Report Shows No Evidence of Special Treatment for BTC Ponzi Scheme Mastermind in Brazilian Jail
The Brazilian State Attorney General has dismissed allegations that Johann Steynberg, the late mastermind of a South African bitcoin ponzi scheme, was granted irregular access to a computer and the internet while in pris...
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