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San Francisco gaming founder Japheth Dillman was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with the Block Bits Capital crypto trading fund, defrauding about 20 investors of nearly $1 million; sentencing is scheduled for December with up to 20 years and $250,000 fines per count.
CFTC charges a Florida man over a $397 million crypto Ponzi scheme, alleging $48 million misappropriated.
NFT startup founder Taj Tarsha is facing federal securities and wire fraud charges for misappropriating over $10 million raised from investors to fund a Miami condo loan, gambling, and his DJ hobby, highlighting enforcement risk around SAFT-based NFT fundraising.
HK police identify a $3.3M crypto romance scam—the largest of 25 scams in a week—where a romance led to a fake trading app, with HK$4M cash and HK$22M moved to mule accounts.
Former Rep. George Santos settled with the CFTC for $35,000 over manipulative trading on Kalshi’s SOTU contract, disgorging profits (over $17,500) and receiving a three-year trading ban with no admission of wrongdoing.
Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity for failing to remove prohibited content.
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