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USA v. Murgio et al

  1. March 17, 2017

    Pastor, Tech Expert Guilty Of Bitcoin Bank Bribery Scheme

    A Manhattan federal jury convicted New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and Florida tech expert Yuri Lebedev on Friday on charges that they schemed to co-opt a small credit union in order to make it easier to process unlawful bitcoin-dollar exchanges and to obstruct a government investigation.

  2. March 16, 2017

    Coin.mx Jury Homes In On Bitcoin Fraud Evidence

    Jurors weighing bribery charges against New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and Florida tech expert Yuri Lebedev in connection with Coin.mx, a shuttered bitcoin-dollar exchange, completed a fourth day of deliberations Thursday after asking for evidence related to fraud charges Lebedev faces.

  3. March 15, 2017

    Coin.mx Jury Signals Division On 3rd Day Of Deliberations

    Signs emerged Wednesday that jurors were divided on their third day weighing fraud and bribery charges against New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and Florida tech expert Yuri Lebedev, who are accused in Manhattan federal court of scheming to turn bitcoin-dollar exchange Coin.mx into a money-laundering haven.

  4. March 13, 2017

    Jury Considers Bitcoin Bribery Suspects' Ties To NYC Venue

    Jurors deliberating bribery and fraud charges against a New Jersey pastor and a Florida tech expert accused of scheming to turn bitcoin-dollar exchange Coin.mx into a money laundering haven asked a Manhattan federal judge Monday how they should assess the defendants' legal ties to their New York City trial venue.

  5. March 10, 2017

    Pastor In Coin.mx Bribery Trial Can't Be Trusted, Feds Say

    Prosecutors in the bribery and fraud trial of a New Jersey pastor and a Coin.mx bitcoin consultant told a Manhattan jury on Friday not to "trust a single word" said by the pastor, rounding out closing arguments by saying "corruption permeated the case."

  6. March 09, 2017

    Coin.mx Tech Guru, Pastor Had 'Corrupt Intent,' Feds Say

    A Coin.mx bitcoin consultant and a pastor whose paths crossed in the allegedly nefarious handover of a credit union both displayed "corrupt intent" in a series of emails, WhatsApp chats and other documents, federal prosecutors said Thursday in closing arguments of a monthlong trial.

  7. March 08, 2017

    Agent Denies Telling Coin.mx Trial Witness To Take Money

    A U.S. Secret Service agent told jurors Wednesday in the bitcoin-exchange bribery and fraud trial of New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and tech expert Yuri Lebedev that she would not have told a suspect to "take a nice little bonus" out of the Coin.mx exchange before investigators shut it down.

  8. March 07, 2017

    US Agent Implicated By Coin.mx Witness Ordered To Testify

    The Manhattan bitcoin-exchange bribery and fraud trial of New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and tech expert Yuri Lebedev kicked into higher gear Tuesday, with a U.S. Secret Service agent ordered to testify after a cooperating witness implicated her and Gross took the stand to defend himself.

  9. March 01, 2017

    Trial Witness Says US Agent Told Him To Grab Coin.mx Cash

    A witness in the bitcoin-exchange bribery and fraud trial of New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and tech expert Yuri Lebedev drew concern Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Alison M. Nathan, after testifying that a U.S. Secret Service agent suggested he extract money from the Coin.mx exchange before it was shut down.

  10. February 27, 2017

    Coin.mx Witness Tells Jury Pastor 'Wanted Out' Of Bank Biz

    A cooperating witness told Manhattan jurors Monday that he agreed to help Coin.mx operator Anthony Murgio take over a small New Jersey credit union after Murgio told him he had found a New Jersey pastor, defendant Trevon Gross, who was ready to exit the banking business for a price.

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