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By Aaron Nicodemus2022-09-13T20:20:00
The Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained its first guilty plea for the insider trading of cryptocurrency assets.
Nikhil Wahi, brother of former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ishan Wahi was hired as part of the Coinbase asset listing team in 2020. Coinbase is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and Wahi’s job gave him access to confidential information about when certain cryptocurrency assets would be listed on the company’s exchange.
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2023-05-11T15:41:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a crypto insider trading scheme.
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The brother of a former Coinbase employee has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for his role in a groundbreaking insider trading scheme involving cryptocurrency.
2022-09-20T16:30:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Treasury Department is seeking public input on how to address illicit finance and national security risks posed by digital assets, part of a multipronged push by the Biden administration to hold bad actors accountable and identify potential enforcement and regulatory gaps.
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Fund management company WisdomTree will pay $4 million to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly invested in fossil fuel and tobacco companies in environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds despite promising to avoid them.
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