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USA v. WAHI

  1. June 30, 2023

    Coinbase Says Objection To Trading Probe Fees Lacks Merit

    Coinbase Global Inc. urged a Manhattan federal judge to approve its $470,000 restitution request for cooperating with the government's investigation of two brothers who traded on secret information from the cryptocurrency exchange, saying that further discussion with defense counsel objecting to the sum won't be fruitful.

  2. May 09, 2023

    Victories Hone DOJ Playbook For Crypto Trading Crackdown

    The U.S. Department of Justice has notched two wins against illegal trading in cryptocurrency markets, creating what experts say is a legal playbook prosecutors will likely continue to draw on in similar cases.

  3. May 09, 2023

    Ex-Coinbase Manager Gets 2 Years In 1st Crypto Tipping Case

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former Coinbase Global Inc. manager to two years in prison Tuesday for tipping his brother and a friend to cryptocurrency listings, allowing them to take $1.5 million of illegal profit in a novel insider-trading case.

  4. May 03, 2023

    Feds Push For 3 Years For Ex-Coinbase Rep's Insider Trading

    The government pushed a New York federal judge to hold firm on sentencing guidelines for a former Coinbase product manager who ran a $1.5 million crypto insider trading scheme, saying he deserves a prison sentence longer than three years despite his calls for leniency.

  5. April 26, 2023

    Ex-Coinbase Worker Wants 10 Months For Insider Trading

    A former Coinbase employee who admitted to passing insider information to turn a profit on crypto tokens argued Tuesday that he should receive only 10 months for his offenses despite sentencing guidelines recommending at least three years.

  6. April 06, 2023

    Coinbase Wants Fees, Costs For Insider Trading Case

    Two brothers who pled guilty to trading on secret information about Coinbase Global Inc.'s upcoming listings should reimburse the crypto exchange for just under $470,000 it spent in legal fees and other costs responding to the case, Manhattan federal prosecutors said.

  7. February 23, 2023

    SEC Is Using 'Back Door' To Crypto Regulation, Says Group

    A crypto trade association is saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to use a "back door" in the first insider trading case for digital assets to obtain a ruling that certain tokens are securities, joining industry advocates who have decried the case as an "overreach."

  8. February 14, 2023

    Crypto Lobby Says SEC Overreached In Insider Trading Case

    A crypto industry group is taking on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called strategy of regulation by enforcement by filing an amicus brief in the first insider trading case dealing with digital assets.

  9. February 07, 2023

    Ex-Coinbase Employee Cops To Insider Trading

    A former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager pled guilty Tuesday to helping others buy digital tokens based on confidential information about the exchange's upcoming listings, notching a win for Manhattan federal prosecutors in what's billed as the first-ever cryptocurrency insider trading prosecution.

  10. January 10, 2023

    Crypto Insider Trader Gets 10 Mos. In Landmark Case

    A Manhattan federal judge hit a computer engineering graduate with 10 months in prison Tuesday for illegally trading on secret Coinbase Global Inc. offering information, in what prosecutors called the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency.

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