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<p><span>The Justice Department unsealed charges related to the 2011 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.</span></p>
Ghanaian social media influencer, Hajia 4Reall has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women in a twisted lonely hearts scam, US federal prosecutors said on Monday (May 15, 2023).
Three individuals, including two attorneys and an orthopedic surgeon, were sentenced for their roles in a five-year trip-and-fall fraud scheme.
“Adrian Alexander knowingly exploited some of the most vulnerable members of society in order to enrich himself and his investors," said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field