Reginald Fowler, the man who was allegedly at the heart of a shadow banking operation for cryptocurrency, forfeited what appeared to be an extremely reasonable plea bargain on Jan. 17. Now, according to a letter filed with the Southern District Court of New York on Friday, the U.S. government has officially withdrawn its plea offer as Fowler heads to trial.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman may drop a Fowler bomb on Bitfinex in January (via Department of Justice).Fowler plea may lead to Bitfinex’s missing $850 million
The man alleged to have looted the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is set to plead guilty in a case that links it to drug cartel-connected payment processor Crypto Capital
The alleged mastermind behind cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex’s missing $850 million is poised to cop a plea. What Reginald Fowler is getting—or who he is giving up—remains to be seen.
Crypto Capital crony Oz Yosef indicted
Another shadow banker has been charged in connection with the theft of $880 million from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
Federal prosecutors have indicted Oz Yosef, a principal of Crypto Capital Corp., on three counts of bank fraud and conspiracy in cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex's $880 million loss.
Crypto Capital key character caught, cuffed, and carted off to clink
The man Bitfinex and Tether claimed caused them nearly $1 billion in trouble is now being interrogated by authorities in Poland
A key person in Bitfinex and Tether’s “missing” $880 million is now sitting in a Polish jail and is getting grilled by investigators.
