June 03, 2020
Prosecutors told a New York federal judge Tuesday she should not grant the COVID-related release request of a man who has only served eight months of a more than seven-year sentence for running a $1.5 million cryptocurrency scheme that defrauded investors.
July 01, 2019
A New York federal judge sentenced the operator of a binary options company to more than seven years in prison Monday for a $1.5 million scheme to defraud investors in the business and its cryptocurrency.
May 15, 2019
Federal prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to sentence the "smooth-talking" fraudster behind a $1.5 million binary options scheme to between 70 and 87 months in prison and force him to repay the amount in full.
April 16, 2018
Federal authorities unsealed a three-count indictment in a New York federal court Monday accusing Blake Kantor, also known as Bill Gordon, of defrauding investors out of approximately $2.1 million through his binary options company and a worthless cryptocurrency, and later lying to federal investigators to cover his tracks.