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  1. October 24, 2025

    Crypto Boss Loses Bid To Cut Sentence Over $36M Fraud

    A New York federal judge on Friday refused to further trim an eight-year prison sentence that a crypto entrepreneur has been serving for his role in a $36 million crypto-fraud scheme, citing his "history of fraudulent behavior" and a lack of circumstances "extraordinary" enough to justify a sentence reduction.

  2. April 04, 2022

    Crypto Cooperator Ducks Prison For $36M Centra Tech Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge on Monday allowed a former Centra Tech Inc. principal to avoid prison for his role in recruiting investors in a $36 million crypto-fraud, crediting his decision to plead guilty and his "extraordinary" cooperation with prosecutors.

  3. March 04, 2021

    Centra Tech Boss Gets 8 Years For $36M Crypto Scam

    The founder of Centra Tech Inc. on Thursday was sentenced to eight years in prison over a scheme that conned victims into investing more than $36 million into the cryptocurrency company that claimed to offer a digital currency payment card.

  4. December 15, 2020

    Crypto Grifter Gets Year For Role In $36M Centra Tech Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a college dropout from Florida to a year and a day in prison for promoting a $36 million cryptocurrency fraud that included a bogus initial coin offering — sparing the Centra Tech Inc. scammer a longer sentence due to his relatively minor role.

  5. November 03, 2020

    Feds Say ICO Fraud Necessitates 'Substantial' Prison Time

    One of the three principals in the notorious Centra Tech initial coin offering scam should face a hefty prison sentence because deterrence is key to enforcement of digital assets, federal prosecutors said Friday.

  6. July 17, 2020

    3rd Centra Tech Co-Founder Admits To $25M Crypto Scheme

    Another co-founder of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. pled guilty Friday to charges of tricking investors in a $25 million initial coin offering to fund a digital currency payment card he and others falsely stated was backed by major payment processors including Visa Inc.

  7. June 16, 2020

    Centra Tech Co-Founder Cops To $25M Crypto Scheme

    A co-founder of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech Inc. on Tuesday admitted to charges of conning investors in a $25 million initial coin offering to fund a digital currency payment card he and others falsely claimed was backed by major payment processors including Visa Inc.

  8. June 10, 2020

    Centra Tech Founder To Plead Guilty In $25M ICO Fraud Case

    One of two Florida men awaiting trial on charges of securities and wire fraud for allegedly conning investors through a fake $25 million initial coin offering will plead guilty, his lawyers have told a New York federal court.

  9. March 26, 2020

    Trial For ICO Fraud Defendants Off Until September At Least

    The April trial of two Florida men accused of engineering a fake $25 million initial coin offering through their defunct company, Centra Tech Inc., was scrapped Thursday by a Manhattan federal judge because of coronavirus concerns — and lawyer schedules could keep it on hold until the holidays.

  10. November 12, 2019

    Centra Tech Duo Wants Feds To Return $18.6M In Ether

    The co-founders of the defunct cryptocurrency company Centra Tech said Monday that its recent bid to have the government return $18.6 million worth of Ether to Centra Token purchasers is not, as prosecutors claim, a "trial ploy."