Ex-Coinbase manager gets two years in prison in crypto insider trading case
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Aaron Nicodemus2023-05-11T15:41:00
A former Coinbase product manager was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a crypto insider trading scheme.
Ishan Wahi was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Loretta Preska in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. He was also ordered to forfeit crypto assets he received in connection with the scheme, prosecutors said.
The DOJ previously said the case was its first enforcement of insider trading on crypto assets.
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