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Seattle-Area Man Gets Prison for Laundering Foreign Fraud Funds With Bitcoin, Ethereum
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Decrypt Editorial(08:26 PM UTC)
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In brief
- A 47-year old man from the Seattle area helped defraud investors of nearly $100 million, prosecutors said.
- Victims thought they were investing in oil and gas, but funds were quickly transferred to bank accounts or crypto exchanges and never returned.
- For his role in laundering funds tied to the scheme, Geoffrey K. Auyeung was sentenced to five years in prison.
Geoffrey K. Auyeung, a…
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