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USA v. Dos Santos

  1. October 04, 2023

    Airbit Co-Founder Gets 3 Years, 4 Mos. For Crypto Fraud

    A man from Panama who co-founded the $100 million Airbit Club cryptocurrency scam was sentenced to 40 months in prison Wednesday by a New York federal judge.

  2. September 26, 2023

    Airbit Founder Gets 12 Years As Feds Eye More Crypto Scams

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California man who co-founded the $100 million Airbit Club cryptocurrency scam to 12 years in prison Tuesday after a prosecutor warned that the profusion of "dangerous" Ponzi-like frauds targeting bitcoin investors has not abated.

  3. September 22, 2023

    Feds Seek 13 Years For $100M Crypto Mining 'Serial Swindler'

    A man who admitted operating a cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme should face 13 years in prison because of his "lengthy history" of fraud dating back at least a decade, Manhattan federal prosecutors said.

  4. March 10, 2023

    Six Plead Guilty In $100M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

    Six co-defendants have pled guilty to charges that they fleeced their investors by convincing them to give money to the AirBit Club, a purported crypto mining and trade company, while financing lavish lifestyles through a Ponzi scheme.

  5. November 30, 2020

    AirBit Club Co-Founder Will Face Scam Charges In NY

    A co-founder of alleged cryptocurrency scam AirBit Club was extradited from Panama last week to be tried in New York, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Monday