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The Founder of My Big Coin Gets 8 Years in Prison For Fraud

Randall Crater, the creator of a failed cryptocurrency project was given a sentence of over 8 years in jail on for scamming investors and customers out of millions of dollars through the promotion of a virtual currency called My Big Coin using false information and misleading statements.

According to Reuters, Boston’s U.S. District Judge Denise Casper decided that the perpetrator, Crater, must serve a prison sentence exceeding 8 years for operating a cryptocurrency fraud called “My Big Coin” between 2014 and 2017.

During this time, Crater swindled $7.5 million from investors by convincing them to put money into a questionable digital asset supposedly supported by gold.

Cater falsely claimed that the “My Big Coin” project was affiliated with financial services giant Mastercard.

photo: twitter @MBCEXCHANGE

Federal prosecutors called for a 13-year sentence for Casper, in order to send a warning to other cryptocurrency fraudsters. They also disclosed that Cater used the money he took from investors to buy luxury items for himself, including vehicles, art, jewelry, and rare coins.

Sying Tien

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