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  1. July 17, 2019

    Centra COO Pleads Guilty In $25M Crypto ICO Scheme Case

    The former chief operating officer of the failed cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. pled guilty to a series of securities and wire fraud charges on Wednesday in a New York federal case accusing him and two others of conning investors through a $25 million initial coin offering.

  2. July 01, 2019

    Court Tells Centra Pair To Reveal Advice Of Counsel Defense

    A New York federal judge ruled Monday that two of three men accused of fraud related to their failed cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. have until Sept. 6 to reveal to the court and prosecutors whether they intend to use the advice of counsel defense and provide relevant materials intended for use at trial.

  3. June 14, 2019

    Feds Say Centra Crypto Trio May See Attys As Shield

    Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to order three men accused of defrauding investors in their Centra Tech cryptocurrency payment platform to reveal whether they plan to argue at trial that their actions were blessed by lawyers.

  4. June 06, 2019

    Don't Suppress Our Evidence, Feds Say In Centra Tech Case

    Prosecutors asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to put an end to the crusade by a co-founder of the shuttered cryptocurrency company Centra Tech to suppress evidence seized during his arrest.

  5. May 30, 2019

    Feds 'Tainted' By Slack Chat Access, Centra Tech Heads Say

    Two men accused of fraud related to their shuttered cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. said the team prosecuting them has been "tainted as a result of its unfettered access" to privileged attorney-client communications on the messaging app Slack.

  6. May 21, 2019

    Feds Defend Accessing Slack Chats In Centra Tech ICO Case

    New York federal prosecutors have disputed claims by two men accused of fraud related to their shuttered cryptocurrency company Centra Tech that prosecutors had improperly accessed privileged attorney-client communications on the messaging app Slack.

  7. April 30, 2019

    Accused ICO Fraudsters Say Feds Saw Privileged Slack Chats

    Two of three men accused of fraud related to their shuttered cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. said prosecutors improperly seized privileged communications the company had with its attorneys on the messaging app Slack.

  8. May 21, 2018

    Accused ICO Fraudsters Deny $25M Crypto Card Scheme

    Two co-founders of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. on Monday denied charges of conning investors in a $25 million initial coin offering to fund a digital currency payment card they falsely claimed was backed by major payment processors including Visa Inc.

  9. May 14, 2018

    Three Indicted In $25M Crypto Card ICO Fraud Scheme

    A federal grand jury in New York has returned an indictment charging three Floridians with securities and wire fraud, based on allegations that they defrauded investors of $25 million by lying about their startup's cryptocurrency debit card ahead of its initial coin offering, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.

  10. April 20, 2018

    Third Person Charged With Fraud In $25M Crypto Card Plot

    Prosecutors charged a third Floridian on Friday in Manhattan federal court with defrauding investors out of more than $25 million using an initial coin offering, saying he and two others falsely touted the ICO as funding a cryptocurrency debit card linked to Visa and Mastercard.

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