South Korean Court Jails Septuagenarian Bitcoin Fraudster
A South Korean court has handed a 70-year-old man a jail sentence after finding him guilty of Bitcoin (BTC)-powered fraud. Kyeonggi Ilbo reported that the unnamed man, identified only by the initial A, was given a one-ye...
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Kyeonggi Ilbo reported that the unnamed man, identified only by the initial A, was given a one-year prison term for enabling “telecommunications-related financial fraud.”...
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