A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading’s CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

by #AI April 27, 2023 · Automatic

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading’s CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 — A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme involving Bitcoin …