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A federal grand jury in Miami has charged a 19-year-old Canadian national and his partner for running a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering operation that stole more than $13 million from their victims. The charges were announced yesterday, May 11, after a lengthy investigation into their operations. According to the DOJ press release, one of the accused, Trenton Richard David Johnston, allegedly impersonated customer support representatives from major search engines and crypto companies to gain access to victims’ digital wallets and accounts. After gaining access, Johnston and unnamed co-conspirators transferred their assets to personal accounts. Canadian on expired visa implicated in $13M crypto scam The indictment named Johnston alongside 28-year-old Brandon Michael Tardibone, a resident of Miami. Prosecutors accused Tardibone of knowingly
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In brief Three Tennessee men were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping charges. The charges stem from an alleged cryptocurrency theft operation where conspirators forced victims at gunpoint to transfer millions in digital assets. One incident saw $6.5 million in cryptocurrency stolen at gunpoint, prosecutors said. Three Tennessee men have been federally indicted on robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges related to an alleged multi-million dollar cryptocurrency theft operation targeting victims across California. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Elijah Armstrong, Nino Chindavanh, and Jayden Rucker traveled from Tennessee to California and posed as delivery persons to gain access to victims’ residences in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Los Angeles. Prosecutors said the men used firearm
Christopher Delgado, the former Goliath Ventures CEO charged with fraud and money laundering, has publicly apologized to investors of what US prosecutors allege is a Ponzi scheme.
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The post Pi Network News: Everything Co-founder Chengdiao Fan Said About Pi at Miami appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Pi Network co-founder Chengdiao Fan used her recent appearance at the Consensus 2026 in Miami to explain how Pi Network plans to move away from the typical crypto model focused mainly on speculation and token fundraising. During her keynote, Fan said the crypto industry still suffers from “too much value extraction without equivalent value creation,” arguing that many projects raise capital first but fail to deliver meaningful utility afterward. “There are tokens used mostly for raising capital without actual product innovation,” Fan said. “People have too easy and immediate access to capital without actually doing the hard work to finish the building.” According to Fan, Pi Network is trying to solve that problem by aligning crypto tools with
Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs, announced at an event in Miami plans for zero-fee stablecoin transfers on Sui and reiterated the ambition to add private transactions.
