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  1. November 12, 2025

    Feds Eye New Trial For MIT Brothers' $25M Crypto Theft Case

    Federal prosecutors want to retry two MIT-educated brothers accused of a $25 million cryptocurrency heist next year, after a New York court declared a mistrial last week following the jury's failure to reach a unanimous verdict.

  2. November 07, 2025

    Mistrial Declared For MIT Bros In $25M Crypto Heist Case

    The trial of two MIT-educated brothers accused of a $25 million crypto heist that capitalized on a software glitch on the Ethereum platform ended in a mistrial late Friday, after jurors made clear in an emotional note that they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

  3. November 04, 2025

    Jury Told $25M Crypto Win Was Fraud, MIT Bros Call It Legit

    Manhattan federal prosecutors on Tuesday told jurors that two MIT-educated brothers pulled off a meticulously planned $25 million crypto heist by ripping off other traders they didn't like, while defense counsel argued that the government is trying to take a legitimate "sharp-edged" trading strategy and turn it into a crime.

  4. November 03, 2025

    MIT Bros Rest, Expert Says $25M Crypto Score Was Aboveboard

    Two MIT-educated brothers accused of using an unlawful crypto trading strategy to steal $25 million from other traders on Monday rested their case without taking the stand, after a defense expert witness said they didn't violate any rules of the Ethereum blockchain.

  5. October 30, 2025

    Feds Rest $25M Crypto Theft Case Against MIT Grads

    Manhattan federal prosecutors Thursday rested their case against two MIT-educated brothers accused of leveraging an Ethereum software glitch to fraudulently obtain $25 million in cryptocurrency, signing off with a series of the defendants' Google searches following the alleged theft that referred to famous white collar criminals and their prison terms.

  6. October 27, 2025

    MIT Bros Go After 'Sandwichers' In $25M Crypto Heist Trial

    The CEO of Savannah Technologies on Monday took the witness stand in the trial of two MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million from the Israeli cryptocurrency trading firm and others, and quarreled with defense counsel over the appropriateness of the company's use of a controversial strategy known as sandwich trading. 

  7. October 23, 2025

    Jurors See MIT Bros' Chats, Plans For $25M Crypto Gambit

    Jurors weighing the fate of two MIT-educated brothers accused of pulling a $25 million crypto heist on Thursday saw a swath of messages and search history that prosecutors say detail the planning for a high-tech fraud that profited at the expense of other traders on the Ethereum blockchain.

  8. October 21, 2025

    Crypto Trader Says He Thought MIT Bros.' $25M Win Was Legit

    A former quantitative trader for two MIT-educated cryptocurrency entrepreneurs told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday he didn't believe at the time that they were doing anything illegal when executing a strategy to obtain $25 million at the expense of other traders on the Ethereum blockchain.

  9. October 17, 2025

    Quant Trader Tells Jury Of MIT Grads' $25M Crypto Ruse Plan

    A quantitative trader and former employee of two MIT-educated crypto entrepreneurs Friday told a Manhattan federal jury of how they planned months in advance to leverage a software glitch to obtain $25 million at the expense of other crypto traders on the Ethereum blockchain.

  10. October 15, 2025

    MIT Grads Tell Jury $25M Crypto Score Was No Heist

    Counsel for two Massachusetts Institute of Technology-educated brothers accused of pinching $25 million from Ethereum blockchain traders in a seconds-long bait and switch heist told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that it was actually a legitimate trading strategy in the "new, hard-charging" crypto trading environment.