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Ex-Celsius Exec Sentenced to Time Served after Guilty Plea

A US federal judge has sentenced the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius to time served after almost three years...

Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Extorting Rivals of Self-Styled Crypto ‘Godfather’

In brief The former LASD deputy was sentenced in a federal extortion case tied to crypto “Godfather” figure Adam Iza. The case details how law enforcement...

Ex-CFO Sentenced to Two Years after Diverting $35M to Crypto Venture

Nevin Shetty was convicted of wire fraud related to secretly moving $35 million in funds from a Seattle startup to his own crypto platform...

South Korean Cop Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Bribes Tied to Crypto Crime: Report

In brief A former Seoul police officer was sentenced to six years in prison and fined around $77,000 for accepting bribes, per a local report. The...

Defunct P2P Crypto Platform Paxful Sentenced to $4M Penalty for Money Laundering, Travel Act Violations

Peer‑to‑peer cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful was sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to conspiring in schemes that promoted illegal...

Fugitive Daren Li sentenced to 20 years in the U.S. for $73M international crypto scam

A federal judge in California sentenced in absentia a dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis to 20 years in prison for...

Operator of Crypto-Fueled Dark Web Drug Market Sentenced to 30 Years

In brief Rui-Siang Lin operated Incognito Market, facilitating over $105 million in crypto-based narcotics sales across 640,000 transactions from October 2020 to March 2024. The marketplace...

Incognito Market founder Rui-Siang Lin sentenced to 30 years in crypto darknet drug marketplace case

Rui-Siang Lin, the alleged operator of the dark web narcotics marketplace “Incognito Market,” was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison on Tuesday,...

Southern Utah man sentenced to 3 years in prison for crypto-linked wire fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors said Brian Garry Sewell defrauded investors of nearly $3 million and ran an unlicensed cash-to-crypto business that moved more than $5 million.