind Citron Research, renowned for his critical stance on crypto and often bearish stance on various high-profile stocks, has found himself on the other side of the law. Recently charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Left is accused of orchestrating a deceptive $20 million scheme that manipulated […]
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A vocal critic of the upcoming bitcoin law in El Salvador, Mario Gomez, was briefly detained Wednesday. According to reports, he was arrested without a warrant. Critic of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Arrested An IT specialist and founder of Hackerspace San Salvador, Mario Gómez, was briefly detained Wednesday morning. His attorney said there was never an arrest warrant for him. Gomez has been a vocal critic of the upcoming bitcoin law in El Salvador. The National Civil Police of El Salvador (PNC) said they detained Gómez “while investigating financial fraud relating to....
Have a chunk of bitcoin you want to sell? SecondMarket might be willing to scoop it up from you. The company, which manages the Bitcoin Investment Trust, has set up a page on their website dedicated to the cause. SecondMarket is currently buying bitcoin. Any bitcoin holders interested in selling blocks of bitcoin can benefit from our deep knowledge base of the bitcoin markets. Here are the outlined steps to completing such a transaction, according to SecondMarket: Seller completes a New Account Profile (NAP) form. SecondMarket notifies seller of approval to trade once compliance procedures....
As the crypto industry gains weight in politics, candidates’ stances on cryptocurrencies make the difference when voting. Recently, the industry critic congressman Jamaal Bowman lost New York’s 16th District Democratic primary to George Latimer. Representative Bowman’s campaign was opposed by the crypto Super Political Action Committee (PAC) Fairshake. Related Reading: DeFi Protocol Alex Lab $4 […]
A bitcoin seller has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail for defrauding customers, according to a notice by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The man took money from customers but did not provide them with the agreed-upon bitcoin.
Fraudulent Bitcoin Seller Going to Jail
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that Michael Yusko has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison “for defrauding customers through unlicensed bitcoin business.”
The 47-year-old resident of New Orleans sold bitcoin and other....
Looking to get your drinking on at the upcoming Bitcoin Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio? You may just run into a legal snag, it seems. A Cleveland.com reporter filed a story late last week with indications that the State of Ohio does not want bitcoin to be used as a form of payment for alcohol. The official word came from Eric Wolf, who serves as agent-in-charge at the Investigative Unit within the Ohio Department of Public Safety. "Bitcoin cannot be accepted as payment for alcohol in the State of Ohio," the Department ruled, making them the first in the United States to take prohibitive....