NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit linked to his endorsement of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to court filings and reports. The case is part of ongoing litigation that has ensnared several celebrity endorsers of the crypto platform, including Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, and…
Two Estonian nationals have pleaded guilty in the United States to operating a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through their company, HashFlare. The scam deceived hundreds of thousands of investors worldwide, falsely promising cryptocurrency mining profits. How the Scheme Worked Between 2015 and 2019, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, sold contracts through HashFlare,…
Tom Goldstein, the renowned Supreme Court litigator and founder of SCOTUSblog, was arrested Monday after prosecutors argued he posed an “urgent risk of flight” due to his undisclosed cryptocurrency transactions, according to court filings. Federal prosecutors allege that Goldstein, who was charged in January in a 22-count indictment for tax fraud and making false statements…