Justice Department Slaps Escrow Firm Director in $7 Million Bitcoin Fraud

US authorities have arrested the operator of a Bitcoin escrow company for defrauding two firms of $7 million. Jon Barry Thompson – a Pennsylvania man who is the director of the Bitcoin escrow firm Volantis – has been arrested and charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of commodities fraud, the US […]

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Source: https://www.ccn.com/news/justice-dept-escrow-firm-7-million-bitcoin-fraud/2019/07/26/

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