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April 04, 2022
Crypto Cooperator Ducks Prison For $36M Centra Tech Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday allowed a former Centra Tech Inc. principal to avoid prison for his role in recruiting investors in a $36 million crypto-fraud, crediting his decision to plead guilty and his "extraordinary" cooperation with prosecutors.
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March 04, 2021
Centra Tech Boss Gets 8 Years For $36M Crypto Scam
The founder of Centra Tech Inc. on Thursday was sentenced to eight years in prison over a scheme that conned victims into investing more than $36 million into the cryptocurrency company that claimed to offer a digital currency payment card.
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December 15, 2020
Crypto Grifter Gets Year For Role In $36M Centra Tech Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a college dropout from Florida to a year and a day in prison for promoting a $36 million cryptocurrency fraud that included a bogus initial coin offering — sparing the Centra Tech Inc. scammer a longer sentence due to his relatively minor role.
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November 03, 2020
Feds Say ICO Fraud Necessitates 'Substantial' Prison Time
One of the three principals in the notorious Centra Tech initial coin offering scam should face a hefty prison sentence because deterrence is key to enforcement of digital assets, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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July 17, 2020
3rd Centra Tech Co-Founder Admits To $25M Crypto Scheme
Another co-founder of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. pled guilty Friday to charges of tricking investors in a $25 million initial coin offering to fund a digital currency payment card he and others falsely stated was backed by major payment processors including Visa Inc.
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June 16, 2020
Centra Tech Co-Founder Cops To $25M Crypto Scheme
A co-founder of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. on Tuesday admitted to charges of conning investors in a $25 million initial coin offering to fund a digital currency payment card he and others falsely claimed was backed by major payment processors including Visa Inc.
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June 10, 2020
Centra Tech Founder To Plead Guilty In $25M ICO Fraud Case
One of two Florida men awaiting trial on charges of securities and wire fraud for allegedly conning investors through a fake $25 million initial coin offering will plead guilty, his lawyers have told a New York federal court.
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March 26, 2020
Trial For ICO Fraud Defendants Off Until September At Least
The April trial of two Florida men accused of engineering a fake $25 million initial coin offering through their defunct company, Centra Tech Inc., was scrapped Thursday by a Manhattan federal judge because of coronavirus concerns — and lawyer schedules could keep it on hold until the holidays.
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November 12, 2019
Centra Tech Duo Wants Feds To Return $18.6M In Ether
The co-founders of the defunct cryptocurrency company Centra Tech said Monday that its recent bid to have the government return $18.6 million worth of Ether to Centra Token purchasers is not, as prosecutors claim, a "trial ploy."
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August 13, 2019
Centra Execs Can't Use Privileged Chats To Skirt Indictment
A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied the co-founders of a defunct cryptocurrency company's attempt to dismiss a criminal indictment against them over the divulgence of privileged documents to prosecutors.