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Ohio Man Gets 9 Years for $10M Bitcoin Trading Ponzi Scheme
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Decrypt Editorial(10:16 AM UTC)
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In brief
- Investment manager Rathnakishore Giri, 31, of Ohio, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for operating a $10 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme.
- He falsely promised guaranteed returns on Bitcoin derivatives trading while paying earlier investors with new victim funds.
- Even after pleading guilty in October 2024, Giri continued soliciting victims while on pretrial release.
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