Additional compensation available for Cryptsy victims, court notice says
Those who lost money in a 2016 U.S. crypto exchange heist maybe be entitled to additional recoupment. Last week, some former users of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy received a notice informing them of a new turn in the ongoing class settlement process. Authorized by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the document states that those who were defrauded in the 2016 collapse of the digital finance platform may be entitled to receive money from additional recovery.Cryptsy was a crypto exchange that went bust in January 2016 following months of....
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