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By Aaron Nicodemus2023-05-11T15:41:00
A former Coinbase product manager was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a crypto insider trading scheme.
Ishan Wahi was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Loretta Preska in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. He was also ordered to forfeit crypto assets he received in connection with the scheme, prosecutors said.
The DOJ previously said the case was its first enforcement of insider trading on crypto assets.
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2023-06-30T14:37:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against a dozen individuals across four separate insider trading cases, including an alleged scheme involving the chief compliance officer of an international payment processing company.
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Coinbase said it was served a Wells Notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential violations of securities law regarding multiple of its cryptocurrency products.
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Ishan Wahi, a former Coinbase product manager, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in the first cryptocurrency insider trading case.
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