Why This Crypto Exchange Founder Got 11,000 Years In Prison
A little over a year ago, Faruk Fatih Ozer, founder and CEO of crypto exchange Thodex was arrested by Turkish authorities. After a long trial, Fatih was sentenced to over 11,000 years in prison after being found guilty of several financial crimes. Related Reading: From Oil To Bitcoin: Oman Plans To Capture 7% Of Hashrate […]
Related News
The U.S. has sentenced a cryptocurrency exchange owner to 10 years in prison. He “knowingly and intentionally engaged in business practices designed to both assist fraudsters in laundering the proceeds of their fraud and to shield himself from criminal liability,” the Department of Justice alleges. Crypto Exchange Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that a bitcoin exchange owner has been sentenced to 121 months in prison “for his role in a transnational and multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American....
Russian crypto exchange BTC-e’s operator Alexander Vinnik has now been sentenced to five years in prison by a French court and fined 100,000 euros. He was arrested over three years ago in Greece, extradited to France, and is wanted in the U.S. and Russia. Vinnik Sentenced After 3+ Years Alexander Vinnik, the operator of the now-defunct Russian cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison by a French court for money laundering. The 41-year-old is also ordered to pay fines of 100,000 euros ($121,270). While convicted of money laundering, Vinnik was....
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, Stefan Qin, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release. He is also ordered to forfeit about $55 million. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that he “engaged in a scheme to steal assets” from his hedge funds and defraud investors.
Crypto Hedge Fund Founder Gets 7.5 Years in Jail
Stefan Qin, the founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week.
Qin, a....
A cryptocurrency founder has been arrested and is facing up to 10 years imprisonment for tax evasion after running an exit scam. He allegedly made millions of dollars from his cryptocurrency and used an elaborate scheme to avoid paying taxes. Crypto Founder Exit Scams, Caught for Tax Evasion The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that a “cryptocurrency founder” was arrested Thursday and charged with a “multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme.” The indictment against Amir Bruno Elmaani was unsealed Thursday in Manhattan federal court. In addition,....
The founder of the $3.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme Bitconnect has been charged in the United States. “If convicted of all counts, he faces a maximum total penalty of 70 years in prison,” said the U.S. Department of Justice. Bitconnect’s Founder Could Go to Prison for 70 Years The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced […]